Call 9-1-1 for Tennis Court misuse...?

[jcgriff2]

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An emergency newsletter arrived from the Condo Association Board that "governs" our 134 unit community after a few 8 & 15 year-olds "violated tennis court protocol" last week. Fines by the HOA board for such of $50 or more are not uncommon for such "crimes" -

From: Home Owners Association Community Manager

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NOTICE TO ALL HOMEOWNERS​

Spring has sprung at Wintergreen and unfortunately so has the misuse of the Tennis Court.

To reiterate...the Tennis Court is for playing ONLY. This means there is to be NO baseball playing, hockey playing, dog walking or any other activity than Tennis.

If you see the tennis court being misused in any way, your first phone call should be to the Evesham Township police. Your next step is to forward to this office an official written complaint (email is acceptable). This complaint needs to include who is using the tennis court, when it is being used and what activity they are doing (Other than Tennis).

The only way the Association can put a stop to this activity is with all residents following this protocol.

Thank you in advance for your cooperation

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Can you imagine calling 9-1-1 to report a few 8 year-olds for misuse of a tennis court? The anonymous callers have done just that dozens of times - most recently just last week. We're not talking vandalism of any kind here, either.


The newsletter - PDF --> View attachment 03-24-10_tennis_court_letter_.pdf

The kids have used the tennis court for years to play in. New board members pushed through a ~$30,000 renovation to the tennis court in early 2009, which to me now looks like a secured Federal facility -



Complete with -



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Meanwhile, located about 100' into the dense wooded area, the play area for the children of this ~120 unit community - very appealing, I must say -



A thread on this topic at TSF where I am a Moderator, Microsoft Support - as it all gets stranger yet. . .

CALL 9-1-1 for Tennis Court misuse...?

Personal - you bet. Kids here -- 8, 11, 15, 20

Comments greatly appreciated.

Wintergreen HOA --> http://wintergreenhoa.com/

jcgriff2

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[Product FRED]

 

[z3r010]

I think that $30,000 would have been better spent on the kids facilities which are really poor, I'm not sure how these HOA boards work but if you can maybe it's time to replace them with sane people.

 

[jcgriff2]

I would imagine that was their 1st choice!

BTW - the tennis court is directly across the street from a board member's condo.

I think that $30,000 would have been better spent on the kids facilities which are really poor, I'm not sure how these HOA boards work but if you can maybe it's time to replace them with sane people.

I agree 100%.


JC

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[smarteyeball]

BTW - the tennis court is directly across the street from a board member's condo.

When one holds a position of 'power' one must be entitled to abuse it...


That's just ludicrous. I'm sure the Police are impressed as well with those calls.

 

[JMH]

It would seem that the bored Board members, acting on behalf of "anonymous" callers, bypassed childhood or have obliterated all memories of their tender years.
This is all so petty.

 

[jcgriff2]

I agree.

Turns out that most of the board members are the "anonymous" callers that have been calling the police, specifically the board member that lives across from the tennis court. He and his wife believe it to be theirs, apparently.

So, what does one do when a NERF football hits the bumper of your car?

Call Police, of course and request back-up and accident investigation team, probably as well. :sarc:

That is what "Mr. Wonder" (NJ TAG = WONDER) did about 2 years ago.

Certainly, if a sponge touches your car because it is in the form of a football and is thrown by a then 7-year old, then that definitely deserves to waste precious police resources as multiple police vehicles arrived on scene to "investigate". I wonder how much the insurance company covered!

Thanks. . .

John

Next Question --> definition and picture(s) of a "suspicious looking vehicle" in your neighborhood...

What type of car and at what point in time do you call police?

JC

 

[ForeverZero89]

HOA's are nazi bull shi t.

 

[Thorsen]

Start a fundraiser and organize a community project to build a huge play area for the kids and boycott the use of the tennis courts.....

 

[usasma]

I battled with the Condo Nazi's at my condo in New Mexico.
I'm so glad that the ex-wife got it in the divorce - now the Condo Nazi's are her problem!

 

[jcgriff2]

It is sad that these HOA board members think they can get away with anything.
Being an experienced auditor, I'm interested to see what the 1120-H Federal tax returns have to say about their antics.

Meanwhile, on the car front - this car has been reported to police as a suspicious looking vehicle -- > 20 times now. A few weeks ago, 5 police cars responded to an anonymous call - "suspicious vehicle" -



It's my car and the no-longer-anonymous caller can see it parked from his front window.

The funniest of these asinine and sad calls -
- 3:30 pm - pick kids up at school; cops come - anonymous call "black car speeding"
- 7:30 pm - came back home w/ kids again; cops arrive - anonymous call "black car going suspiciously slow down street"

My soon to be 9 yr old said to police "... too fast.... too slow... what are we supposed to do..?"

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[Lordbob75]

HOA's are nazi bull shi t.

Godwins law. I am calling it.

Also, this is stupid. You should try to get this member removed from the board permanently (arrested would be fun too), or just completely ignore their power and treat them like they are a stupid little kid (which they are).

~Lordbob

 

[ForeverZero89]

HOA's are nazi bull shi t.

Godwins law. I am calling it.

Also, this is stupid. You should try to get this member removed from the board permanently (arrested would be fun too), or just completely ignore their power and treat them like they are a stupid little kid (which they are).

~Lordbob

lol, but in this case its true. they try to control everything and when you try to resist the HOA takes you to court to rape you for even more money. they get what they want in the end and theres nothing you can do about it. its never worth it to move to a place that makes you be in the HOA.

 

[jcgriff2]

HOA's are nazi bull shi t.
Godwins law. I am calling it.

Also, this is stupid. You should try to get this member removed from the board permanently (arrested would be fun too), or just completely ignore their power and treat them like they are a stupid little kid (which they are).

~Lordbob

I agree - pure BS & stupidity to top it off.

Problem is -- it's not just one board member. It is literally all of them now. The sensible board members either unfortunately moved away or resigned because of this mess.

lol, but in this case its true. they try to control everything and when you try to resist the HOA takes you to court to rape you for even more money. they get what they want in the end and theres nothing you can do about it. its never worth it to move to a place that makes you be in the HOA.

I agree about living in HOA community - never again. Things here were fine until so many went into default with HOA fees, which strips them of voting. That's when the jack-asses made their move. And you are right-on the mark about the HOA and court.

No one here plays tennis, except the idiotic board member that lives across the street from the tennis court.

In fact, this showed up in one of the HOA newsletters -

The antics by some here would make the best episode of "Dallas" look like 1st-graders at work.

Unreal, but so tragically true.

Thanks. . .

John

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[Lordbob75]

You should all just one day go out and organize a community basketball game on the tennis court.

And continue to hold things ON THE TENNIS COURTS, when you are sure that he is home. Make sure he knows about them too.

~Lordbob

 

[jcgriff2]

Oh, I think he will definitely know -- one night back when, a flashing red light could be seen emanating from one of his windows. A document related to a court case surfaced with dates and exact times of violations which he reported, yet was not home at the time of such alleged violations.

Maybe his recording devices are wireless and the signal will be picked up soon.

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[Lordbob75]

Oh, I think he will definitely know -- one night back when, a flashing red light could be seen emanating from one of his windows. A document related to a court case surfaced with dates and exact times of violations which he reported, yet was not home at the time of such alleged violations.

Maybe his recording devices are wireless and the signal will be picked up soon.

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Oh that sounds like fun....

I find his arrogance astounding, though not quite on par with Fred Phelps (whom I was reading about for Government class.....).

~Lordbob