By Elizabeth Beck

December 14, 2014

As I drive through my Ridgeview neighborhood, I reflect on the HOA. I admire the beautiful lights because this year we will have none. The hypocrisy is in the name: home owners associations, not “house owners associations.”  It’s more than a matter of syntax.  HOA has nothing to do with owners; it’s a select few deciding for many in self-interest.  Homes are where people find solace, comfort and family.  Houses are merely paint, unlit lights kept for convenience, shrubs.  Rather than maintenance of a Stepford utopia, what about thinking of the families inside the houses? Read more: