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  <title><![CDATA[Arizona HOA & Condo News from CAN]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[News about Homeowner and Condominium associations in Arizona, compiled by the Community Associations Network]]></description>
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     <title>Court strikes blow for homeowners</title>
     <description><![CDATA[In a landmark decision that will likely receive national attention, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled that a homeowner may sue the builder of his home for construction defects whether or not the builder was the entity that sold the home.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 12:03:45 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/realestate/articles/2008/09/07/20080907biz-RE-buzz0906hoa-ON.html</link>
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     <title>Residents claims they're being trashed by HOA (video)</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Foreclosures and delinquent payments force Southwest side HOA to cut trash service, even after some residents fronted up to a year in advance dues.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:57:18 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.kvoa.com/Global/story.asp?S=8956725&nav=HMO6HMaW]]></link>
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     <title>Johnson Utilities loses in land dispute ruling</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Pinal County judge has ruled that a homeowners association will now control property on which Johnson Utilities recently spilled raw sewage.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:13:26 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/124789</link>
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     <title>Foreclosures hit SW Valley hard</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Kent Miller, president of the Los Arbolitos Homeowners' Association in Avondale, has seen firsthand how foreclosures affect the entire community. With every foreclosure, HOA fees go up for the rest of the residents.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 09:24:24 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/community/gilbert/articles/2008/08/30/20080830swv-foreclosures0830.html</link>
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     <title>Gateway Village community recognized</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Conveniently located near Loop 202 at Power and Ray roads, Gateway Village recently was named Gilbert's Neighborhood of the Quarter by the town's Congress of Neighborhoods.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 09:23:35 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/community/gilbert/articles/2008/08/30/20080830gr-neighborhood0828.html</link>
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     <title>Thunderstorms damage Central Phoenix condos</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Thursday night's thunderstorm left several residents of Regency House Condominiums in central Phoenix with piles of debris in their condominiums and the roof of their building in the middle of Central Avenue.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 09:12:26 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/community/phoenix/articles/2008/08/29/20080829Abrk-regencydamage.html</link>
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     <title>Developer, Orpheum residents trade ire</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The residents at an upscale downtown Phoenix loft project were booted from the building's parking lot this weekend, days after some condo owners accused the parking lot's owner of "wrongdoing" in court papers.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:13:30 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/business/articles/2008/08/27/20080827biz-orpheum0827.html</link>
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     <title>'Quiet' fee irks homeowners group</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Northwest Side homeowners association discovered its old community-management company was quietly making money off the area's home sales during the housing boom without the HOA board's knowledge.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2008 18:47:13 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azstarnet.com/business/254102</link>
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     <title>Condo owners, HOA at odds over water damage</title>
     <description><![CDATA[When a broken pipe flooded several McCormick Ranch condominiums in June, causing massive damage, homeowners figured they could count on the insurance they purchased through their homeowners association dues.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2008 13:32:20 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/123859</link>
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     <title>Homeowners don't have to buy from builders to sue for defects</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Arizona homeowners don't have to buy directly from builders to sue them for defective work, the state Supreme Court ruled unanimously Tuesday in a case with implications for consumers and businesses alike.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:29:50 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/business/253646.php</link>
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     <title>Explosives Found at Fountain Hills Condo Complex</title>
     <description><![CDATA[According to one of the neighbors, an ex-marine used to live there, but his home was foreclosed on.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:07:49 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=7226321&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1]]></link>
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     <title>Tucson offers Sept. 13 class on HOA laws, codes</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Tucson's Department of Neighborhood Resources will present a class Sept. 13 offering information about how homeowner associations work.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:43:36 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/daily/local/93794.php</link>
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     <title>RV dispute between HOA, family ends after 14 months</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Gilbert family's ongoing struggle with its homeowners association came to head last week ending a 14-month battle regarding where the Carringtons could park their recreational vehicle.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:10:29 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/community/gilbert/articles/2008/08/13/20080813gr-rvordinance0812-on.html</link>
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     <title>HOA must apply rules to everybody</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Question: I installed a play set in my backyard for my children about three years ago. My CC&Rs require that all improvements be approved by the association before they are installed and that things in my backyard must be below the fence line.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:00:03 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/community/gilbert/articles/2008/08/11/20080811sev-hoa0809.html</link>
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     <title>Valley homeowners fight blight caused by foreclosures (Video)</title>
     <description><![CDATA[With the record number of foreclosures in the Valley come thousands of vacant homes.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 10 Aug 2008 12:31:05 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.abc15.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=ac07b606-6a6a-4dd8-83f8-b2cbc21999d7</link>
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     <title>Surprise seeking HOA contact info</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Surprise is asking all homeowners associations operating within the city to update their contact information.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:19:16 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/community/westvalley/articles/2008/08/07/20080807gl-nwvhoa0808.html</link>
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     <title>Community, HOA take proactive approach to feral cat colony</title>
     <description><![CDATA[With an estimated 350,000 feral cats in the Valley, chances are there is a colony near you. People living in the Bordeaux Homeowners Association in west Chandler have had their share of issues with the cats, but have taken a humane approach to solving the problem.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:28:30 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/community/chandler/articles/2008/08/07/20080807cr-feralcats0806.html</link>
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     <title>HOA's could become latest victim of housing slump  (Video)</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The economic slowdown is effecting everyone... homeowners, automakers and retailers. Now homeowner associations may be feeling the effects because of the slumping real estate market and it may mean more money out of your pocket.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:26:48 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=7143553&version=2&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=3.2.1]]></link>
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     <title>Homeowner Accuses HOA Of Wasting Money</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Valley man says his local homeowner's association is misusing the money collected from members' dues.   Jack Matthews wants his landscaping neat, and his rules enforced; any leftover money should be returned to the HOA's members, he said.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:08:27 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.kpho.com/news/17102616/detail.html</link>
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     <title>Foreclosures become eyesores</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Weeds have grown 8 feet tall in the backyard of the foreclosed property next to Matt Porter's home in the Gardens neighborhood in Gilbert.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:41:49 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/business/abg/articles/2008/07/31/20080731abg-gr-gardensporter0731.html</link>
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     <title>Fatal Condo Fire in Phoenix</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Investigators are looking into a deadly house fire. The blaze broke out inside a condo near the I-17 and Northern. When firefighters went in, they found a woman dead.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:10:34 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=7084535&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=3.2.1]]></link>
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     <title>HOA likely wins if violation done knowingly</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Question: I installed a playset in my backyard about three years ago. My CC&Rs say that all improvements must be approved by the association before installation and that things in my backyard must be below the fence line. I installed the playset without getting it approved and it is taller than the fence. Recently my HOA sent a letter telling me that I must remove the playset or it will take me to court. Can my HOA now demand I remove the playset?]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:52:54 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/community/gilbert/articles/2008/07/28/20080728sev-hoa0726.html</link>
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     <title>FDIC takes over Community Association Banc (AZ)</title>
     <description><![CDATA[On July 25, 2008, First National Bank of Nevada, Reno, Nevada was closed by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). Subsequently the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) was named Receiver. No advance notice is given to the public when a financial institution is closed. On June 30, 2008, First National Bank of Arizona, Scottsdale, Arizona, merged with First National Bank of Nevada and is included in this action]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:44:36 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.fdic.gov/bank/individual/failed/fnbnv.html</link>
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     <title>6 months after builder bolted, homebuyers look for answers</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Rather than watching kids play in the local park, homeowners face the prospect of looking at vacant lots and unfinished homes for the foreseeable future in what should be a vibrant new development. Homeowners also are wondering who will honor their warranties, and some are facing liens filed by subcontractors still looking to get paid.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:57:14 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/community/gilbert/articles/2008/07/24/20080724cr-randallmartin0724.html</link>
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     <title>HOA Academy classes resume</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The popular Homeowner's Association Academy returns for the eighth session of weekly classes beginning Sept. 9.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:29:44 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/community/westvalley/articles/2008/07/17/20080717gl-nwvbriefs0718.html</link>
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     <title>Homeowners' group fines those who don't evict troublemakers</title>
     <description><![CDATA[In the battle against crime and drugs connected to rental homes in some Casa Grande subdivisions, homeowners associations have been stymied because of the problems with modifying their rules and regulations.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:22:05 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19854847&BRD=1817&PAG=461&dept_id=68561&rfi=6]]></link>
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     <title>High-profile condos are falling apart, some say</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A high-rise renovation project in central Phoenix that received high praise when it was converted from apartments to condominiums in 2005 appears headed for serious trouble.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 17:28:20 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/business/articles/2008/07/12/20080712biz-landmark0712.html</link>
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     <title>Utility company sues Santan area HOA</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Santan area residents are not the only ones facing a lawsuit from Johnson Utilities. The water company has also filed a claim against the Pecan Creek Community Association for locking the utility out of a common area near Queen Creek Wash, where Johnson Utilities was building a recharge facility for a nearby wastewater treatment plant]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:40:54 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2008/07/09/20080709jusues0709-ON.html</link>
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     <title>HOA moves ahead on plan to slow cyclists</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Residents of a north Scottsdale subdivision will choose an engineering firm within weeks and ask it to design measures to safely reduce speeding by bicyclists and others on their steep private street.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:39:00 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2008/07/09/20080709sr-hiddenhills0710-ON.html</link>
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     <title>Vanyos lawsuit, liens a hot topic in Carefree Foothills HOA</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Chief among the topics at the meeting attended by 45 residents representing 25 lots was the recent judge’s decision, which resulted in $103,000 liens being placed on all 76 lots in the subdivision]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:21:38 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sonorannews.com/archives/2008/2008-07/080709/FrontSBJump3.html</link>
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     <title>Transfer fees OK if they meet test</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The subject of transfer fees has many homeowners up in arms. I regularly hear homeowners tell me that their association's steep transfer fees make it nearly impossible for them to find a willing buyer]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:02:38 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/community/gilbert/articles/2008/07/01/20080701sev-hoa0628.html</link>
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     <title>Scottsdale condo site rife with foreclosures</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Since early 2007, lenders have foreclosed on 33 of the 84 units in downtown's Third Avenue Lofts,]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 13:15:10 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/119539</link>
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     <title>Help to halt green pools</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The industry group that represents property managers has responded to the foreclosure-fueled green swimming-pool phenomenon by urging residents of communities with homeowners associations to call the HOA when they spot a mosquito-infested green pool]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:48:30 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/business/articles/0627biz-blogspot0627.html</link>
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     <title>Robson residents 'clean house' on newly adopted section of highway</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Robson Ranch HOA adopted a section of highway on Jimmie Kerr Boulevard/ Highway 87 last month, stretching for one mile in each direction from the community's entrance.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:27:51 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19807903&BRD=1817&PAG=461&dept_id=222077&rfi=6]]></link>
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     <title>Gemmill steps down as HOA president to head off recall</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Town Councilman Bob Gemmill resigned as president of his homeowner’s association last week to head off a drive to recall him from the HOA leadership post at the Carefree Foothills subdivision.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 20:16:24 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sonorannews.com/archives/2008/2008-06/080625/FrontSBJump2.html</link>
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     <title>HOA fees go unpaid</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Despite its crisp appearance, including lavish water fountains and well-kept greens, the Villages at Rancho El Dorado Homeowners Association in Maricopa struggles to pay its bills.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:44:40 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/0622fees0622.html</link>
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     <title>Vandals using vacant homes as party pads</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Police in east Mesa noticed a "flare up" earlier this month in vacant houses being broken into and vandalized by teenagers looking for a place to hold parties. The vandalized houses included a winter home near La Sendas, a vacant rental house near Banner Baywood Medical Center and a house in foreclosure]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2008 17:40:29 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2008/06/20/20080620mr-vacant0620.html</link>
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     <title>HOAs change the rules on property rights</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Arizona Senate will vote this week on an important bill, and the measure has virtually nothing to do with illegal immigration or the state budget fiasco. Senate Bill 1162 is about something more fundamental — your rights to own private property, and your rights to "freely contract"]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:18:17 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/118870</link>
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     <title>Local HOAs hit hard by delinquent dues</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Roughly 30 percent of homeowners in Buckeye's HOA-managed communities are delinquent on their HOA dues, according to property management companies City Property Management and Associated Asset Management,]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:51:51 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/community/surprise/articles/2008/06/18/20080618gl-nwvfees0618.html</link>
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     <title>QC residents invited to neighborhood gathering</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Keeping communities vibrant has become an increasing struggle as a troubled economy and a buckling housing market turns once buzzing neighborhoods into virtual ghost towns]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:49:02 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2008/06/18/20080618gr-qcsummit0618.html</link>
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     <title>El Mirage to train officers as HOA liaisons</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Once training for the HOA Liaison Program is done, HOA presidents can contact their liaison officers with anything ranging from block-watch concerns to city-code violations. Liaison officers can either address their issues directly or contact other city resources for assistance.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 11:15:17 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2008/06/14/20080614gl-nwvliaison0614.html</link>
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     <title>Sonora: Effort afoot to recall Town Councilman Bob Gemmill from HOA presidency</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Town Councilman Bob Gemmill is facing a recall from his leadership position in the Carefree Foothills Home-owner’s Association over the non-disclosure of a lawsuit judgment, which resulted in $103,000 liens being placed on all properties in the subdivision.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:12:02 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sonorannews.com/archives/2008/2008-06/080611/Gemmill.html</link>
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     <title>Green pools raise health risks</title>
     <description><![CDATA[When homeowners lose their houses to foreclosure, it's not just the American dream that gets left behind. They also leave unattended pools and spas - hundreds of them in the West Valley since January - that create a breeding ground for mosquitoes, which carry the West Nile virus.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 09:59:20 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.yourwestvalley.com/news/pools_2794___article.html/west_hundreds.html</link>
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     <title>7 tips to muffle noisy neighbors</title>
     <description><![CDATA[So, you just moved into a condo, townhouse or apartment with a killer view or simply doesn't cost an arm and a leg. But now you find yourself banging on the walls to get your neighbors to quiet down.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:21:50 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.yumasun.com/news/neighbors_42140___article.html/noise_based.html</link>
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     <title>Grand seeks input on smoking at pools</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Sun City Grand officials are investigating whether to enact a smoking ban at the community's pools]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 10:24:54 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.yourwestvalley.com/articles/smoking_2724___article.html/community_board.html</link>
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     <title>Grand residents rip road work</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Sun City Grand residents are upset after $1.1 million in street repairs have left them wanting more for the money.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:31:45 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.yourwestvalley.com/news/city_2721___article.html/repairs_residents.html</link>
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     <title>2 on Surprise Farms II HOA board face recall</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A group of residents from the Surprise Farms II development filed petitions last week to recall three of their five homeowners association board members. Recall leaders claim board members have routinely taken action on association expenditures without input from residents.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:51:09 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/community/westvalley/articles/2008/06/03/20080603gl-nwvhoa0604inside.html</link>
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     <title>San Tan Heights gaining HOA</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Thousands of homeowners who live in the San Tan Heights neighborhood will soon control their own destiny through a homeowners association, at a time when a high foreclosure rate is putting a strain on those organizations.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:26:53 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/117677</link>
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     <title>Solar panels meeting resistance</title>
     <description><![CDATA[In a high-end Flagstaff neighborhood where residents shun the sight of satellite dishes and utility lines, one resident is disregarding the rules.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2008 22:38:06 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azdailysun.com/articles/2008/06/01/news/20080601_front_page_19.txt</link>
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     <title>Ruling near on Anthem water and sewer rate case</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A ruling is near on a complex water rates case that could increase the water and sewer rates that thousands of Anthem customers pay by more than $25 a month]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2008 14:15:35 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/business/abg/articles/2008/05/29/20080529abg-phx-anthemwater0529.html</link>
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     <title>HOA authority has some limitations</title>
     <description><![CDATA[After receiving numerous questions in response to our last HOA column, we realized that many homeowners don't know how to find out their basic rights and responsibilities in their respective associations]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 19:37:10 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/community/gilbert/articles/2008/05/29/20080529sev-hoa0524.html</link>
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     <title>Johnson Utilities Must Post Warnings Near Sewage Spill</title>
     <description><![CDATA["Our HOA, because they are extremely concerned about the health and welfare of the residents here, are paying to have a fence put up blocking the wash," Fisher said.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 09:57:15 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1406430/johnson_utilities_must_post_warnings_near_sewage_spill/</link>
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     <title>Recall vote removes 2 members from Continental Ranch board</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Two Continental Ranch Community Association governing board members were ousted via a recall election Thursday, nearly four months after the election was actually held.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 14:59:09 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azstarnet.com/metro/240675</link>
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     <title>Judge wants disqualified votes counted</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Pima County Superior Court judge has ruled that hundreds of ballots that had been disqualified from a January recall election of two Continental Ranch Community Association governing board members must be counted.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 10:05:07 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azstarnet.com/allheadlines/239964</link>
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     <title>Ruling near on Anthem water and sewer case</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A decision is close on a complex water rates case that could increase the water and sewer rates that thousands of Anthem customers pay by more than $25 a month.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 09:43:37 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2008/05/20/20080520phx-anthemwater0521inside.html</link>
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     <title>Gilbert homes marketed as vacation rentals: 'Selling just isn't an option,'</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Many HOAs restrict renting for less than one month at a time, she said, and several HOA managers she has spoken to have said they're concerned about the use of homes as vacation rentals.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2008 21:38:44 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/1575143/</link>
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     <title>ADOT bows out of Lakewood freeway meeting</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The development also has some specific concerns, especially what will happen to several HOA-owned wells that provide water to the lake, which will have to be relocated if the 10-lane freeway is built, and how the association can make up lost homeowners dues from the two dozen homes that are slated to be demolished to make way for the freeway]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 11:36:30 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ahwatukee.com/news/adot_3205___article.html/lakewood_freeway.html</link>
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     <title>Tag-team approach identifies taggers</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The department has a Graffiti Busters crew, supplies neighborhood associations with paint and supplies, and monitors motion detector cameras to record and possibly identify taggers vandalizing property.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 10:08:48 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2008/05/12/20080512phx-graffiti0512.html</link>
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     <title>2 safely evacuate burning Glendale condo</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Glendale firefighters on Monday credited a working smoke alarm with saving an elderly couple whose condominium caught fire last week.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 19:45:29 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2008/05/12/20080512gl-alarm0512-ON.html</link>
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     <title>Council to review sewer fees - Condo managers say new rates unfair</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Lake Havasu - Responding to complaints by condominium managers, city leaders will review imminent changes to residential sewer fees, which will cause a near-doubling in minimum mandatory sewer charges to condos by July 1, unless amended.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 15:08:40 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.havasunews.com/articles/2008/05/10/news/doc482653124da2a558837765.txt</link>
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     <title>Chandler HOAs can qualify for rebates</title>
     <description><![CDATA[To encourage water conservation, Chandler is offering rebates to some of its biggest consumers: homeowners associations.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 20:56:08 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/business/abg/articles/2008/05/08/20080508abg-greenrebates0508.html</link>
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     <title>Chandler HOA studies reclaimed-water options</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A developer's decision more than a decade ago not to hook up to Chandler's reclaimed water system has brought years of angst - and expense - for a group of south Chandler homeowners.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 20:51:54 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2008/05/09/20080509cr-foxcrossing0510.html</link>
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     <title>HOA board member protests e-mail voting</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A member of a Surprise homeowners association board is speaking out against colleagues' practice of e-mailing motions and actions rather than convening in open session with community residents.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 10:34:24 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/community/westvalley/articles/2008/05/05/20080505gl-nwvhoa0503cover.html</link>
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     <title>Solar energy may be used to power Festival of Lights</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Ahwatukee Foothills Festival of Lights organizers are hoping to go green, but that doesn't mean they'll be switching the color of their white bulbs for the popular holiday display.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 12:53:14 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/community/ahwatukee/articles/2008/05/02/20080502ar-festivalinside0503.html</link>
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     <title>Gate creates bureaucratic headache for homeowner</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Susan Hughes thought she did everything right before she cut a hole in her backyard wall and installed a gate to access a walking trail behind Dobson Place, a subdivision northwest of Gilbert Road and Chandler Boulevard.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:42:37 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2008/04/29/20080429cr-gate0430.html</link>
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     <title>Volunteers spruce up South Vistas community</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The program is called Homeowners Outreach Program Enterprise. The HOPE clean-up in South Vistas is Arizona Association of Community Managers outreach project for 2008, said Linda Lang, CEO of AACM. However, the organization will not turn its back once the trash is gone.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:57:30 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2008/04/28/20080428phx-clean0430.html</link>
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     <title>City offers HOAs rebates on converted landscapes</title>
     <description><![CDATA[To encourage water conservation, Chandler is offering rebates to homeowners associations that remove turf in common areas in favor of low-water-use landscaping.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 16:02:36 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2008/04/26/20080426cr-rebate0426.html</link>
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     <title>Memorial removal angers Sun City residents</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Opponents of a memorial that honored victims of Sept. 11 and U.S. service members got their wish when Sun City homeowner Chuck Carter took it down.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 15:46:32 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.yourwestvalley.com/news/memorial_2432___article.html/city_carter.html</link>
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     <title>Big HOAs move toward control by homeowners</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Two of the Valley's largest homeowners associations will take significant steps on successive Wednesdays toward control by the homeowners themselves.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 06:12:46 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/community/nephoenix/articles/2008/04/22/20080422phx-hoa0423cover.html</link>
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     <title>Donation gives paralyzed man renewed hope</title>
     <description><![CDATA[But money has been tight and their homeowner dues became past due. That's when the Arizona Association of Community Managers stepped in to help and provided the $1,170. The organization, which represents about 3,000 homeowner associations in Arizona, gives grants to individuals and associations during the year as part of its Homeowners Outreach Program Enterprise.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:50:22 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2008/04/17/20080417phx-hope0418.html</link>
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     <title>Foothills HOA candidate said his private-business settlement unrelated to board</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The acting board president of the Foothills Homeowners Association says his business' 2006 legal settlement should not stop homeowners from electing him to another term in the coming week.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 05:05:50 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2008/04/16/20080416ar-hoainside0416.html</link>
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     <title>Weed complaint took months to resolve</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Residents in an upscale neighborhood in Gilbert finally saw a clean-up earlier this week that they've been waiting for since October.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:42:14 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/community/gilbert/articles/2008/04/15/20080415gr-hoa0411-ON.html</link>
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     <title>Watching their dreams go down the drain</title>
     <description><![CDATA[When their community association let them down, a group of McCartney Center residents banded together hoping that united, they might form a stronger voice. Upset that storm drains are falling apart, development walls are eroding and weeds are growing unchecked within the community, about 90 neighbors met the morning of April 5 to find solutions to problems that many say can no longer be ignored.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2008 05:42:06 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19476573&BRD=1817&PAG=461&dept_id=68561&rfi=6]]></link>
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     <title>38 Percent of Residents Break the Rules</title>
     <description><![CDATA[If you got a letter of non-compliance from the HOA recently, you’re not alone. A whopping 38 percent of Parkside residents received violation notices between Jan. 1 and March 18. The top violations: Parking on the street, leaving trash cans at the curb, and failing to pull weeds.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:50:34 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.ioanthem.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=176&Itemid=1]]></link>
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     <title>Foreclosures forcing HOAs to cut corners on maintenance</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Homeowners associations strapped by unpaid assessments related to the foreclosure-ridden real-estate market are mustering volunteer work crews, cutting maintenance jobs and scrimping on landscaping to save money.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 05:56:34 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/0403hoas0403.html</link>
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     <title>HOA wants Gilbert to help slow down neighborhood traffic</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Neely Commons homeowners association is looking to Gilbert and its police department for answers when it comes to what residents call an accident-prone roundabout in their neighborhood.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 07:36:29 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/community/gilbert/articles/2008/04/01/20080401gr-speed0402-ON.html</link>
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     <title>Older residents like bigger street signs</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Mesa used the money to put 700 new signs in Sunland Village and will soon install new signs in Apache Wells, another east Mesa retirement community. Overhead signs also are being replaced along Country Club Drive because it runs throughout the city.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 07:29:46 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/community/mesa/articles/2008/04/02/20080402mr-signs0402.html</link>
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     <title>Bill Would Allow Street Parking in Anthem</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A bill in the Arizona state legislature that would nullify the strict limits to street parking in Anthem and other planned communities has local officials concerned about safety and property values.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 29 Mar 2008 17:48:47 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.ioanthem.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=172&Itemid=1]]></link>
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     <title>Surprise forgives water debt</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Surprise City Council Thursday night wiped out a $240,000 water bill debt saddling Surprise homeowner's associations.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 29 Mar 2008 17:37:16 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.yourwestvalley.com/news/city_2197___article.html/water_council.html</link>
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     <title>Problem in Paseo</title>
     <description><![CDATA[In a petition sent to the Parkside HOA, several residents asked for the gate to be permanently closed, according to Jon Corey, an HOA board member-elect.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 06:23:19 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.ioanthem.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=164&Itemid=1]]></link>
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     <title>Code-team program empowers neighbors</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Although Golden Hills has a homeowners association, in contrast to other study areas, neighborhood activists believe the code team will give them more tools to target violations thanks to the city's clout.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 06:14:28 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/abgnews/articles/0320abg-mr-goldenhills0320.html</link>
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     <title>Town looks to make good on promise</title>
     <description><![CDATA[In a letter dated March 20, 2003, to the homeowners association’s boards of directors the mayor wrote, "as long as the Town can be presented ‘clear and marketable’ title to Verde Catalina I & II private streets, the Town will take over the maintenance responsibility for those streets following annexation."]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 05:11:04 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.explorernews.com/article/show/21678</link>
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     <title>Grayhawk residents help build 7 playgrounds</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Scottsdale's upscale Grayhawk community isn't lying down in the face of a slumping housing market. Instead, homeowners are putting money back into their neighborhoods with $300,000 worth of state-of-the-art equipment for seven playgrounds. Two are done, the rest should be finished by mid-April.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 06:20:25 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0318sr-playgrounds0319ON.html</link>
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     <title>HOA, town at odds overfree-roaming cats</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Artemina homeowners association has asked Gilbert to look into establishing an ordinance that would hold cat owners just as accountable as dog owners when it comes to where their pets relieve themselves.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 06:17:35 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/111692</link>
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     <title>HOA to discuss policy change in color choices</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The group will likely decide whether it approves some changes in its guidelines, including proposed design rules for painting architectural popouts - areas that jut out from houses - and garage doors]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 15:26:43 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/community/ahwatukee/articles/0317ar-HOAmeeting0317.html</link>
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     <title>Vacant homes becoming blight on neighborhoods</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Morganroth gets about three or four notices a week from HOAs or city-code-compliance offices, and banks often call her with properties in disrepair. That has prompted her to hire an assistant whose job is primarily property upkeep, she said.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 07:06:47 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0314biz-cr-weeds0315-ON.html</link>
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     <title>Couple spar with HOA over trailer kept on driveway</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Gilbert couple that is seeking clarification of Gilbert's parking rules say they began putting their RV on the street after their HOA took legal action. The Tone Ranch Estates HOA is seeking an injunction to prohibit David and Lynette Carrington from parking the vehicle on their driveway. That's why they began to park the RV on public streets, which are outside of their HOA's jurisdiction.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 07:00:38 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/community/gilbert/articles/0314gr-rvfight0314-ON.html</link>
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     <title>Shocking court decision might free builders from responsibility for home defects</title>
     <description><![CDATA[That's thanks to a recent court decision that consumer advocates believe will dramatically weaken new homebuyers' rights. The ruling basically lets builders off the hook for construction defects, saying that unless homeowners have a contract with their builder, they can't sue him. Here's the rub: Many homeowners simply do not have contracts with their builder. Instead, they contract with a developer]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 04:47:36 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/2008-03-13/news/a-shocking-court-decision-frees-home-builders-from-responsibility-for-home-defects</link>
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     <title>Green Valley Man Fights His HOA</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Gordon Carlson installed solar sunscreens over his home windows last summer. Their purpose: bring in the light and keep out the heat. But just weeks after they were up, he received a notice from his homeowner's association asking him to remove them.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 05:08:46 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.kold.com/Global/story.asp?S=8000882&nav=menu86_2]]></link>
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     <title>HOA cuts 'violator' down to size</title>
     <description><![CDATA[No matter how many mortgage payments or welcome mats you plunk down, you are not officially a homeowner until you go through the biggest rite of passage.  You need to get a violation notice from the homeowners association.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 06:00:17 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/daily/opinion/79202.php</link>
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     <title>Many Ariz. investors, retirees left holding sand as beach-condo deals falter</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Rocky property deals in Puerto Peñasco, Sonora - if left unresolved - could cripple future development in the seaside city. Arizona investors, who have lost millions of dollars in now-defunct properties, are demanding intervention by officials in both Arizona and Sonora.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2008 11:59:16 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/business/228735.php</link>
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     <title>Homeowners will work with city on bike issue</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Homeowners in Hidden Hills have decided to work with the city to study the feasibility of installing speed tables to slow speeding bicyclists and vehicles on 145th Way.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 08 Mar 2008 06:31:23 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0307sr-cyclists0308-ON.html</link>
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     <title>Golden Hills' new code team has plenty to keep it busy</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Although Golden Hills has a homeowners association, in contrast to the other study areas, neighborhood activists believe the code team will get them more tools to target violations thanks to the city's clout.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 08 Mar 2008 06:15:30 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/0306mr-codeteam0306.html</link>
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     <title>Foreclosures leave vacant homes blighting neighborhoods</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A rapid increase in home foreclosures coupled with a wet winter have created a weed problem that has forced neighbors in Chandler to start cleaning up around vacant homes and real estate agents to work overtime to keep properties maintained.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2008 06:02:17 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0307cr-weeds0307.html</link>
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     <title>Oaks are often overlooked in the Arizona landscape</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Looking for a tall, stately tree for your yard? A tree that provides good dense shade? One that won’t lose its leaves in winter? Less messy than a mesquite? Low water use? Roots that won’t crack the driveway? Not on any HOA prohibited list]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 09:50:26 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.explorernews.com/article/show/21577</link>
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     <title>'$80K light bulb' suit appears to be resolved</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A settlement appears to have been reached in the so-called "$80,000 light bulb" lawsuit over a security system in an exclusive Scottsdale neighborhood.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 05:46:36 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0303sr-settlement0304-ON.html</link>
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     <title>Parents alerted about armed HOA guards</title>
     <description><![CDATA[There is nothing that prevents Avondale homeowner's associations from hiring armed guards, the Police Department says. The issue came up this month when Collier Elementary School Principal Pat Bentley sent a letter home to parents, alerting that them the Coldwater Springs homeowners association has armed security guards. He described their presence and focus on students as "a major issue."]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 05:34:37 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/community/swvalley/articles/0228swv-armed0229inside.html</link>
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     <title>Guarding against crime</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Residents of a local subdivision are working to reduce crime in a way that focuses on individual homes — the crime-free lifestyles program]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 04:33:10 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.montrosepress.com/articles/2008/02/28/news/doc47c6312e31b11250416400.txt</link>
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     <title>Police investigate playground fire</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Neighborhood children used to flock to the playground in the Jake's Ranch community in Gilbert, climbing on the play set and whipping down the slides. But now those slides lay in piles of melted plastic, and a chain-link fence and yellow fire-investigation tape is wrapped around the area.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 04:29:36 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/110117</link>
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     <title>Residents band together to improve their community</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Homeowners are trading in their checkbooks for shovels.  Residents at Heritage Highlands of Dove Mountain have taken it upon themselves to set up and organize a volunteer group to help clean up and maintain the common areas and washes in their community.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:24:00 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.explorernews.com/article/show/21543</link>
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     <title>Continental Ranch has new management</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Continental Ranch Community Association governing board has hired locally owned Stratford Management to oversee its operations, hoping the new company can help bring some stability back to Marana's largest neighborhood.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 04:44:07 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azstarnet.com/metro/226335</link>
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     <title>Homeowners unite to get more paint choices</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Lakewood homeowners will work together to expand color choices after about 350 residents petitioned the HOA board for changes.  It's a step towards improving communication between homeowners and the HOA board, residents say.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:01:06 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0220ar-hoacolors0221.html</link>
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     <title>Battle against HOAs seems never-ending</title>
     <description><![CDATA[That's my story. Now, as I contemplate my next move, I'd like your suggestions on how East Valley homeowners can put an end to HOA insanity. I'd also like to hear from some courageous elected officials who are willing to stand up for homeowners, and stand against the racket that is property management in Arizona.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:53:49 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/109472</link>
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     <title>City panel to study options for Hidden Hills</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The city Transportation Commission will consider a number of options Thursday to try to resolve conflicts between homeowners and bicyclists in Hidden Hills.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 16:21:55 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0219sr-transportadv0220-ON.html</link>
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     <title>Truck traffic raises residents' ire</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Alandar said residents in the retirement community also have to deal with the congestion, concrete loads dropped on the roadway and diesel fumes belched from the trucks that make their way from the sand and gravel pits in the Agua Fria River to the freeways]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 03:34:54 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0218gl-peotrucks0220-ON.html</link>
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     <title>Avondale home owners association hires armed security guards</title>
     <description><![CDATA[People who live in the Coldwater Springs community near 118th Ave and Coldwater Springs Road say security guards are patrolling the areas on bicycles to help prevent vandalism at the local park and on community walls. They are also armed with handguns.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2008 08:20:12 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.abc15.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=8ce905b8-b0c8-4fbf-9381-ead09ae39069</link>
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     <title>'Ugly' home addition spurs battle among neighbors</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Neighbors describe it as a storage shed, or even a cargo container, even though the second-story home addition has been approved by Scottsdale and the McCormick Ranch Property Owners Association.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2008 06:35:32 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/community/scottsdale/articles/0215sr-homeaddition0219-ON.html</link>
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     <title>Graffiti on the rise in Ahwatukee</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Incidents of graffiti are on the rise in Ahwatukee, and Phoenix officials are putting storeowners on notice: Selling spray paint, fat markers, etching solutions and other tools that can create graffiti to anyone under 18 in the city is illegal.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2008 06:14:59 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0215ar-graffitii0216.html</link>
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     <title>HOA board members discuss Senate bills</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Among the issues that HOA officials raised were ensuring that homeowners with financial concerns still had the right to discuss their situations with board members in private and the ability of associations to regulate parking on public streets.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 03:30:31 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/0214hoaday0214.html</link>
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     <title>Cyclists Battle with Scottsdale Neighborhood</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Olympic-style cyclists are battling with homeowners on the Scottsdale-Fountain Hills border over use of a narrow, winding street known as 145th way.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 04:09:33 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://ktar.com/?nid=6&sid=729872]]></link>
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     <title>Southwest Gas, HOAs make headway on lights</title>
     <description><![CDATA[After months of emotional negotiation, meetings and an intervention by the Public Utilities Commission, homeowner associations across Nevada are closer to an affordable path to removing gaslights.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2008 12:07:06 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.inbusinesslasvegas.com/2008/02/08/lawutil.html</link>
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     <title>Light bulb feud sparks $80,000 in fines, fees</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Sandra Shelton, a spirited 67-year-old widow of Scottsdale, has wrangled with her homeowners' association for more than two years over what she calls her "$80,000 light bulb."]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2008 03:51:13 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/12news/news/articles/0206sr-feud0207-ON-CP.html</link>
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     <title>Foul fowl? Wandering birds at issue in court case</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Veit and other neighbors at the Sun Valley Farms rural community say the birds often run afoul, despite the HOA's rules that neighbors keep things tidy.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 10:13:11 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0205gr-henpecked0206-ON.html</link>
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     <title>Condos touted as self-sustaining</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Catalyst Communities ended months of speculation, announcing that residents of its 36-unit Aura at Camelback community will be guaranteed a "zero" electric bill for the first five years.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 04:17:25 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://phoenix.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2008/02/04/story5.html?f=et180&b=1202101200^1585555&ana=e_vert]]></link>
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     <title>Continental Ranch's HOA Recall Fails</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Continuing coverage of the residential revolt in Continental Ranch. An effort to recall leaders of a controversial HOA has fallen short of its goal.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:51:50 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.kold.com/Global/story.asp?S=7805668&nav=14RT]]></link>
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     <title>Continental Ranch loses managment company</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The months long fracas between Continental Ranch’s HOA and residents has received several new twists.  On Jan. 15, Platinum Management dissolved its contract to manage Continental Ranch, a 3,800 home development, effective Feb. 28.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 12:26:33 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.explorernews.com/article/show/21340</link>
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     <title>New Continental Ranch HOA Members Selected</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The remaining members of Continental Ranch's Home Owners Association governing board appointed two new members Tuesday night]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 04:24:41 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.kold.com/Global/story.asp?S=7794415&nav=14RT]]></link>
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     <title>Higley school district to pay HOA for water</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The district's governing board agreed Thursday to pay $19,500 to the Coronado Ranch Homeowners Association to settle a year-old lawsuit. The deal comes about a week after an order to dismiss the case was filed in Maricopa County Superior Court.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 15:29:04 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/community/gilbert/articles/0128gr-higley0126.html</link>
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     <title>Sun City West resident fights HOA over wall</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Sun City West resident claims that a dispute with a neighbor could potentially cost her thousands of dollars, not to mention hours spent consulting her attorney and fighting with her local homeowners association]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 19:46:50 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/community/westvalley/articles/0124gl-nwvhoa0125.html</link>
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     <title>Lakewood residents demand more flexible color options</title>
     <description><![CDATA[More than 100 Lakewood Community Association homeowners have signed a petition seeking more house paint color options, saying they don't want a cookie-cutter neighborhood]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 15:06:12 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/community/ahwatukee/articles/0124ar-HOAcolors0124.html</link>
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     <title>Continental Ranch Recall Sends Blame in All Directions</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Hundreds of residents applaud the upcoming removal election of the homeowner association's board of directors.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 06:01:14 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.kold.com/Global/story.asp?S=7766028&nav=menu86_2]]></link>
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     <title>Worker’s torch caused condo complex blaze</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A  contractor’s welding torch caused a fire at a condominium complex in Scottsdale that forced the evacuation of eight units Monday]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 05:57:20 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/107168</link>
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     <title>Residents get chance to hear legislators</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Community advocates from across Arizona heard legislators pitch the session's neighborhood agenda at the statehouse.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 03:54:56 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/community/gilbert/articles/0122ev-neighborhoods0119.html</link>
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     <title>Meetings to help city and HOAs coordinate efforts</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Homeowners associations operating within the city can learn more about city ordinances and services through the Surprise HOA Connection.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2008 06:16:32 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/community/westvalley/articles/0118gl-nwvbriefs0118.html</link>
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     <title>Gilbert officials committed to 'small-town feel’</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Mayor Steve Berman, for instance, is known for returning calls and e-mail messages personally, and all Town Council phone numbers are listed on Gilbert’s Web site for residents to call. The town is built primarily of master-planned communities and HOA-controlled neighborhoods, with their own area stores and even community centers.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2008 05:45:34 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/106888</link>
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     <title>A tree grows in Gilbert, neighbors threaten lawsuit</title>
     <description><![CDATA[But Chambers-LaFleur says mediation with the Jensens won't address what she views as the board's failure to fairly and consistently enforce the community's restrictions on landscaping.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2008 05:37:19 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/community/gilbert/articles/0117gr-blockingtheview0117.html</link>
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     <title>HOAs should be wary of fraud, detective says</title>
     <description><![CDATA[In most instances, it's good to trust your neighbors. But when it comes to the business matters of homeowners associations, that trust should only go so far. Misplaced trust is usually the reason HOAs become victims of fraud or other financial crimes, a Chandler police investigator says.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2008 04:35:47 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/community/chandler/articles/0117cr-hoa0118.html</link>
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     <title>Scottsdale neighborhood angered by resident's addition to house</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Residents of a cul-de-sac on 99th Place, south of Shea Boulevard, have been fighting with the Scottsdale Ranch Community Association after homeowners Bill and Lynne Bayse put up a two-story carriage house that nearly extends to the sidewalk.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 04:56:13 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/community/scottsdale/articles/0114view0114.html</link>
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     <title>Homeowner vote bars child's pet mini-horse</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The nays have it.  Bailey the miniature horse won't be living with her 11-year-old owner and his family in Skyline Bel Air Estates.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 04:38:41 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azstarnet.com/dailystar/220395</link>
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     <title>2-story carriage house in front yard irks neighbors</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Residents of a cul-de-sac on 99th Place, south of Shea Boulevard, have been fighting with the Scottsdale Ranch Community Association after homeowners Bill and Lynne Bayse put up a two-story carriage house that nearly extends to the sidewalk.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 06:01:13 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0110sr-biz0111realestate-ON.html</link>
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     <title>BBB pulls local HOA-management firm's accreditation</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Tucson community association management company lost its Better Business Bureau accreditation recently due to an unanswered complaint.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 05:31:56 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azstarnet.com/business/219990</link>
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     <title>Casa Grande offering second semester of HOA Academy</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The City of Casa Grande is once again teaming up with The Leadership Centre to present the 2008 Homeowner's Association Academy.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 04:22:31 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19179237&BRD=1817&PAG=461&dept_id=222089&rfi=6]]></link>
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     <title>More residents cope with HOAs</title>
     <description><![CDATA[As subdivisions and planned communities grow in popularity in Casa Grande, homeowners associations are becoming more common, raising questions among many residents about the rights and responsibilities of homeowners and the associations that govern their communities.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2008 03:43:55 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19175167&BRD=1817&PAG=461&dept_id=68561&rfi=6]]></link>
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     <title>HOA denies homeowner solar panel use due to color</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The law allows associations to adopt "reasonable" rules governing the placement of solar devices, but they can't restrict function and efficiency. Sanders said her plan to install black solar collectors rather than a less efficient color preferred by her HOA shouldn't have been rejected, but it was.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2008 04:21:10 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/12news/news/articles/0103cr-solarinside0102-CP.html</link>
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     <title>Food Fight  (scroll down to last section)</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Barry Austin, the Finisterra neighborhood (in the foothills) resident disgusted with his homeowners' association ("No Food for You!" Currents, Dec. 13), says he finally got an answer as to why his HOA's board of directors voted yes to pay $3,500 for Christmas lights, but no to a neighborhood food drive for the Tucson Community Food Bank.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2008 05:09:51 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.tucsonweekly.com/gbase/Currents/Content?oid=oid:104984</link>
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     <title>Boy learns perseverance as he fights for horse</title>
     <description><![CDATA[We're always told to never give up, and this Christmas, an 11-year-old boy is celebrating that life lesson as he campaigns for the right to keep a miniature horse on the family's property.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 26 Dec 2007 15:51:15 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://kvoa.com/Global/story.asp?S=7542124&nav=HMO6HMaW]]></link>
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     <title>Newcomers learn HOA ropes the hard way</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Elaine and Al said they were pleased with the response from their board but the predicament left them wanting to know more about HOAs and their rights as homeowners. So, they signed up for a series of classes about HOAs offered through the Leadership Centre.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 26 Dec 2007 15:42:51 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/1226cr-hoas1227.html</link>
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     <title>Continental Ranch protest: Trash deal stinks</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A dispute between Continental Ranch residents and their homeowners association over garbage service has turned into a battle for control of the 4,000-home community.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 26 Dec 2007 15:37:57 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azstarnet.com/business/217805</link>
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     <title>Carriage Parc residents oust HOA president</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Residents of Carriage Parc Estates in Gilbert voted Wednesday night to keep two members of their HOA board but ousted their president.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2007 05:41:37 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/community/gilbert/articles/1220gr-hoashowdown1221.html</link>
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     <title>Home builder's gift saves swath of desert</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Home builder Sasser donated to the city of Phoenix a 10-acre parcel on Dreamy Draw that's been in a contentious battle of late.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2007 05:22:01 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/opinions/articles/1220pfaelzer20.html</link>
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     <title>HOA board faces recall in Gilbert neighborhood</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Yet another group of homeowners in Gilbert is trying to oust an HOA board in an ugly political fight.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2007 04:57:37 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/1217gr-HOA1214.html</link>
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     <title>Neighborhood votes needed for boy to bring horse home</title>
     <description><![CDATA[But a miniature horse is still a horse, of course, according to Skyline Bel Air Estates Community Association regulations, and is prohibited from being kept in the neighborhood. And Alexander's mother, Mercedes Gonzalez, ought to know - she's its president.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 16 Dec 2007 13:51:16 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/1216horse.html</link>
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     <title>No Food for You</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A resident raises a fuss after a HOA says yes to $3,500 to light three trees, and no to a food drive]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2007 05:35:34 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.tucsonweekly.com/gbase/Currents/Content?oid=oid%3A104211</link>
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     <title>Homeowners object to trail parking solution idea</title>
     <description><![CDATA[But Kim Keith, South Mountain Park supervisor, said the idea to put up signs directing hikers to an HOA-owned dirt road near Desert Broom Way that leads to Desert Classic Trail met with objections at the Foothills Homeowners Association Board meeting]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2007 05:19:33 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/community/ahwatukee/articles/1212ar-parkingsign1213.html</link>
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     <title>Winterhaven goes 'green'</title>
     <description><![CDATA[True, many Winterhaven residents still cherish their grassy lawns, but perhaps even Al Gore would be pleased with the eco-friendly evolution taking place in Tucson's traditional holiday festival.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2007 03:54:14 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azstarnet.com/metro/215319</link>
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     <title>Mesa homeowners fighting mandatory fees</title>
     <description><![CDATA[At a recent Dreamland Villa Community Club meeting, Campean railed against a controversial system that could force everyone in the sprawling 3,000-home neighborhood in unincorporated east Mesa to eventually pay annual dues to Dreamland Villa Community Club.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 09 Dec 2007 07:32:14 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/103675</link>
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     <title>City about to break 24-year-old promise</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The condos went up and the developer deeded the hill to the Pointe at Squaw Peak Condominium Association. But in 2004, the condo board quietly sold it to Jim Sasser, a home builder and former member of the Phoenix Planning Commission. Sasser bought the hill, at the time valued by the county assessor at $1 million, for $150,000.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2007 06:10:21 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/1205roberts1205.html</link>
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     <title>Burglars Target Vacant, Unsold Homes</title>
     <description><![CDATA[One Valley property manager, Lisa Tellef, said a Phoenix condo has been burgarlized and vandalized at least five times since it was listed for sale in March]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2007 03:42:49 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.kpho.com/news/14763073/detail.html</link>
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     <title>Judge rules in Shores case</title>
     <description><![CDATA[After more than a year of turmoil, the Shores conflict at Ventana Lakes in nearly closed.  A judge ruled Nov. 19 in favor of residents of the neighborhood within the Property Owners Association, who sued the association over the maintenance of their shorelines.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2007 04:37:04 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.newszap.com/articles/2007/11/28/az/west_valley/pe01.txt</link>
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     <title>Desert Ridge residents wary about HOA changes</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Desert Ridge residents are ambivalent and apprehensive about upcoming changes in control of their homeowners' association.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2007 04:31:28 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/1129sr-phx-desertridge1130-ON.html</link>
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     <title>Boy, 6, caused Mesa condo fire</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A large fire apparently sparked by a small boy in the bedroom of a west Mesa condo complex late Tuesday afternoon eventually destroyed the entire building, fire officials said Wednesday.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2007 04:44:01 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/1128mr-firefollow1128-ON.html</link>
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     <title>TAG, HOA battle continues</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A month after a refund promise, Surprise homeowners association leaders have not received any money from Together Against Graffiti founder Linda Kleiner.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2007 04:21:50 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.newszap.com/articles/2007/11/28/az/west_valley/si01.txt</link>
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     <title>Neighbors fear group home</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Residents of Quail Hallow in Apache Junction fear the addition of a halfway house near thier homes may disrupt the neighborhood and could lead to a variety of potential problems.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2007 04:48:55 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.newszap.com/articles/2007/11/25/az/east_valley/aj04.txt</link>
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     <title>Water-rate hike pinches HOA budgets</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Some Chandler homeowners associations are raising assessments and looking to cut water use in the wake of a city rate increase that saw many of their bills go up by 15 to 25 percent.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 24 Nov 2007 07:14:06 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/community/chandler/articles/1123cr-water1124.html</link>
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     <title>Retirement communities see how My Computer Works</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A tech-help service will soon be offered in two West Valley retirement communities to assist those who may not be familiar with advance computer functions.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 24 Nov 2007 07:07:05 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/community/westvalley/articles/1122gl-nwvgrand1123.html</link>
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     <title>Residents, HOA squabble over garbage service in Marana’s Contintental Ranch</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Residents in Continental Ranch, Marana’s largest residential development, feel that their homeowners association has unfairly negotiated a contract with Waste Management that denies them the opportunity to seek other trash services.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 24 Nov 2007 06:56:09 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.explorernews.com/article/show/20852</link>
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     <title>Downtown condo craze cooling off</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Although downtown Phoenix real estate has fared better than housing on the suburban fringe, developers say condo sales have slowed to a trickle.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2007 04:51:46 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/1120condos1120.html</link>
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     <title>Residents, builders taking over Desert Ridge HOA</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Desert Ridge residents and homebuilders soon will gain control of the homeowners' association that covers the 5,700-acre master planned community in northeast Phoenix.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2007 16:17:16 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/1119phx-desertridge1121.html</link>
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     <title>Arpaio reassures Sun City West residents on break-ins</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio rode out to Sun City West on Thursday to quell residents' concerns about a string of recent break-ins in the retirement community.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2007 11:00:08 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/community/westvalley/articles/1116gl-nwvarpaio1117.html</link>
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     <title>Home Owners Association Debate</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A new rule created by a Home Owners Association (HOA) board in an eastside neighborhood has many families upset.  The rule bans play and sports equipment, like basketball hoops, trampolines, and skateboard ramps, from being located in the front yard of homes in the Seneca Terrace II neighborhood]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2007 06:27:02 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.kold.com/Global/story.asp?S=7367087&nav=menu86_2]]></link>
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     <title>Continental Ranch in garbage dispute</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Something stinks in Continental Ranch, and it's not just the garbage cans. In Marana's largest neighborhood, a battle is brewing among residents, the community association and two trash-hauling outfits over whether homeowners have the right to choose who picks up their garbage and how often it gets picked up.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2007 10:09:00 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azstarnet.com/business/211433</link>
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     <title>Senior Life: What’s your HOA up to? Do you even know?</title>
     <description><![CDATA[OK, before you get your shorts in a knot reading the headline, let me explain the reason for preparing this column. It seems that election mania is under way, and homeowners associations (HOAs) are in the thick of it this time of year.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:12:23 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.explorernews.com/article/show/20739</link>
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     <title>Arpaio to address Sun City West break-ins</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Arpaio's visit was prompted by recent vehicle and home break-ins that occurred in several homeowner associations during the late summer, said Liz Sheets of ACHO. In her neighborhood association, Sheets said, there were four vehicle break-ins.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:24:59 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/community/westvalley/articles/1113gl-nwvbreakins1114-ON.html</link>
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     <title>Residents start HOA recall</title>
     <description><![CDATA[For the second time this year, members of a Peoria homeowners association are aiming to recall some of their board of directors.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:22:56 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.newszap.com/articles/2007/11/13/az/west_valley/pi01.txt</link>
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     <title>HOAs question TAG founder</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Together Against Graffiti founder Linda Kleiner spent the past few years eradicating graffiti in the West Valley. Now she has a different type of mess to clean up. Four Surprise homeowners associations claim Ms. Kleiner accepted money in the past year without providing promised supplies to the HOAs.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2007 16:14:16 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.newszap.com/articles/2007/11/06/az/west_valley/si01.txt</link>
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     <title>Shores hits the courts</title>
     <description><![CDATA[THE ISSUE: Homeowners in the Shores community, a subdivision in the Ventana Lakes Property Owners Association, and the association board are disputing over who is responsible for the maintenance of the shorelines in the neighborhood.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2007 05:19:13 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.newszap.com/articles/2007/11/06/az/west_valley/pi02.txt</link>
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     <title>Surprise could opt for new water service provider</title>
     <description><![CDATA["For an HOA to say they'd rather be on a residential rate than a commercial rate it is not going to make that much difference. What's going to make a difference is water use," Lynch said.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2007 05:12:22 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/community/westvalley/articles/1106gl-nwvwater1107-ON.html</link>
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     <title>Condos report illegal dumping; Residents warn others to be on the lookout</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Sun City West residents living in condo associations may want to watch their steps the next time they walk through their back alleys.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 04 Nov 2007 16:58:23 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.newszap.com/articles/2007/11/04/az/west_valley/scw02.txt</link>
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     <title>Surprise loses $800K revenue</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Some Surprise residents could face higher HOA fees as a result of a major water billing error. "It’s ridiculous," resident Thomas Porter said. "Some people didn’t even live there when this mistake took place -- you can’t ask them to pay. No way!"]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2007 05:58:22 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.newszap.com/articles/2007/10/30/az/west_valley/si02.txt</link>
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     <title>OV gathers homeowner groups</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Oro Valley held its first Homeowners Association Town Forum last week, bringing association representatives from across the community to Town Hall.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2007 04:43:50 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azstarnet.com/allheadlines/207810</link>
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     <title>Community upset with HOA gives boot to 2 leaders</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Residents of a large Gilbert community, who were fed up with how their homeowners' association ran meetings and handled requests to change house façades, ousted their board president and vice president Wednesday night.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2007 12:27:31 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/1025gr-revolt1025-ON.html</link>
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     <title>Residents, ADOT work to remove trash dumped near homes</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Ahwatukee Foothills homeowners didn't like seeing trash dumped near their houses. Arizona Department of Transportation officials wanted the debris cleaned up. So the two entities teamed up to get rid of the mess being illegally dumped along a dirt road on the west side of Desert Foothills Parkway just north of Pecos Road, across from the post office.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2007 14:16:53 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/community/ahwatukee/articles/1019ar-dumping1019.html</link>
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     <title>HOA loses appeal, foreclosure case is thrown out</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A homeowners association can't foreclose on someone's house for not paying assessments if it can't prove the owner was served with the lawsuit, the state Court of Appeals has ruled.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2007 05:19:10 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/abgnews/articles/1018abg-foreclosure1018.html</link>
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     <title>Housing market slump to affect your pocketbook?</title>
     <description><![CDATA[There's a new prediction that our housing market slump, especially foreclosures, will stunt the Valley's economic growth at least through next year.  But even if you can cover your mortgage, your pocketbook may take a hit.  HOA fees are expected to rise as much as 20 percent in the next 3 months.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2007 03:49:44 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.abc15.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=f7037c44-8db4-4833-bba6-1656b622aab8</link>
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     <title>Water-billing mess prompts city and council to rethink plans</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Hit by a tidal wave of public criticism, Surprise officials are reconsidering plans to back-bill homeowner associations undercharged for water services over a three-year period. Staff is expected to present alternatives to the City Council within 30 days.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2007 12:29:56 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/community/westvalley/articles/1016gl-nwvcouncil1017.html</link>
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     <title>Valley homeowners fighting to save trees from HOA</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The trees were originally slated to be chopped down tomorrow morning, but the landscaper started getting a lot of calls even a few threats of lawsuits. He said he doesn't need that mess so he won't be cutting anything down tomorrow.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2007 05:25:54 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azfamily.com/news/local/stories/KTVKLNews20071015_trees.174b462a6.html</link>
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     <title>HOA dispute evolves into idea for business</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The retired Army captain is working on building "a virtual HOA," a community that allows residents to do everything online: pay their HOA dues, manage their fines, learn about code violations and, most importantly, facilitate conflict resolution, he said.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 13 Oct 2007 08:12:41 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/community/westvalley/articles/1012gl-nwvtikifolo1012.html</link>
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     <title>The Leadership Centre's fall and winter schedule of classes for HOA's</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Leadership Centre provides residents with information, resources and tools to become effective neighborhood and community leaders.  Classes are facilitated in an interactive, hands-on setting to allow optimum learning and practical application.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2007 04:02:37 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.theleadershipcentre.org/classes.html</link>
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     <title>Residents pick up poop</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Some Grayhawk residents want to keep their neighborhood looking pristine -- even if that means picking up waste left behind by irresponsible dog owners.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2007 03:47:59 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.newszap.com/articles/2007/10/09/az/north_valley/ns04.txt</link>
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     <title>HOA board still seated: Apache Wells recall effort slows</title>
     <description><![CDATA[More than a month has passed since a meeting of the Save Apache Wells Committee sparked talks of a recall in the 55-plus community, but no homeowner association board members have been forced out yet.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2007 04:17:03 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.newszap.com/articles/2007/10/09/az/east_valley/em02.txt</link>
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     <title>Board quibbles over ballots; Terramar HOA hosts annual meeting</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Despite the low turnout, the meeting lasted several hours as board members clashed on several issues]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2007 04:10:41 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.newszap.com/articles/2007/10/09/az/west_valley/pi01.txt</link>
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     <title>HOAs expecting big money</title>
     <description><![CDATA["Every one of the HOAs I visit has the same problem, Vice Mayor Sullivan said. "They are all owed money -- the amount owed depends on how big the community is in terms of homes. It’s total frustration."]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2007 03:37:13 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://topicInfoLink</link>
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     <title>Code Change: PORA continues uniformity quest; Directors look to Sun City</title>
     <description><![CDATA[PORA officials are moving forward with their efforts to change the many Sun City West codes, covenants and restrictions to one universal code but residents should not expect changes any time soon.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2007 03:36:20 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.newszap.com/articles/2007/10/02/az/west_valley/scw04.txt</link>
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     <title>New Group Home Causing Riff With HOA (VIdeo report)</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A home for troubled teens could soon be coming to a Chandler neighborhood, and neighbors in the area are not happy about it. A similar home nearby was opened over a year ago and police have already been called to that home over 40 times]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2007 03:49:00 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=4471370&version=3&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=3.2.1]]></link>
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     <title>Mountain Vista Ranch: Residents unite</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Mountain Vista Ranch residents left Surprise City Hall smiling after council members shot down a plan to connect Sunrise Boulevard to Vista Ranch Road.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2007 05:42:54 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.newszap.com/articles/2007/09/25/az/west_valley/si04.txt</link>
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     <title>Neighbors want an end to cut-through drivers</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Surrounded by growth, a rural Gilbert neighborhood wants to take over a street that has transformed from a quiet, rural lane to a hot spot for speeders and cut-through traffic.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2007 03:41:06 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0924road0924.html</link>
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     <title>Avondale, HOA working things out</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Last month, the HOA governing board expressed anger and frustration toward the city in its newsletter, which listed discontent pertaining to water billing issues and maintenance of community lakes and trails.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2007 04:45:41 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.westvalleyview.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=27956]]></link>
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     <title>Neighborhood wants to own street, stop speeders</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Gilbert county island wants to take over a street that has transformed from a quiet, rural lane to a hotspot for speeders and cut-through traffic.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2007 11:50:52 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0919gr-road0919-ON.html</link>
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     <title>Johnson board seeks residents: Low turnout worries 6-month leadership</title>
     <description><![CDATA[After more than six months as the neighborhood’s elected leaders, members of the Johnson Ranch Homeowners Association Board of Directors expressed concern Sept. 11 about the low resident turnout at meetings.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2007 03:32:29 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.newszap.com/articles/2007/09/18/az/east_valley/qc03.txt</link>
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     <title>New laws to limit homeowner association powers</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Perhaps the most sweeping of the changes affecting HOA’s is they can’t keep kids from playing in the street. A law adopted the Legislature this spring says associations cannot have rules banning children who live in the community from being in the street. The law also permits residents to put temporary signs in the middle of private streets controlled by homeowner associations warning motorists that there are children at play]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2007 04:08:42 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/hourlyupdate/201702.php</link>
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     <title>Age change yields 20 home sales in Grand</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Twenty homes have been sold in Sun City Grand to buyers aged 45 to 54 since March when the community’s board of directors decided to lower the age requirement.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2007 15:24:04 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.dailynews-sun.com/news/community_696___article.html/sullivan_homes.html</link>
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     <title>CAM board considers new parking lot design</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Sun City Grand Community Association Management board is looking at options to reconfigure some of the disabled parking spaces in the Adobe Spa lot.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 15 Sep 2007 13:28:24 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.dailynews-sun.com/news/spaces_686___article.html/disabled_lot.html</link>
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     <title>Sign prompts anger in Esperanza Estates</title>
     <description><![CDATA[the sign constitutes another chapter in an ongoing saga in the subdivision between those providing food and water to illegals and residents who are opposed to such actions, fearful about the consequences, and angry that illegals are an ongoing presence in their neighborhood, along with Border Patrol helicopters, buses, vans and agents.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2007 04:36:31 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.gvnews.com/articles/2007/09/13/news/news02.txt</link>
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     <title>SCHOA wins lawsuit, incurs $12,000 in legal fees</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Sun City Home Owners Association won a lawsuit over what one board member called “silly violations,” but in the process the organization ran up a hefty legal bill affirming that the covenant, codes and restrictions of the community are its jurisdiction.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2007 11:22:13 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.dailynews-sun.com/news/violations_675___article.html/green_schoa.html</link>
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     <title>When your HOA owns you</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The explosion of HOAs brought with it an increase in the criticisms leveled against such communities. The governing boards of HOAs are not bound by any kind of constitutional restrictions]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2007 04:48:10 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ahwatukee.com/news/rosko_1331___article.html/board_hoas.html</link>
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     <title>Solar energy systems growing more popular in Ahwatukee</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Under a state law that takes effect Sept.19, HOAs may adopt "reasonable" rules governing the placement of solar devices, but they can't restrict function and efficiency]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2007 16:40:53 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/community/ahwatukee/articles/0910ar-solar0912.html</link>
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     <title>Building raises ire in SVE: Residents take issue with new structure</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A yet-to-be-built multipurpose building has created a stir among some Sunland Village East residents]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2007 14:36:31 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.newszap.com/articles/2007/09/04/az/east_valley/em02.txt</link>
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     <title>Couple request HOA variance</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A backyard storage shed that was erected in the late 1970s may have to come down after not meeting with the community's Covenants, Codes and Restrictions.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2007 14:34:12 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.newszap.com/articles/2007/09/04/az/west_valley/sc03.txt</link>
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     <title>Scottsdale blames others in home flood damage</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Roughly 30 members of the Las Piedras homeowners association demanded to know what will be done about wash-encroaching development already in place, and who will pay for the flood damage to their neighborhood]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2007 05:17:20 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/96602</link>
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     <title>Ariz. ranks No. 2 in default rate for absentee homeowners' loans</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Arizona is one of four states facing a particularly high rate of mortgage defaults on homes bought by absentee owners, mainly for speculation.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2007 15:52:06 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/daily/local/61726.php</link>
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     <title>HOA Flag Flap Unfurls Raw Emotions</title>
     <description><![CDATA[An Apache Junction man was given an eviction notice from his homeowner's association because of the American flag he was flying in his front yard.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2007 11:48:26 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://ktar.com/?nid=6&sid=581678]]></link>
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     <title>Graffiti shows growing problem; Removal, education key</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Neighborhoods like Pecan Creek, Copper Basin and Johnson Ranch have also seen an influx of neighborhood graffiti, which costs homeowners associations thousands of dollars annually to remove.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2007 05:06:46 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.newszap.com/articles/2007/08/30/az/east_valley/qc04.txt</link>
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     <title>6 suffer carbon monoxide poisoning at Tempe condo complex</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Tempe Fire Department said a running generator inside a unit at a Tempe condominium complex is to blame for six cases of carbon monoxide poisoning.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2007 04:24:07 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azfamily.com/news/local/stories/KTVKLNews20070830_carbon-monoxide-poisoning-tempe.867b4132.html</link>
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     <title>2 Sun Lakes HOAs trying to upgrade assessment</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The homeowners association for the Cottonwood and Palo Verde areas of the community wants to assess homeowners a one-time fee of $1,428 to upgrade and remodel its clubhouses.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2007 16:22:32 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/community/chandler/articles/0828cr-sunlakes0829.html</link>
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     <title>Effort begins to recall Apache Wells board</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A citizens group began circulating petitions this week to recall the board of directors of Apache Wells, an east Mesa golf course community.  The effort comes on the heels of a Maricopa County Superior Court judge's ruling that set aside the results of an election approving construction of an $8.5 million multipurpose center that divided the community]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2007 16:20:40 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0828mr-apachewells0829.html</link>
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     <title>Private subdivision road upkeep bedevils Gilbert</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The problem comes after several years of wear and tear start to show and residents start wondering when the town’s government is going to get around to fixing their streets. But in developments with private streets, residents or their homeowners associations are responsible for maintaining the roads]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2007 03:44:56 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/95989</link>
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     <title>Mesa HOA vote to build $8.5M luxury center tossed out by judge</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Superior Court judge has ruled against a homeowners association in east Mesa, halting its plans to force residents to pay for the construction of an $8.5 million luxury community center.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2007 15:35:29 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azstarnet.com/metro/197952</link>
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     <title>Community Look: Citizens angered by destructive deeds</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Luana Pfaff, resident of Sunrise Canyon community, said local youth have continuously kicked down a surrounding wall of her neighborhood and after reinforced with re-bar they move to the next section and tagged the new wall.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2007 03:13:08 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.newszap.com/articles/2007/08/21/az/east_valley/aj04.txt</link>
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     <title>Surprise homeowner battles HOA over backyard Tiki hut</title>
     <description><![CDATA[But the Surprise resident says his experience with the Greer Ranch South Homeowners Association, which has sued him to remove the hut, have been just the opposite. Harman built the 8-foot-tall hut on a raised platform in January 2006. He concedes he made a mistake in not getting a permit or permission to do so first, but he said he has tried to work with his HOA, only to be threatened and sued.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2007 11:22:02 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.dailynews-sun.com/news/harman_582___article.html/hoa_association.html</link>
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     <title>Alert Scottsdale Cop Busts Suspected Mail Thieves</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Sanders says the mail was taken from a nearby condo complex. The investigation led to the arrests of eight people and more are expected. The charges range from ID theft to drug possession.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2007 14:20:04 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://ktar.com/?nid=6&sid=573140]]></link>
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     <title>Beware the Adult Communities Multiple Choice Addendum</title>
     <description><![CDATA[On more than 50 percent of the listings in the Northwest Valley’s active adult communities you see notations regarding a “mandatory” adult communities addendum being required with any offer. But just what is this addendum?]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2007 04:24:11 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.daltonsazhomes.com/blog/20070821/beware-the-adult-communities-multiple-choice-addendum/</link>
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     <title>Westbrook loses leader; Mitzi Mills heads to Sun City Grand</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Westbrook Village residents will soon say goodbye to Mitzi Mills their manager of six years. Ms. Mills has accepted a position as the Executive Director of Sun City Grand Association, which encompasses about 10,800 homes and four golf courses.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 19 Aug 2007 06:08:56 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.newszap.com/articles/2007/08/18/az/west_valley/pi03.txt</link>
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     <title>Springs stands by decision HOA rules in dispute over common-area improvements</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Leaders of the homeowners’ association at The Springs are trying to maintain a low profile in a dispute over unapproved plantings and landscaping made by some homeowners to a common area near their dwellings.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2007 14:06:19 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.gvnews.com/articles/2007/08/17/news/news02.txt</link>
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     <title>Speeders feel 59th Ave. pain</title>
     <description><![CDATA["The AHL HOA CCR’s (conditions, covenants and restrictions) state you cannot barricade and prevent any community access from common areas," Woods said. "And you have to take into consideration mail delivery, school buses, street cleaning and maintenance, and the most important, fire department access response time."]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2007 12:06:26 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.glendalestar.com/articles/2007/08/16/news/news01.txt</link>
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     <title>HOA shares code stories; 37 vehicle violations closed</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Sun City Home Owners Association officials provided a summer update last week concerning top CC&R violations reported in the community, noting resident interest has piqued in reporting violations this year.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2007 03:40:31 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.newszap.com/articles/2007/08/13/az/west_valley/sc03.txt</link>
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     <title>SVE takes new manager: Security, new building top job priorities</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Sunland Village East residents have someone new to turn to in the manager’s office. Dick Schinke, who started July 31 overseeing the day-to-day operations of the 2,435-home community, has about 30 years experience in homeowner association management.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2007 03:47:44 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.newszap.com/articles/2007/08/13/az/east_valley/em05.txt</link>
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     <title>SC Grand may cash in from ruling</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Sun City Grand Community Association Management board could get as much as $400,000 back from Maricopa County thanks to a ruling regarding the status of Grand’s Cimarron Center as a common area and not a commercial building.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 11 Aug 2007 10:57:19 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.dailynews-sun.com/news/county_539___article.html/association_court.html</link>
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     <title>Homes left behind</title>
     <description><![CDATA[City code enforcers and county mosquito patrols across the Valley say they're seeing a spate of weeds and green pools in places they never used to: newer neighborhoods with higher-priced homes.  Increasing numbers of these properties are being abandoned by cash-strapped owners, leaving messes and headaches for neighbors and municipal officials.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2007 05:00:16 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/0806foreclosed0806.html</link>
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     <title>Block Watches urged after drop house discovery</title>
     <description><![CDATA["It's a problem Valleywide," said Robert Blakesley, general manager of the Ahwatukee Board of Management, the homeowners association that represents that area. "I think they just hook up with a rental house and do their business."]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2007 14:16:39 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0802ar-drophouse02-ON.html</link>
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     <title>HOA: Flooded Car Owners 'On Their Own'</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Residents of luxury condominium complex in the north Valley learned on Wednesday they won't be getting any assistance from their Home Owners Association or condo developer after heavy rainfall flooded an underground parking garage, damaging dozens of cars, SUVs and motorcycles.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2007 17:04:15 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.kpho.com/news/13797207/detail.html?rss=pho&psp=news]]></link>
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     <title>Resident, HOA in tiff over play set</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Mr. Lawrence and his wife, Maria, who live in a single-story community, are in litigation with the Desert Ridge Community Association, which claims the Lawrences ignored orders to remove a backyard play set located that violates the development’s design guidelines.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2007 16:50:15 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.newszap.com/articles/2007/08/01/az/north_valley/nep06.txt</link>
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     <title>Dreamland issues, one case: Judge rules to combine litigation</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A move to combine 40 separate cases into one is the latest action in the ongoing legal battle at Dreamland Villa. Each case was a filing demanding payment of $127 club fees from homeowners who refused to pay. Superior Court Judge Christopher Whitten ruled to consolidate the cases.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2007 15:03:45 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.newszap.com/articles/2007/07/31/az/east_valley/em01.txt</link>
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     <title>Residents, HOA clash over ‘improvement’</title>
     <description><![CDATA[An unimproved berm that’s as attractive as “mini-mine tailings” is the cause of some neighborhood dissension in a section of The Springs at Santa Rita development.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2007 02:30:45 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.gvnews.com/articles/2007/07/28/news/news02.txt</link>
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     <title>Continental Country Club a solid Flag citizen</title>
     <description><![CDATA[For years, the homeowner association board has allowed the latter to pay lower annual fees, reflecting their lower impacts on the club's recreational facilities.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2007 13:14:28 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azdailysun.com/articles/2007/07/25/news/opinion/20070725_opinion_26.txt</link>
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     <title>Controlling HOAs</title>
     <description><![CDATA[We sat down with a group of Valley homeowners.  (article includes some responses from management)]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2007 05:06:14 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.abc15.com/content/news/investigators/story.aspx?content_id=bb4f86cb-6d09-4269-8943-0888e522168d</link>
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     <title>HOA mulls water woes: Board also tackles vandalism issue</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Landscape and water problems have been on the minds of the Arrowhead Ranch Phase II Homeowners Association Board of Directors and residents.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2007 15:30:51 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.newszap.com/articles/2007/07/23/az/west_valley/ahr01.txt</link>
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     <title>Predators kill 6 pets in Mesa in two weeks</title>
     <description><![CDATA["It's one of those difficult situations," he said. "We're trying to advise residents in the neighborhood about the problems. We're in the process of putting out door hangars and will have an officer attend their HOA meeting to help guide them," he said.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2007 15:28:18 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/12news/news/articles/0723mr-attacks0723-CP.html</link>
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     <title>Video News about earlier story of man suing East Valley HOA</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A battle in Mesa over HOAs - do they have too much power? Every once in a while, you hear about a homeowner at odds with a controlling management company. In fact, some say they go too far and that's what got Don Robb into trouble.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 14 Jul 2007 06:05:45 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=3762061&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=3.2.1]]></link>
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     <title>AZ:  Developer lays out condo plans for blighted Mesa neighborhood</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Phoenix developer who prides himself on redeveloping blighted properties filed plans with Mesa's Planning and Zoning Department to build a 61-unit condominium development on property once considered among Mesa's most blighted areas.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 14 Jul 2007 05:55:50 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0714evblight0714.html</link>
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     <title>Residents upset over open range</title>
     <description><![CDATA["The neighbor put a block wall and chain-link fence up. The first chance he got, he locked himself in. Like everybody, once they've been here a little bit, a fence goes up," Bondie said.  The Bondies don't know what to do at this point. They were members of the Homeowner's Association for two years but got no satisfaction. They're not getting any help from the Rancher's Association either. Decker had to fix part of his fence by himself, in spite of his condition.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2007 15:20:25 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.bensonnews-sun.com/articles/2007/07/11/news/news3.txt</link>
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     <title>Mesa man sues East Valley HOA</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Robbs are suing the Arizona Skyline Community Association to recoup $2,000 to cover damage allegedly done to the car when it was towed.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2007 15:14:06 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azfamily.com/news/local/stories/KTVKLNews20070711_mesa-how-towing-lawsuit.651dc3f5.html</link>
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     <title>Citizens prep for new laws</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Homeowners associations are already preparing for upcoming changes that have passed during Arizona’s 48th legislative session.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2007 16:24:53 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.newszap.com/articles/2007/07/10/az/north_valley/nep01.txt</link>
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     <title>E-mail concerns residents: Access to HOA records questioned</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Some Troon residents raised concerns about a village “news alert” sent to residents that appears to take a stand on a political issue, but the homeowner’s association president said the communication was sent in error]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2007 16:23:43 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.newszap.com/articles/2007/07/10/az/north_valley/ns01.txt</link>
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     <title>Statement sires disagreement; Board responds to survey results</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Stetson Hills homeowners will have to wait a little longer before hearing the Stetson Hills Community Association's official response to results from a survey about their main community park.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2007 04:27:01 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.newszap.com/articles/2007/07/08/az/north_valley/adv02.txt</link>
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     <title>Group advocates clotheslines as way to save energy</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The group helps push "Right To Dry" bills through legislatures and also sponsors a National Hanging Out Day. Florida and Utah are the only states that protect clothesline use.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 07 Jul 2007 09:20:31 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0707clothesline0707inside.html</link>
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     <title>San Ignacio Golf Estates homeowners remake subdivision sign</title>
     <description><![CDATA[When a group of San Ignacio Golf Estates homeowners saw that the entry sign to their subdivision was aging and in need of freshening and repainting, they decided to do the job themselves.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2007 04:47:46 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.gvnews.com/articles/2007/07/05/news/news04.txt</link>
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     <title>Law backs homeowners who install solar</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Burdick's Lantana Ranch homeowners association forced him to remove solar water heater panels from his roof because they violated deed restrictions. Those limits were likely invalidated this week when Gov. Janet Napolitano signed into law House Bill 2593, which prohibits HOAs from restricting the installation of solar energy devices. It allows associations to adopt "reasonable" rules governing the placement of solar devices, but they can't restrict function and efficiency.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jul 2007 04:30:40 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/community/chandler/articles/0704cr-solar0705.html</link>
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     <title>Avoid HOA hammer and sickle those dead branches</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Most of the dead-looking ficus are making their slow comebacks, but I have to wonder about the ones I still see around town untouched by human hands. It's a sure bet that homeowner associations won't take long to add "trim the dead junk off your ficus" to the list of possible violations, right up there with "trash receptacle left at curb."]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 30 Jun 2007 12:09:18 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/community/chandler/articles/0628cr-stephens0629-on.html</link>
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     <title>Veteran, 91, going strong, makes neighborhood 'look decent'</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Flores said that before Kopta joined the HOA, the neighborhood suffered from crime, broken lamps, car theft, parking problems and blight.  "When Earl became president, things really started to change," Flores said. "He may be 91, but he has the mind of a 30-year-old." Flores describes Kopta as a determined leader and catalyst for change at Fountain Shadows.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2007 04:13:24 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/community/glendale/articles/0628gl-kopta0629.html</link>
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     <title>Weeds produce fire danger</title>
     <description><![CDATA["This is the time of year where unkempt weeds can pose a major problem," said Surprise Assistant Fire Chief Kevin Pool. "With the current weather conditions - we are in a major drought - the combination of that with all the vegetation being dead, you look at a weed funny and it starts a fire."]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2007 04:05:35 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.newszap.com/articles/2007/06/26/az/west_valley/si05.txt</link>
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     <title>Westbrook Village Homeowners fees may rise</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Westbrook Village is in great financial shape, according to the homeowners association’s treasurer Peter Atkins.  But he is recommending an increase in annual assessments for homeowners.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2007 04:05:18 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.newszap.com/articles/2007/06/26/az/west_valley/pi04.txt</link>
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     <title>HOA eyes new sign; Aging equipment causes concern</title>
     <description><![CDATA[In addition to signs, the board studied irrigation issues. There have been some major irrigation issues raised over the past several months,” Mrs. Jacobson said.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2007 04:01:25 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.newszap.com/articles/2007/06/26/az/west_valley/ai01.txt</link>
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     <title>Residents share suspicions</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Tramonto residents seeking facts surrounding a drug investigation in their neighborhood must remain patient while Drug Enforcement Administration officials look into the situation.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2007 15:59:11 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.newszap.com/articles/2007/06/25/az/north_valley/an01.txt</link>
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     <title>Community calm after storm</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Bell Esprit, near 41st Street and Bell Road, took a big hit last year when a microburst storm ravaged the 362-home neighborhood causing close to $90,000 in damages to its three retention areas, which are also used as community parks, according to Iran Niedorf, Bell Esprit Homeowners Association president.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2007 04:51:47 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.newszap.com/articles/2007/06/19/az/north_valley/nep03.txt</link>
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     <title>Citizens prep for new laws</title>
     <description><![CDATA[With only a few more months left for Arizona's 48th legislative session, homeowners associations are already preparing for upcoming changes.  Two new laws have so far been approved that could impact associations.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2007 04:52:17 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.newszap.com/articles/2007/06/18/az/north_valley/tpv02.txt</link>
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     <title>Board OKs code variance; RVs may park, new rules eyed</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Issue: The IronOaks at Sun Lakes Home Owner Association, in an attempt to match community Conditions, Covenants and Restrictions with rules and regulations set by the developer, are looking into RV parking rules in the community.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2007 04:45:26 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.newszap.com/articles/2007/06/18/az/east_valley/chan02.txt</link>
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     <title>Neighbors worried about aesthetics of development</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Desert Ridge residents are upset that a developer, which they say has circumvented the rules, appears to be getting its way on land at the heart of the master-planned community.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2007 02:51:29 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0615phx-gray0615-ON.html</link>
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     <title>Fraud draining Valley small businesses</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Wind Drift Board President Larry Rice said that he wishes that his community had learned earlier about the simple controls that might have protected it from losing at least $200,000 to fraud and theft, allegedly committed by the owner, Tim Reedy, of their HOA management company.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2007 02:48:46 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/community/gilbert/articles/0615gr-fraud0615-ON.html</link>
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     <title>Dead fish still baffling, disturbing residents</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Hundreds of dead fish popped up three weeks ago in the community lakes of Lagos Vistoso neighborhood in Chandler, but today, residents are still fishing for answers]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2007 03:45:36 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/community/chandler/articles/0614cr-fishfolo0614-ON.html</link>
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     <title>Grounds facility up for vote: Members to decide proposal’s fate</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Home Owners Association Board spokesman Richard Hawkes said the proposed maintenance facility will meet two other needs outside of golf maintenance.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2007 02:51:12 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.newszap.com/articles/2007/06/12/az/east_valley/ci04.txt</link>
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     <title>Community to hold forum; Johnson Ranch HOA asks for residents’ opinion</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Johnson Ranch Homeowners Association wants to know what issues are important to the community's residents.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:19:25 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.newszap.com/articles/2007/06/05/az/east_valley/qc03.txt</link>
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     <title>HOA Takes Exception To Memorial Day Banner</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The notice came from the Arroyo Ridge Homeowners Association, which told Denise she could have the banner as long as it's posted properly on a flag pole. But Denise doesn't want to spend 200 dollars on something she'll only use two weeks a year. At least one neighbor says she shouldn't have to.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 09 Jun 2007 17:12:44 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.kold.com/Global/story.asp?S=6571615&nav=menu86_2]]></link>
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     <title>Water increase irks residents; Public hearing set for August</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Residents spoke out against Arizona-American Water’s proposed sewer water rate hike during a May 16 public comment session held by Arizona Corporation Commission officials.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2007 10:29:49 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&tab=wn&scoring=d&q=%22condominium+association%22&output=rss]]></link>
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     <title>Condo developer pleads guilty to asbestos violations</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The developer of a downtown Kansas City condominium project pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to violating federal standards for asbestos removal during renovation of the property last year,]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2007 17:28:10 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://phoenix.bizjournals.com/kansascity/stories/2007/05/21/daily4.html</link>
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     <title>Neighborhood code enforcement isn't simple</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Rules about what goes on in neighborhoods are not always just a matter of city code enforcement]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2007 08:54:02 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.svherald.com/articles/2007/05/20/news/doc464ff315089cf494903171.txt</link>
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     <title>HOA-limit bill vetoed because of add-ons</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Gov. Janet Napolitano vetoed new restrictions on the power of homeowner associations Wednesday — but not necessarily because she disagrees with the legislation.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2007 15:16:35 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/business/183424.php</link>
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     <title>Upgrade Update:Group makes final recommendations</title>
     <description><![CDATA[THE ISSUE: Many facilities at Cottonwood Palo Verde at Sun Lakes are more than 25 years old. The homeowners association board has developed a taskforce to make plans for renovating them.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2007 07:06:18 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.newszap.com/articles/2007/05/15/az/east_valley/ci04.txt</link>
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     <title>Legislators OK restrictions on HOA foreclosure powers</title>
     <description><![CDATA[State lawmakers passed a bill Thursday limiting homeowners associations from foreclosing on property owners. But critics of the plan warned it could cost homeowners more money in annual association fees.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2007 09:58:16 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/89466</link>
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