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     <title>HOA: We're not 'a pack of Nazis'</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Pasco County man's community has pulled together to help him out.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:00:05 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.baynews9.com/content/36/2008/10/13/391562.html?title=HOA:++We're+not+'a+pack+of+Nazis'</link>
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     <title>Villagio seeks flood plain exception</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Villagio at Estero Condominium Association Board of Directors is applying to the Federal Emergency Management Agency for an exception that places the community in a flood plain]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:27:37 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.news-press.com/article/20081011/NEWS0102/810110334/1004/ACC</link>
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     <title>Condo Owners Find Themselves Paying Extra Fees</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Condo owners are facing a major consequence of the foreclosure crisis. Condo associations are being forced to charge unit owners thousands of dollars to make ends meet.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:26:25 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://cbs4.com/local/economy.condo.foreclosure.2.838027.html</link>
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     <title>Joe Adams: Condo board members elected for one-year-terms</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Q: I have heard that it recently became state law that board members are now forbidden to run for two consecutive terms of office. Is this true?]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:59:01 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.news-press.com/article/20081012/COLUMNISTS16/810120325/1076</link>
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     <title>Brown lawn means jail time</title>
     <description><![CDATA[On Friday morning, Joseph Prudente put on a pair of shorts and his "Grandpa Gone Wild" T-shirt. He took off his wedding band and put his heart medication in a plastic Wal-Mart bag. Then his daughter drove him to jail. Grandpa had time to do.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:45:14 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.tampabay.com/news/humaninterest/article847365.ece</link>
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     <title>South Florida district board votes to make watering limits permanent</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Restrictions on lawn watering in South Florida showed up two years ago as temporary emergency measures. Then they were extended. Now it appears they will be eternal]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:26:12 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-flbwater1010sboct10,0,7522040.story</link>
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     <title><![CDATA[Richard White: Q&A: Time to pay the piper on condo roof replacement]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Q: I live in a retirement condominium that is about 40 years old. Our county notified us that we must be inspected by an engineer to determine if we have construction deficiencies.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:21:16 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.tampabay.com/features/homeandgarden/article846579.ece</link>
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     <title>Lawyer files unusual suits to get clients out of condo sales deals</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Some condo buyers want to get out of their purchase contracts based on expectations that developers won't be able to honor future obligations.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:45:56 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/103/story/719634.html</link>
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     <title>New surveys will assist reform bill</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Two recent surveys by different groups show that homeowners want their associations to be supervised by a regulatory agency and are willing to pay the annual $4 fee to fund it.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:12:03 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-flhrbnewsurvey1009hrboct09,0,5114523.story</link>
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     <title>Counting on the board for answers</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Here are examples of questions and common problems that you can direct to the management company, along with some suggestions on how to solve the problems. If there is no management company, obviously all of these questions must be presented to your board.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:09:54 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-flhrbcondotalk1009.1hrboct09,0,2775800.story</link>
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     <title>Broward Coalition files challenge to electioneering law</title>
     <description><![CDATA[When the Broward Coalition of Condominium, Homeowners and Community Organizations wanted to include a primer on ballot amendments in its newsletter, president Charlotte Greenbarg said she ran into an obstacle: Florida's electioneering law.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:06:59 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/legislature/sfl-flffinance1009sboct09,0,6481513.story</link>
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     <title>Condos say state insurer owes them millions for 2004 hurricane damage</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Now, several beachfront condominiums in Volusia, unhappy with claims paid out by the state-run insurer, are taking Citizens to court.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 09:51:00 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/insurance/orl-citizens0808oct08,0,7894554.story</link>
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     <title>Homeowner associations want state protections from legislators</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Homeowner associations are shouting the message: We want tougher regulation and we want it now.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 09:45:08 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/custom/consumer/sfl-flbcondocol1008sboct08,0,766124.story</link>
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     <title>Miami Beach leader wants banks to help with condo fees</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Miami Beach City Commissioner Jerry Libbin is leading an effort to change a Florida law that allows lenders and banks to largely avoid paying condo association fees once they foreclose on a unit.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:21:16 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/698190.html</link>
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     <title>Help for homeowners associations</title>
     <description><![CDATA[As wave after wave of foreclosures hit both the single-family home and condominium markets, homeowner associations are struggling to find ways to make up the difference when the owners bail and the bank will not pay the dues.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:14:19 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20081006/ARTICLE/810060307/2413/BUSINESS&title=Help_for_homeowners_associations]]></link>
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     <title>Palmira residents rally to reopen golf course on their own</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Palmira Golf & Country Club Inc. is stepping up to fill the void at the Bonita Springs club after its developer unexpectedly shut down the golf course and other operations.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:40:13 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081006/NEWS0102/810060368</link>
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     <title>Richard White: Is defibrillator a liability?</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Q:We live in a 55 and older homeowner association. Two years ago, members voted topurchase an automated external defibrillator (AED).]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 16:39:29 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home/story/709920.html</link>
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     <title>Rob Samouce: Condo boards can take control of building hurricane protection</title>
     <description><![CDATA[One of the more beneficial changes to the Condominium Act that became effective on Oct. 1, is the ability for condominium association boards to more easily take control of the hurricane protection of their condominium buildings.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 16:12:14 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2008/oct/05/rob-samouce-condo-boards-can-take-control-building/</link>
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     <title>Joe Adams: Bidding process hinges on budget for association</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Q: Does Florida law require a homeowners' association to bid any purchase, or can the board just purchase at any place if it is not a sole source item?]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 16:08:10 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081005/COLUMNISTS16/810050316/1014/BUSINESS</link>
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     <title>Orkin will repair termite-ravaged condo complex as part of settlement</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Exterminating giant Orkin has pledged to repair a termite-ravaged condominium complex in Sumter County as part of a legal settlement that could cost the company an estimated $6 million in fix-up costs.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:53:03 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.orlandosentinel.com/orl-orkin-settlement-100308,0,3042170.story</link>
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     <title>Richard White: For your records, it's better to address the board directly</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Q: Our management company has ignored several homeowner requests to review the financials for our homeowners association. Phone calls are transferred to an answering machine. E-mails, certified mail and normal U.S. mail are ignored. We have reason to believe financial wrongdoing by the board and understand reserves are being spent. How do we get access to such information, including the balance of each reserve fund?]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:26:57 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.tampabay.com/features/homeandgarden/article837619.ece</link>
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     <title>Homestead's rise in crime sparking changes</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Crime is a concern on the newer east side of Homestead, and some communities and residents have gone to great lengths to try to stem the tide.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 09:49:06 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/708225.html</link>
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     <title>Retiree fixes sign vandals targeted</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Henry Voskowsky didn't think his community association ought to pay a second time to fix its new entrance monument that was marred by vandals]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 17:00:37 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20081001/ARTICLE/810010306/0/ARTICLE&title=Retiree_fixes_sign__vandals_targeted]]></link>
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     <title>Lake Camille area named flood zone; FEMA changes status of neighborhood</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Homeowners who live along Lake Camille on Joel Blvd. are suddenly finding themselves in a federal FEMA flood zone and that means they must buy flood insurance. For the Beach Club Condominium Association, that means as much as $18,766 a year in premiums for the 50 owners.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:30:53 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.lehighacrescitizen.com/News/articles.asp?articleID=8643</link>
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     <title>Trump Cuts Ties To Tampa Condo Deal</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Real estate mogul Donald Trump is cutting his ties to a $300 million condo project in Tampa.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 15:40:32 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.theledger.com/article/20081001/NEWS/810010265?Title=Trump_Cuts_Ties_To_Tampa_Condo_Deal</link>
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     <title>Daniel Vasquez: Condo rules baffle you? Do the research</title>
     <description><![CDATA[It seems that no matter how long you have lived with rules, something baffling always comes up.  You've been sending me lots of interesting questions, such as these below. Keep them coming.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 15:36:50 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/custom/consumer/sfl-flbcondocol1001sboct01,0,4637335.story</link>
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     <title>Lauderhill Condo Residents Feeling Soaked By Management Company</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Their apartments are waterlogged, and there does not seem to be help from the building's management. Some residents at one Lauderhill condo building said the worst part of all of it was that it was still raining,]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 09:17:15 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.nbc6.net/news/17586341/detail.html</link>
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     <title>Naples Estates homeowners win right to purchase mobile home park</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Now, a decade after that first lawsuit, Collier Circuit Judge Hugh Hayes has ruled that the 484 homeowners have the right to purchase the park from Ell-Cap/75 and operate it on their own.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:00:38 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2008/sep/28/naples-estates-homeowners-win-right-purchase-mobil/</link>
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     <title>Joe Adams: Document update common as condo ages</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Q: I have been appointed by my condominium board of directors to serve on a committee to rewrite the condominium documents.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 09:49:54 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080928/COLUMNISTS16/809280312/1076</link>
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     <title>Richard White: Condo directors linger too long</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Q:I am president of our homeowners association and our governing documents specifically state that no director may serve more than two consecutive two-year terms.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 09:48:57 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home/story/700918.html</link>
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     <title>Life in Bonita: The hidden costs by association</title>
     <description><![CDATA[One of the larger concerns buyers have when purchasing a home or condo is what the true, bottom-line cost of ownership is going to be to them.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2008 16:03:30 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2008/sep/26/life-bonita-hidden-costs-association/</link>
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     <title>Judge fumes over shrubbery dispute</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The case involves the Beacon Woods East Homeowners' Association and a resident of the neighborhood, George Weber.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:34:13 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=7523161&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1]]></link>
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     <title>Will lawsuits delay Destin beach restoration?</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Even if landowners suing to stop Destin’s beach restoration project lose their case, the suit might delay restoration until after the 2009 hurricane season starts.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:24:45 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.thedestinlog.com/news/destin_6491___article.html/restoration_beach.html</link>
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     <title>Richard White: Budget shortfall leads to special assessment</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Q: Can a board of directors approve a special assessment simply to balance a budget? The members have been assessed what amounts to an additional quarter because the new board members have determined that there is a shortfall. Is not the full membership vote required for any assessments not deemed an emergency by the governor?]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:03:18 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.tampabay.com/features/homeandgarden/article828319.ece</link>
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     <title>Condos cause conundrum</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The developer of half-built Prentiss Pointe at Winkler and Summerlin roads in south Fort Myers wants the 50 condo owners to pay for all the community's operating expenses.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 10:05:52 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080925/BUSINESS/809250333/1014</link>
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     <title>Qualities a condo president must possess</title>
     <description><![CDATA[First, let's talk about the traits of a good condo board president. Then we'll look at the role.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 09:56:51 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-flhrbcondotalk0925hrbsep25,0,5146679.story</link>
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     <title>Vacant lots anger Ranch residents</title>
     <description><![CDATA[If the Greenbrook homeowners' association didn't know there are unhappy residents in Greenbrook Preserve, Ravine and Banks, they know now.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:18:55 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.bradenton.com/news/local/lakewood_ranch_herald/story/906093.html</link>
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     <title>Living with Rules: Homeowner association boards want more power</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Should it be easier for your association board to use liens and foreclosure proceedings against you to collect assessments?]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:17:37 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-flbcondocol0924sbsep24,0,484422.story</link>
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     <title>Miami Beach leader wants banks to help with condo fees</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Miami Beach City Commissioner Jerry Libbin is leading an effort to change a Florida law that allows lenders and banks to largely avoid paying condo association fees once they foreclose on a unit.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:43:30 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/698190.html</link>
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     <title>Fort Lauderdale condo association has dog fight</title>
     <description><![CDATA[What began as an outburst over pet policies has escalated into a lawsuit pitting neighbors against each other at Sunrise East Condominium]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 09:54:38 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-flbdogfight0923sbsep23,0,1537592.story?track=rss</link>
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     <title>Foreclosures Force HOA, Condo Neighbors To Pay More</title>
     <description><![CDATA[But there is a good chance that if you live in a neighborhood managed by an association, you are going to start feeling the pain if you already have not.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 09:49:01 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/sep/23/foreclosures-force-neighbors-pay-more/</link>
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     <title>Condo fire kills cats, injures dogs</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A condo fire killed a pair of cats and sent three dogs to a clinic Monday afternoon.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:16:35 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wsvn.com/news/articles/local/MI98244/</link>
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     <title>Richard White: Boards cannot guarantee fees will not increase</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Q. We live in a resident-owned mobile home park. For two years we have been fighting high rent increases. Our new cooperative board refuses to lower the rent because past cooperative boards did not turn over the past records.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2008 19:57:01 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2008/sep/21/richard-white-boards-cannot-guarantee-fees-will-no/</link>
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     <title>Condo scam's trail begins in Brevard</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Patrick Newman died two years ago in a Boca Raton hotel room as bankers and the FBI closed in on his condominium-flipping scam.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2008 19:29:17 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080921/NEWS01/809210331/1006</link>
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     <title>Joe Adams: Knowing new laws includes sweating the little stuff</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Today's column is the 13th and final installment of our annual review of new laws passed by the Florida Legislature affecting community associations. Today, we will wrap up with a review of some miscellaneous changes not covered in previous columns:]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2008 19:23:29 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080921/COLUMNISTS16/809210334/1014/BUSINESS</link>
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     <title>Court officials question why condo association leader was prosecuted</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Homeowner association disputes often can get nasty, but they usually don’t end in an arrest - or a night in the county jail.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 20 Sep 2008 15:27:47 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2008/sep/20/court-officials-question-why-condo-association-lea/</link>
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     <title>Insurance lawsuit highlights risks in older buildings</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Winning a $20 million lawsuit over hurricane insurance coverage may be the last hope for 564 unit owners at aging Buckley Towers in North Miami Beach.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 20 Sep 2008 15:18:29 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/stories/2008/09/22/story3.html</link>
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     <title>$1 Million Port Charlotte Condo Theft Suspected</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Residents of the Charlotte Square Condominiums are angry and concerned after learning that hundreds of thousands of dollars from several of the condominium association's accounts have reportedly turned up missing.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 09:58:40 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/sep/18/suspected-condo-dues-theft-estimated-1-million/</link>
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     <title>Richard White: Broad condo changes begin Oct. 1</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Q. I hear there are new state laws concerning associations. Do you have any information on the changes?]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 09:46:57 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.tampabay.com/features/homeandgarden/article817561.ece</link>
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     <title>Condo account theft suspected</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Residents of the Charlotte Square Condominiums are angry and concerned after learning that hundreds of thousands of dollars from several of the condominium association's accounts have reportedly turned up missing.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:02:44 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20080918/ARTICLE/809180378/2055/NEWS&title=Condo_account_theft_suspected]]></link>
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     <title>Condo Consultant: Buyers should check to see if association holds reserves</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Question: I have purchased a condominium in Boynton Beach two years ago. I was wondering if there is any law that states the condominium association should disclose that they have no reserve monies before I bought this condominium. I will soon be assessed for thousands of dollars because they need a new roof and catwalks.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:43:13 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.palmbeachpost.com/food/content/food_dining/epaper/2008/09/17/axd_condo_0917.html</link>
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     <title>Condo Wants Trash Picked Up</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Reynolds laughs, but it's no laughing matter. He says this summer the city discontinued household trash collection to his condominium complex.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 11:01:37 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.firstcoastnews.com/money/onyourside/news-article.aspx?storyid=118911&catid=9]]></link>
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     <title>Lawsuit discussed in beach restoration battle</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Ike may have been the last straw for condo owners in Jetty East.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 10:35:37 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.nwfdailynews.com/news/restoration_11193___article.html/battle_beach.html</link>
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     <title>Know the rules before joining condo or homeowner board</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Thinking about joining your condo or homeowners association board? Good. Maybe you think yours doesn't listen, or you can do a better job. Before you sign up, do yourself and everyone else a favor. Learn what it takes to do the job]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 10:28:55 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-flbcondocol0917pnsep17,0,4875347.story</link>
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     <title>Tax rolls plunge with condo values in three Broward County cities</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Blame damage after Hurricane Wilma. And blame families accepting fire-sale prices for condos they inherited.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 10:21:42 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-flsfcondos0916sfsep16,0,4977618.story</link>
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     <title>Dog fight headed to court</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Two of the dogs are being evicted from Gull Aire Village mobile home park because their owners violated the community's one-pet rule.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2008 21:01:38 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.tampabay.com/news/humaninterest/article808499.ece</link>
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     <title>Tough times for condos at sea</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The press releases and fancy brochures glow with extravagant promise: round-the world cruises, plenty of time in exotic ports, rooms decked in marble and crystal, gourmet meals at sea and -- most important -- a permanent home on the ship.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2008 20:47:50 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/cruises/story/683587.html</link>
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     <title>Richard White: New condominium statute takes effect Oct. 1</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Q. I hear there are new state laws concerning associations? Do you have any information on the changes?]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2008 20:39:10 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2008/sep/14/richard-white-new-condominium-statute-takes-effect/</link>
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     <title>Homeowners Association Prepares For Emergencies</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Buttonwood Bay has its own comprehensive emergency preparedness plan that spells out how residents can protect themselves, find help, and help each other for many types of emergencies, Ingler said.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2008 20:34:46 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www2.highlandstoday.com/content/2008/sep/14/la-homeowners-association-prepares-for-emergencies/</link>
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     <title>Amputee, condo spar over leashes</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The two sides have been at war over that rule for six years. Now, the Florida Attorney General's Office has filed suit against the condo board, the Springwood Village Condominium Association of Longwood Inc., accusing it of discriminating and retaliating against Nauman because he's disabled]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2008 20:29:24 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/seminole/orl-amputee1408sep14,0,7466794.story</link>
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     <title>BCC to bill Sandestin for attorney's fees</title>
     <description><![CDATA[For more than four years, Allen Osborne has represented the Greater Driftwood Estates Homeowners Association before the Walton County Board of County Commissioners, attempting to resolve drainage and road access problems in the community but to no avail,]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:38:52 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.waltonsun.com/news/osborne_2210___article.html/county_suit.html</link>
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     <title>HOA Trying To Get Rid Of Protesters Outside Anthony Home</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The homeowners' association in George and Cindy Anthony's neighborhood has filed an injunction to try and stop the circus of protesters outside the Anthonys' Orange County home]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:58:54 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.wftv.com/news/17440866/detail.html?rss=orlc&psp=news]]></link>
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     <title>When Developers Do Math:  Why We Don't Have Enough Water</title>
     <description><![CDATA[I have a theory about development and water use in Florida: No one really checks the math. When politicians are on the dais reviewing plans for a development they spend countless hours letting us know how concerned they are about a project’s traffic impact. God forbid we create any more traffic jams.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:19:33 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.palmbeachpost.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/palmbeach/green/entries/2008/09/11/paste_into_a_new_entry.html</link>
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     <title>Associations look to cash advance for help</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Two years ago, Captiva Lakes Villas in suburban Miami was struggling to pay its water and garbage collection bills, and its condo association was mired in a $60,000 budget shortfall.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:27:41 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2008/09/10/ap5410123.html</link>
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     <title>Homeowners Get A Win In Court</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A judge has ordered a developer to turn over his financial records regarding Cory Lake Isles to a group of homeowners]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 10:21:57 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://northeast2.tbo.com/content/2008/sep/10/ne-homeowners-get-a-win-in-court/</link>
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     <title>Condo Consultant: Associations have broad powers in emergencies</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Today's column is the fifth installment of our annual review of new laws affecting community associations. Today, we will continue reviewing House Bill 995, which primarily impacts condominium associations, and which has an effective date of Oct. 1]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 10:16:24 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.palmbeachpost.com/food/content/food_dining/epaper/2008/09/10/a5d_condo_0910.html</link>
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     <title>Florida Orders State Farm to Refund $120 Million for Mitigation Discounts</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty ordered State Farm Florida to issue credits or refunds totaling $120 million to current and former policyholders who did not apply for or who did not receive the windstorm loss reduction rating plan discount for making their homes more resistant to wind damage.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 10:15:41 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2008/09/10/93517.htm</link>
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     <title>Condo column: A lesson in living with rules</title>
     <description><![CDATA[When it comes to being a good neighbor, where would we be without rules?  Those governed by, or who participate in, condo and homeowner associations know exactly what I mean.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 10:12:47 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/columnists/sfl-flbcondocol0910sbsep10,0,6212441.column</link>
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     <title>Richard White: Renter in a wheelchair responsible for own safety</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Q: Our large HOA association has several miles of private streets within our community. Recently a new renter who uses an electric wheelchair moved into a home near mine. This individual uses his wheelchair as a principle mode of transportation and drives it on our streets to exit the gated community and go shopping at nearby shopping centers.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 11:00:21 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home-garden/condos/story/592048.html</link>
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     <title>HOA Wants Man To Tear Down Home Rebuilt After Airplane Crash</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Sanford man whose wife and son were killed when an airplane crashed into their home may have to tear down his rebuilt house because a homeowners' association said he is breaking their rules.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 10:58:20 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.local6.com/news/17427900/detail.html?rss=orlpn&psp=news]]></link>
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     <title>North Bay Village condos advised to check fire equipment after thefts</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Condos are urged to check fire equipment after a thief stole hundreds of copper fire hose nozzles and fixtures from several buildings in North Bay Village and Miami Beach.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 10:57:17 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/beaches/story/676924.html</link>
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     <title>Condo Buyers In Florida Seek To Exit Deals</title>
     <description><![CDATA[With Florida awash in tens of thousands of empty or unfinished condominiums, many investors there are turning to the courts in an effort to cancel their contracts and recoup their deposits.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 10:40:59 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122091760356512479.html?mod=residential_real_estate</link>
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     <title>Rob Samouce: Remaining 2008 legislation affecting condominium associations</title>
     <description><![CDATA[It was a busy legislative session in Tallahassee this year when it came to new laws affecting both homeowners’ associations (HOAs) and condominium associations.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 12:03:09 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2008/sep/07/rob-samouce-remaining-2008-legislation-affecting-c/</link>
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     <title>Tax rolls plunge with condo values in three Broward County cities</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Although condo values declined across Broward County in this year's property tax roll, three cities suffered extreme drops, well beyond what occurred in neighboring communities. About half of all condos in Coconut Creek, Deerfield Beach and Sunrise lost at least a quarter of their value.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 11:33:21 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-flbcondos0907sbsep08,0,4079631.story</link>
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     <title>Joe Adams: Common expenses can be a fuzzy subject</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Today's column is the 11th installment in our annual review of laws affecting community associations. We continue with a review of House Bill 601, which became effective July 1, 2008, and which primarily addresses condominium insurance and post casualty repair cost allocations.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 12:35:46 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080907/COLUMNISTS16/809070321/1014/BUSINESS</link>
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     <title>Judge Condo By Its Cover</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Unfortunately, while older condos may look like a great deal up front with less expensive units, the building may need significant repairs that unit owners will eventually have to pay for through higher monthly maintenance fees, special assessments or both.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 12:27:25 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/Business/Headlines/bizREAL01BIZ090708.htm</link>
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     <title>Richard White: Cooperative needs to find association attorney</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Q. We are a cooperative and need the help of an attorney. Where can we get the information to locate an attorney to help us]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 12:22:57 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2008/sep/07/cooperative-needs-to-find-association-attorney/</link>
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     <title>Davie condo association embezzler sentenced to 20 years in prison</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Christopher Winkelholz's crimes should cost him 20 years in prison, indignant condo residents told a Broward Circuit judge Friday.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 12:17:01 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-flbembezzle0906sbsep06,0,4119905.story</link>
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     <title>Fay leaves an unexpected gift: heroes</title>
     <description><![CDATA["We don't hear too much about caring anymore," said the homeowner association's president, Pete Rayner. "But it was noticeable that there are a lot of people who do care."]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 12:11:17 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.tallahassee.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080905/NEWS01/809050352</link>
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     <title>Cory Lake developer told to produce financial records</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Cory Lake Isles homeowners who sued for financial records won a big victory in court Thursday after a judge ordered the developer to produce the documents within 20 days.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:01:43 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.tampabay.com/news/courts/civil/article797248.ece</link>
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     <title>Recent Miami-Dade Circuit Court Case Suggests Growing Trend in Buyer's Remorse</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Recently, condo speculators wagering on flipping their investments in large real estate developments have been desperately trying to back out their contracts due to depressed property values.  Their most recent maneuver involves leveraging a provision in the 1968 Interstate Land Sales Disclosure Act (ILSA) to rescind their contracts.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:51:11 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/recent-miami-dade-circuit-court-case-suggests-growing-trend-in-buyers-remorse,527799.shtml</link>
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     <title>Florida Real Estate Bottom Signaled by Sale of Distressed Condo</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Sales of distressed Miami properties have begun, signaling a bottom for south Florida's real estate market and the end of waiting for vulture funds armed with about $30 billion to spend.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 10:01:40 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=afUCiNEO.5yo&refer=news]]></link>
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     <title>Westchase starts cleaning up neglected properties</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Fed up with the increasing number of abandoned and foreclosed homes left to disrepair and neglect, this community has decided to take matters into its own hands.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 09:59:23 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.tampabay.com/news/growth/article794690.ece</link>
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     <title>Richard White: Take Careful Look At New Condominium Group Laws</title>
     <description><![CDATA[I hear there are new state laws concerning associations? Do you have any information on the changes?]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 09:57:57 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/sep/04/ho-take-careful-look-at-new-condominium-group-laws/</link>
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     <title>Ave Maria residents react to town government’s first assessment</title>
     <description><![CDATA[If there was any doubt Ave Maria was a real Southwest Florida town, it was dispelled Tuesday morning. Inside the student union building on Ave Maria University’s campus, the community held its first local government meeting with some controversy.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:17:32 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2008/aug/05/ave-maria-residents-react-town-governments-first-a/?partner=RSS</link>
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     <title>Singer Island erosion concerns grow</title>
     <description><![CDATA[But the ocean has been taking huge bites out of that dune for years..undermining the 'Condado', every time the mean season rolls around owners find themselves.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:15:27 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wptv.com/content/coastal/story.aspx?content_id=43f96323-6bbf-4f45-ba89-839fe54ede2a</link>
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     <title>Richard White: Protect association, but leave belligerent owner to his misery</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Q. We had a unit owner file a lawsuit against the association. He lost the case after two years and about $30,000 in legal expense. He vowed to get back at the condominium. He knows how to manipulate people and the system]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 21:31:12 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2008/aug/31/protect-association-but-leave-belligerent-owner/</link>
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     <title>Joe Adams: Condo owners should heed ‘Plaza East’</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Today’s column is the 10th installment of our annual review of laws affecting community associations. We continue today with a review of House Bill 601, which became effective July 1, and which primarily addresses condominium insurance and post-casualty repair cost allocations.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 17:45:05 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080831/COLUMNISTS16/80828083/1076</link>
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     <title>Brickell condo's sign looms over annoyed residents</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Looking out from his balcony on the 37th story of the Palace Condominium, William Pollak enjoys a stellar, panoramic view of the Brickell skyline.  That is, he used to enjoy the view.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 09:34:58 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/story/659887.html</link>
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     <title>10-Year-Old Girl Gets Chemical Burns At Orlando Condo's Pool</title>
     <description><![CDATA[It was supposed to be a refreshing, cool dip in a swimming pool, but it ended up scalding a 10-year-old girl with chemical burns. Her family blames an Orlando condo complex for not closing the pool after they "shocked" it with chlorine.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:05:19 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.wftv.com/news/17315194/detail.html?rss=orlc&psp=news]]></link>
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     <title>Lawsuit Claimed Miami Condo Was A Facade For Sale</title>
     <description><![CDATA[And in Edgewater, buyers are alleging false advertising. Lawyers are contesting ads featuring Opera Tower ocean front. The building appears surrounded by a marina. Reality is far from that. Margaret Pace Park is actually in front of Opera Tower]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:57:10 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://cbs4.com/local/Miami.News.Condo.2.802978.html</link>
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     <title>Boards must prepare for legal action</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The board should have a procedure in place that addresses wrongful conduct by owners and residents, and that procedure should be approved by the association's attorney.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:48:17 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-flhrbcondotalk0828hrbaug28,0,2918449.story</link>
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     <title>Foreclosure rates, insurance costs may give buyers pause</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Know what you're buying into. Research the community. Look at the condition of the property. If possible, rent and live there before you buy.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:40:47 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-flsbcondocolumn0827sbaug27,0,2696487.column</link>
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     <title>Cory Lake Developer Files To Dismiss Lawsuit</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Developer Gene Thomason has filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit accusing him of misusing property owners association dues.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:01:45 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://northeast2.tbo.com/content/2008/aug/25/cory-lake-developer-files-dismiss-lawsuit/</link>
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     <title>Roof Collapse Forces Condo Owners Out</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The residents of building No. 1 at the Point Meadows Place Condominiums on the Southside were forced out of their homes on Monday after the structure's roof collapsed.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:53:30 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.news4jax.com/news/17294787/detail.html</link>
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     <title><![CDATA[Richard White: Q & A]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Q. We live in a gated community and are governed by traditional HOA rules and bylaws. While we have frequent minor rules infractions within our association, one member has committed, what I would consider, a major rules infraction.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2008 19:50:59 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.theledger.com/article/20080813/COLUMNISTS/808130444/1093/NEWS3601&title=Rule_Enforcement_Expenses_Just_Part_of_Doing_Business]]></link>
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     <title>Joe Adams: HB 601 impacts condo association insurance rules</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Today's column is the ninth installment of our annual review of new laws affecting community associations. Today, we continue with a review of House Bill 601, which became effective July 1, and which impacts condominium association insurance requirements.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2008 19:08:17 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080824/COLUMNISTS16/808240317/1014/BUSINESS</link>
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     <title>Condo associations feel economic pinch</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Even condominium owners who are current with their payments can be affected by the mortgage crisis - especially when others hit foreclosure.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2008 13:28:18 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.thedestinlog.com/articles/payments_6030___article.html/current_affected.html</link>
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     <title>Company's use of water from hydrant spurs probe</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Palm Beach County sheriff's deputies are investigating a property management company after a resident videotaped an employee filling an 1,100-gallon pressure washer using a county fire hydrant - then posted the evidence on YouTube.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:44:35 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/south/epaper/2008/08/21/0821hydrant.html</link>
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     <title>Propane tank blamed in Polk County condo fire</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Polk County emergency officials believe a propane tank malfunctioned early Friday morning, sparking a fire at a condominium.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:13:29 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.abcactionnews.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=cd603e3f-fe13-4e4a-95d2-c32c77c22236</link>
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     <title>Richard White: Not Enforcing Rules Can Be Expensive, Too</title>
     <description><![CDATA[We live in a gated community and are governed by traditional HOA rules and bylaws.  One of our members has committed what I consider a major rules infraction. Specifically, that member has constructed a concrete wall around the perimeter of his property and does not abide by setback guidelines, which clearly violates our documents.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:05:06 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/aug/21/ho-not-enforcing-rules-can-be-expensive-too/life/</link>
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     <title>Woman accused of stealing from Royal Lakes homeowners group</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Flowery Branch woman has been arrested for allegedly stealing more than $23,000 from the Royal Lakes Golf and Country Club homeowners association.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:27:12 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.gainesvilletimes.com/news/article/7979/</link>
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     <title>Nudist condo nettles some neighbors</title>
     <description><![CDATA[An apartment complex at W Hillsborough Avenue and Countryway Boulevard is going condo and — well — clothing-optional]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:08:09 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.tampabay.com/news/growth/article777182.ece</link>
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     <title>Fisher Island condo president mired in lawsuits</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Dr. Irwin Potash, 81, longtime Fisher Island resident and condo association prez, is mired in two civil suits -- and one accuses him of less-than-civil behavior.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 20:56:50 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/435/story/645349.html</link>
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     <title>Homeowners who are forced into cable TV-Internet deals aren't happy</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The deal actually was an insider arrangement front to back. The same trio of brothers controlled the developer, the homeowner association and the cable company.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 20:28:24 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/realestate/article773732.ece</link>
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     <title>Richard White: Condo association may be responsible for radon-gas repair</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Q. My wife and I have been trying to sell our condominium for some time and have finally succeeded. During the inspection,the unit showed the presence of radon. The reading was high enough that it has to be mitigated by a licensed contractor.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 20:20:37 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2008/aug/17/condo-association-may-be-responsible-for-radon/</link>
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     <title>The Colony loses round in legal fight</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Longboat Key resort had sought an immediate payment as part of a lawsuit it filed against The Colony Beach and Tennis Club Condominium Association Inc., which represents its 237 condo owners.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 09:35:07 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.bradenton.com/business/story/813409.html</link>
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     <title>Attorney Expects Client's Exoneration If Cory Lake Isles Case Goes To Court</title>
     <description><![CDATA[In an interview with the Tribune, Ron Clark denied that Thomason ever used funds collected from Cory Lake Isles homeowners to pay personal expenses. Thomason and his codefendants have until Aug. 25 to file responses to the lawsuit]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 09:33:31 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://northeast2.tbo.com/content/2008/aug/15/attorney-expects-clients-exoneration-if-cory-lake-/</link>
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     <title>Thieves steal hurricane shutters from Cape Coral condo</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The 7-foot shutters were stacked by garbage cans at the Paradise Place I condominium on SW 48th Terrace, condo association president Walter Sikora told police officers.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:25:53 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080814/NEWS0101/80814046/1003/ACC</link>
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     <title>Rob Samouce: New 2008 legislation affects HOAs</title>
     <description><![CDATA[It was a busy legislative session in Tallahassee this year when it came to new laws affecting both homeowners’ associations (HOAs) and condominium associations. The new laws concerning HOAs become effective July 1, 2008.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:55:52 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.marconews.com/news/2008/aug/11/rob-samouce-new-2008-legislation-affects-hoas/</link>
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     <title>St. Pete Condo Complex Manager Bilked Association</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The former property manager of a St. Petersburg condominium complex turned himself in to police today to face charges that include transferring $250,000 to his account and using it as a down payment for a $2.6 million home in Tampa.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:04:22 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://suncoastpinellas.tbo.com/content/2008/aug/11/st-pete-condo-complex-manager-bilked-association-p/</link>
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     <title>Residents' dispute may end in lawsuit</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A lawsuit pitting neighbors against neighbors may be the only recourse for property owners in Chadwick Shores who want to stay out of its homeowner's association.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:10:41 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.jdnews.com/news/association_58739___article.html/property_owners.html</link>
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     <title>Singer Island Condo Owners Soon To Be Allowed Back Home</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Hundreds of displaced condominium owners on Singer Island will soon be able to return to their properties. Residents living in the high-rise Tiara condominiums were forced from their homes after several hurricanes hit four years ago.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 10 Aug 2008 12:35:29 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.wpbf.com/news/17144900/detail.html?rss=wpb&psp=news]]></link>
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     <title>Richard White: What to do when common areas are not being maintained</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Q. I live in and belong to a residential HOA. Our covenants, conditions and restrictions specifically state that the HOA will maintain all common areas within the community, and have been since the community was formed and continued after the developer turned over the development to the homeowners.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 10 Aug 2008 12:12:07 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2008/aug/10/richard-white-what-do-when-common-areas-are-not-be/</link>
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     <title>Joe Adams: Note law changes for insurance needs of owners</title>
     <description><![CDATA[This column is the seventh installment of our annual review of legislation affecting community associations]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 10 Aug 2008 12:11:23 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080810/COLUMNISTS16/808100309/1014/BUSINESS</link>
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     <title>Firefighters Battling Condo Fire In Ponte Vedra</title>
     <description><![CDATA[St. Johns County fire units were called to battle a blaze at a condominium complex that is part of the Marriott at Sawgrass Friday afternoon.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:48:13 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.news4jax.com/news/17137409/detail.html</link>
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     <title>Okaloosa Resident to Pay Beach Re-nourishment Bill</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Another issue that some resident have is that hotels only pay about half of the proposed tax rate as condos, and some large resorts like Emerald Grande pay nothing at all.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:47:01 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wjhg.com/news/headlines/26429664.html</link>
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     <title>City of Alachua disputes lawsuit from the Progress Corporate Park Owner's Assn</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The city of Alachua does not think it should not have to pay $14,000 in past due assessment fees for three lots of land it owns in the Progress Corporate Park, according to court documents.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:38:12 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.highspringsherald.com/articles/2008/08/08/news/news09.txt</link>
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     <title>Stonebrook looking at security after vandalism</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Stoneybrook residents were concerned by the fact that 12 teenagers could have come in and out of a home, carrying out goods and even stealing a vehicle, without being caught by security guards who patrol the streets.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:16:28 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080807/NEWS0108/80807060</link>
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     <title>'Mismanagement' Fuels Departures From Fla. Firm</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Pay cuts and dwindling morale pushed most of the lawyers in Becker & Poliakoff's West Palm Beach, Fla., office to defect from the real estate-dominated law firm.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:00:44 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202423584105</link>
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     <title>Decision expected in Colony dispute</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A judge is expected to decide soon whether emergency action is needed to keep The Colony Beach & Tennis Resort operating.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 10:55:47 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.bradenton.com/business/story/790801.html</link>
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     <title>Closed shutters ugly, but better than storm damage</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Port St. Lucie recently passed ordinance 08-58 that allows non-occupied structures to be protected with closed storm shutters during the storm season (June 1 to Nov. 30). Many residents in homeowner association (HOA)-governed communities head north for all or some portion of the storm season. Most of these home owners are not permitted to close or install storm shutters before they leave. This is because their HOA rules have placed restrictions on when they can be used]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:02:13 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.palmbeachpost.com/opinion/content/opinion/epaper/2008/08/06/wednesdaywebletters_0806.html</link>
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     <title>Condo ombudsman flooded with questions from owners, board members, attorneys</title>
     <description><![CDATA[If you have a tale about a condo dispute, Bill Raphan probably has heard it before, at least once. He's supervisor of the Fort Lauderdale branch of the state Office of the Condominium Ombudsman, which fields hundreds of questions every week from unit owners, board members, property managers and even some attorneys.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:56:34 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-0805condocol,0,3384014.story</link>
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     <title>Neighbors' Foreclosures Could Hurt Condo Owners</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Even condominium owners who are making their payments without problems could be negatively affected by their neighbors' failure to pay fees and mortgages, experts said.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:54:38 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.nbc6.net/news/17100770/detail.html</link>
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     <title>Developer wins Opera Tower lawsuits</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Two-dozen federal lawsuits against developer Tibor Hollo’s Opera Tower condominium in downtown Miami were dismissed Friday by Judge Patricia Seitz.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:52:59 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://phoenix.bizjournals.com/southflorida/stories/2008/08/04/daily26.html</link>
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     <title>Condo owners with docks to fight pending fee spike</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A proposed tripling of rental fees for submerged lands paid by condominiums with private docks has raised the ire of condo owners here. The new rates proposed by the state for condo associations could mean they will have to pay thousands more]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:40:24 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.tampabay.com/news/environment/article758560.ece</link>
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     <title>Study the fine print before buying</title>
     <description><![CDATA[U.S. District Judge Patricia Seitz in Miami dismissed 29 lawsuits Friday against Opera Tower near downtown Miami, stating the contract was explicit about what buyers were getting, no matter what a slick advertisement promised.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 11:01:57 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.dailybusinessreview.com/news.html?news_id=49978</link>
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     <title>No mob scene at failed bank</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The bad news: his condo association had $23,400 in uninsured deposits in the bank. Those homeowners should receive half of that money within two weeks, but must wait months to learn if they will get any more.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 10:42:53 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20080805/ARTICLE/808050357/-1/newssitemap</link>
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     <title>Buyer sues to leave Trump condo deal</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The developer behind the new Donald Trump hotel in Fort Lauderdale faces allegations it violated securities laws by marketing the condo-hotel as an investment.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 10:41:02 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.bradenton.com/business/story/784287.html</link>
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     <title>FL: Building With Trash Heap, No Power Could Be Evacuated</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Some residents of a Miami condominium building might be displaced due to numerous code violations and unsanitary conditions, including a mountain of trash.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 10:39:41 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.nbc6.net/news/17096263/detail.html</link>
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     <title>Fumes Force Condo Project Evacuation</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A resident from one of the condos was overcome by some strong fumes. Sheriff's deputies responded, as did paramedics. One of the deputies and a paramedic also got sick from the chemical smell.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 10:38:42 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wjhg.com/news/headlines/26277219.html</link>
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     <title>Firm's foreclosure net snags ex-condo owners</title>
     <description><![CDATA[After several calls to the lender's law firm, Shapiro & Fishman of Boca Raton, she finally spoke to a lawyer familiar with the case. The explanation she says she got: The Fernandez family was sued because family members' names showed up in a title search on the property.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 10:20:56 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.palmbeachpost.com/business/content/business/epaper/2008/08/04/a6b_foreclosesuits_0805.html</link>
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     <title>Pompano not bound to condo developer, judge rules</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The city emerged victorious from a five-year legal battle when a judge found it had no binding contract with the developer of a multimillion-dollar beachfront condo project that included a new location for the International Swimming Hall of Fame.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 10:19:26 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-flbswerdlow0805sbaug05,0,3843969.story</link>
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     <title>WCI files for bankruptcy</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Up against a wall of debt and declining assets, WCI Communities and about 130 of its subsidiaries have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:09:15 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/stories/2008/08/04/daily2.html</link>
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     <title>Nobody wants derelict duties</title>
     <description><![CDATA[An abandoned, boarded-up home that sits among the well-manicured properties in the Lakewood Ranch Country Club is a symbol of one way in which the growing foreclosure crisis is marring some neighborhoods.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 10:51:16 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20080804/ARTICLE/808040344/0/APS</link>
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     <title>Fire Crews Extinguish Dale Mabry Condo Fire</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Hillsborough County Fire Rescue quickly knocked down a two-alarm condominium fire late Saturday night]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 10:49:35 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/aug/02/fire-crews-tackle-dale-mabry-condo-fire/</link>
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     <title>Gated communities starting to go green</title>
     <description><![CDATA[You would think asking a homeowners association to OK solar panels would give the board, not to mention the neighbors, apoplexy. But the panels fit flat against the Cherkis' roof, so they're not an eyesore. In fact, you can't even see them unless you stand under the eaves or between the houses, and Harris said a federal law was on their side when he asked for approval.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:24:51 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sun-sentinel.com/features/columnists/sfl-flmarci0803pcaug03,0,5098314.column</link>
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     <title>Richard White: Elevator should have posted inspection certificate</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Q. I live in a condominium building and the elevators are out of service for extended periods. Is there a government office or some place where they inspect or regulate elevators in private buildings?]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:21:56 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2008/aug/02/richard-white-elevator-should-have-posted-inspecti/</link>
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     <title>State follows up after investigation of condo management company</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A recent ABC Action News investigation has caused the state to take significant action against a Tampa-based company]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2008 20:56:44 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.abcactionnews.com/content/segments/investigators/story.aspx?content_id=4938eef6-4805-458a-ab79-84b9bbee076a</link>
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     <title>New condo law requires transparency for official records</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Today's column is the sixth installment of our annual review of new laws affecting community associations. Today we will complete our review of House Bill 995, which primarily impacts condominium associations, and which has an effective date of Oct. 1.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2008 20:35:13 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080803/RE/808030320/1014/BUSINESS</link>
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     <title>Fire unites Golden Gate Estates community even more, resident say</title>
     <description><![CDATA[It’s been two months since the 800-acre blaze changed their lives. But for the three families who lost their Golden Gate Estates homes in the late May brush fire, the community support continued to flow Tuesday when the Homeowner’s Association of Golden Gate Estates presented $3,000 checks to each family from the group’s Fire Relief Committee.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:28:52 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2008/jul/29/fire-unites-golden-gate-estates-community-even-mor/</link>
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     <title>FL: Corus' condo portfolio faces problems</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Corus Bankshares, one of the biggest lenders to South Florida condo projects, says 42 percent of its South Florida condo loan portfolio is either nonaccrual or has potential problems.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:22:44 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/stories/2008/07/28/daily33.html</link>
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     <title>WCI all but sure to become bankrupt</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Bankruptcy protection is all but inevitable for WCI Communities Inc., analysts said Tuesday after the company reported it has defaulted on debt agreements and has lost more than $184 million this year.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:11:35 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080730/RE/80729106/1014/BUSINESS</link>
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     <title>Dangling Workers Rescued From Condo</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Two workers dangling nearly 100 feet off the ground from the side of a Daytona Beach condo were rescued Tuesday by firefighters]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:59:35 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.local6.com/news/17027126/detail.html</link>
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     <title>Condo clash ends in killing</title>
     <description><![CDATA[When Miami Beach condo owner Maximiliano DeVita confronted an elderly neighbor for harassing his tenant, the man pulled a revolver and fired one round, police say.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:57:40 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/835/story/621316.html</link>
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     <title>Make It Green</title>
     <description><![CDATA[You are on the Landscape Committee for your Homeowner's Association.  You know that the common area plantings are essential in supporting the value of your homes. You also know that these improvements, as they stand now, are not contributing to property values. In fact, they may be distracting and lowering values.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:51:51 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.naplesnews.com/blogs/make-it-green/2008/jul/28/slug_11/</link>
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     <title>HOA Fight Has Family Suing Neighbors In Subdivision (Video)</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A fight over a homeowner's association in Orange County could end up in court.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:59:09 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wftv.com/video/17018526/index.html</link>
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     <title>After HOA ends, who takes responsibility for boat ramp?</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Q Our homeowners association is considering dissolving the association, but there's a complication: There's a neighborhood boat ramp on a separate lot, with property tax and liability insurance to consider.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:01:40 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.orlandosentinel.com/features/lifestyle/orl-askalawyer28b08jul28,0,6003187.column</link>
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     <title>Tiara residents eager to return to restored condo on Singer Island</title>
     <description><![CDATA[But after years of frustration, litigation and false starts, things finally are looking up for the owners of the 320-unit Singer Island high-rise.  And for a change, it's not just the soaring costs of repairing the 42-story oceanfront tower that became of symbol of the perils of coastal living]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 09:50:20 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/local_news/epaper/2008/07/27/m1a_tiara_0728.html</link>
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     <title>Hutchinson Island condos sued over alleged insurance pay-out issues</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation is investigating the financial practices of the Colonnades condominiums after several residents filed complaints alleging their homeowner's association refused to give them insurance money to cover damage from the 2004 hurricanes.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 17:02:14 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2008/jul/27/30gtcondos-sued-over-alleged-insurance-pay-out/</link>
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     <title>Richard White: Vero Beach reader asks about investing reserves, tax forms</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Q. Our condominium association has a reserve fund of $20,000 in a business account earning nothing. Can we create a CD to gain income interest on the deposit? Do we get a 1099? Will it require the association to file a tax return? What forms are used to file if we do indeed have to file a return?]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 16:24:02 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2008/jul/27/vero-beach-reader-asks-about-investing-reserves/</link>
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     <title>Emergency powers granted boards</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Today's column is the fifth installment of our annual review of new laws affecting community associations. Today we will continue reviewing House Bill 995, which primarily impacts condominium associations, and which has an effective date of Oct. 1.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 16:23:23 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080727/COLUMNISTS16/807270313/1076</link>
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     <title>State takes action up after condo management company investigation (Video)</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A recent ABC Action News investigation has caused the state to take significant action against a Tampa-based company.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 14:25:04 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.abcactionnews.com/mediacenter/local.aspx?videoId=9991@wfts.dayport.com&navCatId=3&rss=823]]></link>
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     <title>Legal battle over Paramount condominium continues</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A legal battle over millions of dollars' worth of deposits on units in downtown Orlando's newly finished Paramount condominium was continued Thursday, as state Circuit Judge Maura T. Smith asked both sides for more details before ruling on key issues in the case]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 14:12:46 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/orl-bk-paramount-072508,0,5814311.story</link>
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     <title>Self-insured condo fund may forfeit state license</title>
     <description><![CDATA[State regulators are worried that a new self-insurance fund lacks enough members to spread its risk and say it hasn't submitted all the paperwork needed to keep its license]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:11:16 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.palmbeachpost.com/business/content/business/epaper/2008/07/24/a8b_condoinsure_0725.html</link>
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     <title>Potential Legal Costs Boost Cory Lake Isles' Proposed Budget</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The ongoing legal battle between developer Gene Thomason and 20 homeowners suing him and his company for fraud got uglier Thursday when the community development district tacked $500,000 for "extraordinary" legal costs onto an already-swelling budget.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:03:52 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://northeast2.tbo.com/content/2008/jul/24/possible-legals-costs-boost-cory-lake-isles-propos/</link>
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     <title>Oviedo Council split over water program</title>
     <description><![CDATA[After last Wednesday's sparsely attended townhall meeting, some questions are still unanswered about how homeowner's associations will work together with Oviedo's H2Oviedo program]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:59:47 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.seminolechronicle.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2008/07/23/4887353b223e5</link>
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     <title>Court asked to reconsider liability for condo owners' outside property</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A controversy that has divided South Florida condo boards, unit owners, insurance companies and the state since the hurricanes of 2004 and 2005 may be decided by the Florida Supreme Court.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:19:11 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-flbcondocourt0724sbjul24,0,6751765.story</link>
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     <title>Condo owners may pay for restoration of beach</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The cost of living on Singer Island for 2,023 condo owners could rise if the city council creates a special taxing district and makes them cover the expense of restoring its beach dune.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:44:07 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/north/epaper/2008/07/15/c2b_rivierabeach_0716.html</link>
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     <title>Residents of the Villages plead: Bring back our buffalo</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Give me a home where the buffalo roam. That's the message some residents of The Villages have for the giant retirement community's developer after a popular herd was banned from public view in May.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:38:57 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.orlandosentinel.com/community/news/apopka/orl-buffalo1508jul15,0,930487.story</link>
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     <title>Peacocks peeve homeowner's association</title>
     <description><![CDATA[But for others, the birds are a headache.  The board of the Forestwoods Homeowner's Association says the Peacocks have reportedly scratched cars, pecked holes in roofs, and even cut through screen doors.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:33:24 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=7039634&version=3&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1]]></link>
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     <title>As Foreclosures Mount, Condo Associations Battle With Lenders</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Facing a spike in delinquencies and the need to pay the bills, the Bentley's condo association opted to take a hard line with lenders that took over units there -- many from investors who went into foreclosure.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:03:38 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202423176300</link>
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     <title>What keeps a homeowners' association in line?</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Q. I have lived in my townhome development for six years. The prior homeowners' association boards have not been consis-tent in upholding covenants and rules and regulations within our development. I joined the association board in December and resigned a few months later due to my frustrations with one of the other two board members,]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:27:31 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.nwfdailynews.com/articles/estate_9591___article.html/real_.html</link>
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     <title>Condo Act to affect turnover, religious symbols, alterations</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Today's column is the fourth installment of our annual review of new laws affecting community associations. Today we will continue reviewing House Bill 995, which primarily impacts condominium associations, and which has an effective date of Oct. 1.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:13:39 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080720/COLUMNISTS16/807200309/1014/BUSINESS</link>
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     <title>HOA Won't Allow Homes To Be Rented To Homosexuals, Unmarried Couples</title>
     <description><![CDATA[An East Orange County subdivision is facing a dilemma. Several residents say the Homeowner's Association at the Rybolt Reserve subdivision in Orange County is discriminating against renters]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:06:33 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wftv.com/news/16897375/detail.html</link>
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     <title>Damage to condo property alleged</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A representative of the Gulf Mariner Condominiums at 17580 Gulf Blvd. repeated charges made previously regarding Indian Shores Police Department cruisers riding over condo property to reach the beach.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:00:58 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.tbnweekly.com/pubs/beach_beacon/content_articles/071508_bhb-06.txt</link>
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     <title>Ocean Breeze Park homeowners seek contingency plan</title>
     <description><![CDATA[With the Ocean Breeze Park homeowners working to finalize financing to buy the land beneath their homes, a group of activists Monday convinced the Town Council to initiate a moratorium on land-use changes on that 46 acres in case the deal collapses.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:39:52 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2008/jul/15/on-the-web-town-of-ocean-breeze-park/</link>
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     <title>Richard White: Attorney should draft Adult Act form for association</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Q. In a recent column you mentioned the Federal Fair Housing Act requires a census every two years. You also mentioned an affidavit that a member of each home must sign and present with proof of age. I have looked on the Federal Fair Housing Act Web site and I cannot locate any forms.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:37:41 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2008/jul/13/richard-white-attorney-should-draft-adult-act-form/</link>
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     <title>Shutters on idle homes stir feud</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Isle of San Marino Homeowners Association has cited three couples in the age-restricted community in St. Lucie West, warning them to remove closed hurricane shutters or face daily $50 fines up to $1,000.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:27:20 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/tcoast/epaper/2008/07/12/m1a_slshutters_0713.html</link>
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     <title>Are counties getting taxes due from condo rentals?</title>
     <description><![CDATA[But this new twist to the condo market raises an interesting question: Are Escambia and Santa Rosa counties getting all the bed tax revenue they are due?]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:25:58 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.pnj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080713/BUSINESS/807130315</link>
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     <title>Davie residents: Imprison condo chief who stole $759,654</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Owners in a Davie condo community will urge a judge to "throw away the key" Aug. 1 when he sentences their former president for stealing $759,654 from their treasury.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:44:52 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/sfl-flbpresident0711sbjul11,0,707407.story?track=rss</link>
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     <title>Property Mismanagement</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Condominium owners from Florida, to New York, to Michigan, to California tell the ABC Action News Investigators that Tampa residents Brett and Jenny Hawker took their money.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:14:29 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.abcactionnews.com/content/segments/investigators/story.aspx?content_id=2c4ba9c7-0467-4f8d-84cb-e2a4f198c365</link>
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     <title>Freedom of religion, but not from HOA</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Hector Febus believes he is being forced out of his Waterford Lakes home strictly based on the traditions of his Santeria religion]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:25:17 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.eosun.com/article-497-freedom-of-religion-but-not-from-hoa.html</link>
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     <title>Stalled condo conversions leave owners in limbo</title>
     <description><![CDATA[But then the market crashed and many units in the former apartment buildings remained unsold. The result: Conversions that were never completed because developers never turned associations over to the buyers.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:31:33 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sfl-flbcondocol0709sbjul09,0,4021802.column</link>
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     <title>Palmetto condo faces foreclosure</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Manatee County's record flood of foreclosures now is threatening to swallow nearly an entire condominium building.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:09:31 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.bradenton.com/business/story/724238.html</link>
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     <title>Condo associations no longer responsible for personal property under new laws</title>
     <description><![CDATA[On July 2, the Third District Court of Appeal overturned a Division of Florida Land Sales, Condominiums, and Mobile Home declaration over who is responsible for insuring and maintaining association public areas, meaning anything outside one’s unit, such as lanai screen doors. However, in the same week, Gov. Charlie Crist signed House Bill 601 into law.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:06:33 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2008/jul/08/condo-associations-no-longer-responsible-personal-/</link>
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     <title><![CDATA[Richard White:  Q & A]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Q: Our large HOA association has several miles of private streets within our community. Recently a new renter who uses an electric wheelchair moved into a home near mine. This individual uses his wheelchair as a principle mode of transportation and drives it on our streets to exit the gated community and go shopping at nearby shopping centers.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:03:34 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/1225/story/592048.html</link>
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     <title>HOA Complaints Include Mailbox Waxing, No For-Sale Signs</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Complaints made against homeowner associations in Florida include anything from requests to wash and wax mailboxes to threats over for-sale signs in yards, according to a Local 6 investigation.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 11:42:31 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.local6.com/news/16816232/detail.html</link>
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     <title>Governor’s veto preserves health inspections of association pools</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Crist vetoed a long-negotiated piece of legislation -- House Bill 679 -- that would have cut back the number of required state Department of Health inspections of homeowners association pools. The measure would have eliminated inspections for some smaller homeowner associations.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:19:49 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2008/jul/05/governors-veto-preserves-health-inspections-associ/</link>
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     <title>Cars' bar codes give clickers the gate</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Bar code labels that attach to car windows are popping up throughout South Florida like snowbirds in season. They give residents quick entry without the hassle of keeping track of yet another gadget, and homeowners associations can easily keep track of who's coming in.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:19:43 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/local_news/epaper/2008/07/06/m1a_barcode_0707.html</link>
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     <title>Feelings collide on a beach where T-groins are installed</title>
     <description><![CDATA[They look like giant hot dog buns jutting into the surf. They are designed to safeguard Upham Beach from erosion and protect the coastline condos from floods and hurricanes. But to an increasingly vocal group of critics, the tubes are ugly yellow bean bags that disrupt the pristine vista and make surfing next to impossible at this once-popular surfer spot.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:16:59 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20080706/NEWS/807060919/-1/newssitemap</link>
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     <title>New condo, association laws now effective</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Homeowners who flew their American flags on the Fourth of July won't have to wait until Veterans Day to fly them again. A new state law says they can fly their flags every day of the year — even if their association rules say they can't.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:53:18 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-flbcondomorelaws0706sbjul06,0,3693329.story</link>
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     <title>Gov. Crist vetoes bill dealing with HOA operations</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Today's column continues our review of 2008 legislation applicable to condominium associations and homeowners' associations]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:03:54 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080706/COLUMNISTS16/807060310/1014/BUSINESS</link>
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     <title>Threat of annexation has Tierra Verde exploring incorporation</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Tierra Verde residents are considering forming a municipality to block annexation efforts by St. Petersburg.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:51:18 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.tampabay.com/news/growth/article659331.ece</link>
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     <title>Woes (and lots of weeds) betide LWR boat ramps</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Country Club/Edgewater Village homeowner's association is responsible for the maintenance of the boat ramp, said community manager Bob Fernandez]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:41:07 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.bradenton.com/local/story/717528.html</link>
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     <title>818 Land Trust dealings have a familiar ring</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Anthony Tocco, real estate speculator circa 2003, says to give him a break: Any resemblance of his highly publicized past in Largo to the on-going tactics of the secretive 818 Land Trust in Pasco County, he says, is purely coincidental]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:29:45 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.tampabay.com/news/humaninterest/article654949.ece</link>
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     <title>Crist praised for veto of flawed bill on homeowner associations</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Gov. Charlie Crist's veto of a bill to overhaul homeowner associations was hailed on Tuesday by those who wanted even greater accountability from boards.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:29:44 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-flbcondolaw0702sbjul02,0,1991749.story</link>
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     <title>Plan for pit turns hearing into trial</title>
     <description><![CDATA[But the project at 4 Star Tomato Farm has pitted the down-to-earth farmer against well-heeled residents of Foxbrook, a neighboring community, and its developer,]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:05:28 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20080701/NEWS/889339400/1661</link>
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     <title>Cory Lake Isles residents sue over homeowner fees</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Twenty Cory Lake Isles residents filed a lawsuit in Hills­borough Circuit Court on Friday accusing developer Gene Thomason of using homeowner association fees to pay for items such as a motor for a relative's boat, a well on his property and brick pavers at a shopping center outside the development]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 13:04:25 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.tampabay.com/news/courts/civil/article648605.ece</link>
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     <title>Association turns the tables on bank</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Condo associations that are in a financial bind from mounting foreclosures are now targeting lenders who have taken back units from owners in default but are themselves failing to pay their share of maintenance fees.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:41:45 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.dailybusinessreview.com/Web_Blog_Stories/June/Association_trns_tables.html</link>
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     <title>Man Charged With Making Fireworks In Unit</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Bartlow's fireworks were found Wednesday when the condo association conducted a routine pest control sweep.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:05:25 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wftv.com/news/16725567/detail.html</link>
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     <title>Miramar homeowner associations join forces</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Neighborhood leaders in Miramar are banding together to become a more powerful lobbying force in the city and to voice common concerns.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:35:19 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/583450.html</link>
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     <title>A Subdivision Divided: Who Runs Amber Place?</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Homeowners say they are fighting to wrest control of their neighborhood from an unlikely foe -- a nonprofit agency that helped make their dream come true.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:23:55 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2008/06/26/3518107.htm</link>
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     <title><![CDATA[Richard White:  Q & A]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[I live in a condominium. Please clarify what I actually own. My friend is telling me that I do not own the structure itself, just the space.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:10:51 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/jun/26/ho-how-much-of-a-condo-does-a-condo-owner-own/</link>
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     <title>Make It Green</title>
     <description><![CDATA[And yet, what does an HOA do? How do they chose someone to assist them in what is often a huge capital improvement project? How are they assured that a proposed plan will have endurance, and quality? Tough questions. I feel a series coming on]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 20:19:39 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.naplesnews.com/blogs/make-it-green/2008/jun/25/blog_9/</link>
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     <title>Condos upping fees to cope with downturn</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The souring economy has condo and homeowner associations facing the same problem as many owners: less money.Throughout South Florida, boards are grappling with how to keep up property values as fewer owners pay their assessments]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:54:46 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sfl-flbcondocol0625sbjun25,0,2842151.column</link>
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     <title>Fumes sicken several at Lauderdale condo</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Fumes from a condo renovation project in Fort Lauderdale made several residents of the Tennis Club II ill over the weekend, sending one woman to the hospital.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:33:41 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_news/story/580078.html</link>
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     <title>Deputies Can't Stop Animal Sacrifices Inside Waterford Lakes Home</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Because it's considered a religious act, sheriff deputies say they can't do anything about the issue. Now the homeowner's association is trying to find a way to resolve it.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:38:34 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wftv.com/news/16688136/detail.html</link>
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     <title><![CDATA[Legal Q & A]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Q: I live in a condominium where our documents state that the board of directors has the authority to approve or disapprove leases. Given the amount of time the board was spending collecting information and interviewing possible tenants, the board decided that it would be best to create a "screening committee."]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:20:48 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080622/COLUMNISTS16/806220309/1076</link>
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     <title>Utility, Estates Settle Lawsuit</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Nearly a decade after they filed suit, the developer and residents of Saddlewood Estates have reached a settlement with Tampa Bay Water over repeated flooding in the community off Old Pasco Road.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:40:10 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/jun/21/pa-utility-estates-settle-lawsuit/</link>
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     <title>Key Biscayne condo's occupancy rule remains despite lawsuit</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A woman who sued her Key Biscayne condominium association settled last year, but she says the case is still unresolved]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:34:24 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/east/story/574094.html</link>
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     <title>Clothing-Optional Pool Angers Fla. Condo Owners</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Florida apartment complex plans to offer a clothing-optional pool, but some of its residents are angry because they said they were never consulted about the move]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:19:30 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.nbc10.com/news/16651993/detail.html</link>
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     <title>Condo bust draws scams and squatters</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Property managers at condos are coping with new schemes -- some criminal, others plain irritating -- arising from foreclosures.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:06:38 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/457/story/575458.html</link>
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     <title>Homeowner's fees leading to foreclosures</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Attorney Bob Tankel's day revolves around foreclosures. His inbox is full of cases needing his attention, but he doesn't work for a bank.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:50:29 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=6798755&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1]]></link>
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     <title>Trump Tower Tampa developers file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Harried by creditors and lashed by lawsuits, the developers of Trump Tower Tampa have sought the haven of Chapter 11 bankruptcy.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:42:52 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/realestate/article631783.ece</link>
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     <title>Condo Company Plans Clothing-Optional Pool</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Swimmers will have the option of wearing nothing at all at the Arbors at Branch Creek, a complex of 390 homes that landed on the idea to help move units in a down market.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:42:22 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/jun/18/me-condo-company-plans-clothing-optional-pool/?news-metro</link>
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     <title>HOA Lawyer In Risky Business</title>
     <description><![CDATA[As an attorney for more than 500 homeowners associations, Tankel is foreclosing on people's homes for unpaid association dues with surprising frequency. Although some are investors, others live in the homes and lose them because of a few hundred dollars in back dues, he says.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:27:35 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/jun/18/bz-hoa-lawyer-in-risky-business-1-1/</link>
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     <title>Fire destroys condos in Largo</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Dozens of resident of a Pinellas condo complex are without homes this morning after a fire tore through their building.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:16:12 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=6793546&version=7&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1]]></link>
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     <title>Margate man to battle condo over right to run toy motorboat in lake</title>
     <description><![CDATA[John M. Madden will give up playing with his noisy 22-inch motorboat in the lake behind his Margate condominium, but that might not be enough to keep him afloat. That's because the retired Boston police officer and great-grandfather plans to continue taking out his quiet, 22-inch battery-powered remote-controlled motorboat, he said Monday.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 09:47:00 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-flbcondorule0617sbjun17,0,1354809.story</link>
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     <title>Foreclosures: 'It's a nightmare across the board'</title>
     <description><![CDATA[But this issue is not isolated to one community. Just a few miles away from Riverwalk at Matera, homeowners just got hit with a $1,500 special assessment.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:01:44 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.nbc-2.com/articles/readarticle.asp?articleid=19862&z=3]]></link>
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     <title>Hundreds of Trees in Boynton Beach Community to be Cut Down</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Lake Ridge Greens Home Owners Association made the decision to cut down the trees a couple months ago. They say the tree roots caused sidewalks and driveways to buckle. The HOA president Lenny Pravda says several residents have been injured after tripping on the roots.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 21:59:14 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.cbs12.com/news/trees_4708143___article.html/down_beach.html</link>
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     <title>Condo associations face new issues as they get older</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The planned communities of Southwest Florida are feeling their age — and the associations that run them sometimes pay the price as past problems come back to haunt them.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 11:49:26 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080615/RE/80613039/1014/BUSINESS</link>
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     <title>Family homeless after condo fire</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A fire that engulfed a bedroom in Citywalk Condominums left a family displaced from their home Friday.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 11:11:12 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.bradenton.com/local/story/675934.html</link>
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     <title>Little boat stirs up a fuss among Margate condo neighbors</title>
     <description><![CDATA[John J. Madden, 84, likes to spend an hour or two after lunch sitting in a chair on the grass along the lake behind his condo, playing with his two 22-inch-long remote-controlled powerboats.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 11:10:01 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-flbcondoboat0614sbjun14,0,4776460.story</link>
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     <title>Appeals court: Condo buyers can't cancel for certain cost increases</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Florida appeals court has upheld a ruling in a precedent-setting condo buyer lawsuit against Marina Grande Associates, a development company in Riviera Beach.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 11:01:16 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://triangle.bizjournals.com/triangle/othercities/southflorida/stories/2008/06/09/daily53.html</link>
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     <title>Cory Lake Records Request Heading Back To Court</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Developer Gene Thomason turned over the financial records of Cory Lakes Limited, which billed homeowners for management and security services for the gated New Tampa community. But lawyer Mark Basurto, who represents the seven homeowners who are suing over access to the records, said the documents raised more questions than they answered.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 10:56:15 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://northeast2.tbo.com/content/2008/jun/13/cory-lake-residents-records-request-heading-back-c/</link>
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     <title>Buyers sue Orlando Four Corners developer</title>
     <description><![CDATA[It's a familiar story line that is again repeating itself in the Four Corners area: British investors who put down thousands of dollars on vacation homes that haven't been built and end up suing the developer.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:23:29 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/orl-lawsuit1308jun13,0,5835011.story</link>
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     <title><![CDATA[Richard White:  Q & A]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Q: What sort of form should we use to track expenditures]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:18:28 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.tampabay.com/features/homeandgarden/article622489.ece</link>
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     <title>Buyer suits show signs of slowing</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Buyer lawsuits against developers should begin to subside over the next few months, attorneys and real estate analysts said.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:17:00 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://southflorida.bizjournals.com/southflorida/stories/2008/06/16/story1.html?b=1213588800%5E1649321</link>
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     <title>Errant Golf Balls Tee Off Broward Residents</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Omar Pizarro lives in the Hillcrest Condominium and is teed off at errant golfers who he said force him to walk half way across the parking lot to get to his car.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:33:42 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.local10.com/news/16583325/detail.html</link>
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     <title>Condo auction in Lake Conway suspended for lack of bidders</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Local real estate auctions have become more popular during the ongoing sales slump, but even auctions are having a harder time mustering buyers.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:20:31 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/local/newsletter/orl-biznews-auctions061108,0,4132577.story</link>
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     <title>Cape resident awarded condo manager of year</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Cape Coral resident Charlie Shipley was awarded the Condominium Manager of the Year for 2007 to 2008 from COMA, the Condominium Owners, Managers and Associates of Florida. He called the award a "surprise and honor."]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 09:56:26 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.cape-coral-daily-breeze.com/news/articles.asp?articleID=19051</link>
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     <title>Renaissance condo to assess owners</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Condominium owners at the Renaissance had better get out their checkbooks.  The condo association has been involved in an enormously complex lawsuit since 2006 to compel the developer, designers and contractors that originally built the Renaissance to fix what it claims are continuing water intrusion problems.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 10:53:27 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20080609/REALESTATE/806090375/1668</link>
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     <title>Parched grass yields yard debates</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Peter Cervone follows Central Florida's watering rules -- just twice a week. Still, he has brown spots. His homeowners association fined him $25 for having dead patches and has threatened to resod his lawn and get attorneys involved.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 10:42:30 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.orlandosentinel.com/community/news/debary/orl-lawn1008jun10,0,6350361.story</link>
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     <title>Copper Thieves Making It Hot For Orlando Condo Complex Owners</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The summer heat is going to be especially difficult for some Orlando homeowners who lost their air conditioning. Copper thieves struck an Orlando condominium complex, damaging units for at least a dozen homes]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 10:01:36 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wftv.com/news/16546669/detail.html</link>
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     <title><![CDATA[Legal Q & A]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Q: My question concerns committee meetings and the requirements to provide notice of those meetings to the members and to have those meetings open to the members. Also, is it necessary to keep minutes of committee meetings?]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 08 Jun 2008 15:48:07 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080608/COLUMNISTS16/806080314/1014/BUSINESS</link>
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     <title>Honeybees Invade Jacksonville Condo (video)</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Thousands of bees move into the walls of a Southside condo, leaving one homeowner's head buzzing with questions of how to get the unwelcome guests out.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2008 20:46:30 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.news4jax.com/news/16532852/detail.html</link>
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     <title>Lawsuit claims flaws in downtown condo tower</title>
     <description><![CDATA[An Orange County man who put down more than $100,000 in deposits for two units at The Paramount on Lake Eola condo tower is suing the developer, claiming that the building now nearing completion in downtown Orlando had serious structural problems that were not disclosed to buyers.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2008 20:43:48 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/orl-condosuit0708jun07,0,4553119.story</link>
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     <title>Passing deputy helps put out condo fire</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Dunedin firefighters say a kitchen fire sent a 26 year-old man to the hospital early Friday morning. The fire broke out at the Harbourtowne Condominium complex]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:59:11 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.tampabays10.com/news/local/article.aspx?storyid=82030</link>
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     <title>Silver Beach Condo Owners Win Against Developer in Court</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A local court says developer Tom Becnel changed the covenants for Silver Beach Towers condominiums to deny owners their rights to the beach there]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:16:58 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1416925/silver_beach_condo_owners_win_against_developer_in_court/</link>
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     <title>Even with drought, homeowners face fines for brown lawns</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Little rain can make for brown grass. It's a fact of life. Add to the mix county lawn-watering restrictions, and Mr. and Mrs. Homeowner might feel a bit burned at the sight of scorched earth where there was once a lush carpet of green. But drought aside, rules remain the rules at some subdivisions]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 11:16:56 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/News/EastVolusia/evlHEAD03060508.htm</link>
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     <title>Man Bilks Residents Out Of Thousands In Shutter Scam</title>
     <description><![CDATA[In August 2006, Fred Rathke was one of 26 residents of the Waters Edge Condominium complex in Pompano Beach who gave a deposit for storm shutters to Michael Adkins of Roll-Tek Industries.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 10:36:48 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.nbc6.net/news/16506432/detail.html</link>
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     <title>From golf clubhouse to association space?</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The owners of Gulf Gate Golf Course have asked the Gulf Gate Community Association if it is interested in eventually taking over the golf course clubhouse]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 10:22:27 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20080604/NEWS/806040556/1093/SPORTS</link>
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     <title>Ventana Condos Soon To Have Bank As Owner</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Facing foreclosure, the developers of the Ventana condominiums in the Channel District have agreed to hand the keys to the project's lender and walk way, according to documents filed in Hillsborough County Circuit Court.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:44:09 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2008/06/04/3480614.htm</link>
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     <title>Foreclosures haunt homeowners groups in Lee County</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Foreclosures are rocking not just the thousands of homeowners in Lee County, but the homeowners associations that represent them]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:25:52 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080601/RE/80531044/1014/BUSINESS</link>
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     <title>The condo dream that turned to heartbreak</title>
     <description><![CDATA[When developers set their sights on the property surrounding a former Holiday Inn in downtown Orlando, Florida, three years ago, they thought they had found a sure thing]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:49:48 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ft/20080603/bs_ft/fto060320080103412943</link>
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     <title>It’s the Law: Florida condominium act gets revisions - part III</title>
     <description><![CDATA[For the past two weeks this column summarized many of the major changes to the Condominium Act by the 2008 Legislature, most of which are effective October 1, 2008.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:24:42 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.marconews.com/news/2008/jun/02/its-law-florida-condominium-act-gets-revisions-par/</link>
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     <title>Colony Club in upkeep battle</title>
     <description><![CDATA[One of Longboat Key's most distinctive addresses is engaged in a bitter fight over how the property is being maintained.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:19:40 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.bradenton.com/business/story/648790.html</link>
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     <title>Charlotte condo developer faces criminal charges</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Instead, Lauro is facing criminal charges in Charlotte County for allegedly stealing $198,000 through a construction loan scheme. Two of his companies are in bankruptcy with debts that could amount to more than $20 million.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:13:48 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20080602/REALESTATE/806020427/1006/SPORTS</link>
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     <title>Virtual Condo No Better Than the Real Thing</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Remember Zack Preble, who tried to sell equity in his new condominium online by the square inch unit? Now he would like you to buy the property the old-fashioned way. Well, sort of.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:28:41 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.portfolio.com/views/blogs/daily-brief/2008/06/02/virtual-condo-no-better-than-the-real-thing</link>
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     <title>Neighbors Kick Family Out Of Home</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Tired of the nagging letters from your neighborhood homeowners association, the threats of liens on your home? Before you ignore the association, consider the fate of Gregory Green]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 13:57:18 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/jun/02/neighbors-kick-family-out-of-home/</link>
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     <title>Condos, Apartments Need Protection, Too</title>
     <description><![CDATA[If you live in an apartment or condominium, chances are you will be on your own to protect your property.  Check with your apartment's or condo's management to find out whether it puts up shutters or lays down sandbags. If it doesn't, find out whether you can.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2008 22:29:55 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/jun/01/s6-condos-apartments-need-protection-too/</link>
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     <title>Seniors vulnerable as hurricane season nears</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Florida officials say they've learned from past hurricane seasons - and highly publicized failures elsewhere - to improve their assistance to the state's 4.2 million seniors.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2008 22:25:28 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24732270/</link>
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     <title>Developer faces three different West Palm spats</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Trinity Development partnership, which consists of Stillwater Capital Partners and developer Edmund Abramson, is engaged in three different battles on three different downtown properties. Their grand plans to build tall towers and fancy condos are now held hostage to legal or zoning battles, despite the millions of dollars the partnership has poured into the projects.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2008 21:57:28 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.palmbeachpost.com/business/content/business/epaper/2008/06/01/c1bz_cloughcol_0602.html</link>
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     <title>Laramar wins foreclosure suit on failed condo conversion</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Laramar Group has won a $70.13 million foreclosure suit on Oceanview Apartments in Boca Raton, a failed condo conversion once known as Villa Mare.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2008 13:56:25 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://washington.bizjournals.com/southflorida/stories/2008/05/26/daily41.html</link>
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     <title>Some residents dissatisfied with homeowners' board</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Residents said they served HOA president Victor Marini - and the entire board of directors, two of whom live on Marini's street and the other two live close to him - with a recall notice April 28. They included a Florida statute-required petition containing signatures of 214 of the 340 homeowners - 70 percent, while only 50 percent was required.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2008 13:34:32 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/053108/nec_284281640.shtml</link>
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     <title>PSL woman files lawsuit against attorneys</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Port St. Lucie woman kidnapped and repeatedly raped in 2002 has filed a lawsuit against the attorneys she retained to sue the Hutchinson Island condo complex she was abducted from.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 10:31:00 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2008/may/30/no-headline---30sbriefs/</link>
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     <title>Beachfront 'eyesore' gets reprieve</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Neighbors say an oceanfront timeshare condominium damaged by hurricanes in 2004 continues to be an eyesore but the city's code board has ended its case against the Ocean Palms Beach Club.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 10:25:59 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/News/Neighbors/DailyJournal/evlDJ01052908.htm</link>
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     <title>Gov. Crist Signs Flag Rights Bill</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Gov. Charlie Crist on Wednesday signed a bill into law preventing groups in Florida from prohibiting a person from flying a U.S. flag on their property.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 19:22:35 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.local6.com/news/16417579/detail.html</link>
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     <title>The Truth Behind Florida's Housing Numbers</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Take the latest data on the housing market crash with a huge dose of salt.  I have just finished a week-long tour of the real estate market down here, one of the worst hit parts of the country. And one of the few things I can say with complete certainty is that nobody down there knows where "the market" overall really is.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 09:53:54 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121199607806026533.html?mod=googlenews_wsj</link>
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     <title>Florida takes $10 million from condo trust fund</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Almost one-third of the money designated for programs to help educate condo owners and pay for enforcement of condo laws will be diverted for unrelated state expenses as a result of the current budget crunch.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 13:26:52 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-flbcondofund0508sbmay08,0,7976189.story</link>
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     <title>Always know your condo rights</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Yes, you do. As an owner, remain informed. The financial, political and legal conditions of your community association can affect your quality of life and the value of your property]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 13:23:04 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-flhrbcondotalk0515hrbmay15,0,231472.story</link>
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     <title>You think your condo is bad? Look at these rules</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Rules, rules, rules.  When you bought into your condo or homeowner association community, you promised to obey them — even if you don't like them, don't understand them or think they're too vague. Consider the following:]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 12:54:02 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/columnists/sfl-flbcondocol0528sbmay28,0,7785318.column</link>
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     <title>Vet Faces Lawsuit For Flying American Flag</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The homeowner's association is not commenting about their rules. But state law said anyone can display a flag in a "respectful manner" as long as it is removable, Local 6 reported.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 10:51:45 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.local6.com/news/16399678/detail.html</link>
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     <title><![CDATA[ichard White:  Q & A]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Q. We have a unit owner who is creating a major problem by falsely stating she is speaking for the association. I understand there is a portion of the Florida condominium law that states a unit owner cannot claim they are speaking for the association. Could you tell me the specific law that addresses this problem?]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 10:50:28 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2008/may/25/richard-white-unit-owner-cannot-represent-condo-as/</link>
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     <title>Fire Forces Residents Out Of Condos</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The fire broke out in one of the six condo units in the Townhomes North Comlex building in Port Orange, just off Clyde Morris Boulevard at Forest Ranch Drive.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 15:43:53 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.wesh.com/news/16395156/detail.html?rss=orl&psp=news]]></link>
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     <title>It's the Law: Florida condominium act gets revisions - part 2</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Last week this column summarized many of the major changes to the Condominium Act by the 2008 Legislature, most of which are effective Oct. 1, 2008. This week examines additional amendments.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 15:31:53 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.marconews.com/news/2008/may/25/its-law-florida-condominium-act-gets-revisions-par/</link>
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     <title>Harborage condo buyers tout law in fight for deposits</title>
     <description><![CDATA[They're taking the approach du jour when it comes to backing out of condo contracts around Florida: claiming Altman subsidiary Harborage Cottages-Stuart LLLP violated the Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 15:27:30 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.palmbeachpost.com/business/content/business/epaper/2008/05/26/c2bz_samplescol_0526.html</link>
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     <title><![CDATA[Legal Q & A]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Neighbor's smoking, cooking, TV annoy resident]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 15:07:51 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080525/COLUMNISTS16/805250321/1014/BUSINESS</link>
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     <title>Grants help neighborhoods make ponds healthier, and prettier, too</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The ponds, built to receive storm water, affect larger bodies of water. Their purpose is to help maintain water quality in lakes, creeks, rivers and bays as it was before the developments were built.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 10:35:02 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20080522/NEWS/805220480/-1/newssitemap</link>
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     <title>Motorcyclist suing condos over pothole</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A man is suing a local corporation after a fall from a motorcycle last fall]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 10:22:14 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.bradenton.com/local/story/628769.html</link>
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     <title>Condominium Preparedness Initiative</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The City of Fort Lauderdale is working diligently to enhance disaster preparedness for the City, its organizations, its businesses, and of course, its residents.  We recognize that reaching out into the community and developing partnerships is vital.  To this end, the City of Fort Lauderdale is proud to introduce the Condominium Preparedness Initiative.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 10:07:21 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://fortlauderdale.gov/fire-rescue/dpemb/condo_preparedness.htm</link>
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     <title>Court approves a lost-deposit credit</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Buyers who put money down on property from the now-defunct Levitt and Sons company have been given the chance to apply that lost cash towards the purchase of one of Levitt's finished properties.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 21:33:12 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.seminolechronicle.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2008/05/21/4833592de97d9</link>
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     <title>Riverwatch Marina expansion a cooperation between business, neighbors</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The controversy over the Riverwatch Marina's expansion plans morphed into an example of cooperation between a local business and neighboring residents, several Martin County commissioners said Tuesday.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 21:21:31 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2008/may/20/riverwatch-marina-expansion-cooperation-between-bu/</link>
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     <title>Reclaimed-wastewater rates in Lehigh Acres jeopardizing links</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Golf course owners in Lehigh Acres hope to complete negotiations soon with their source of reclaimed wastewater and avoid bills that could shut down the links.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 09:35:50 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080521/NEWS0103/805210383/1005/ACC</link>
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     <title>Water Or Get Sued</title>
     <description><![CDATA[While some communities are forced to conserve water while lawns go brown, one Volusia County neighborhood says water more, or else.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 09:14:06 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.myfoxorlando.com/myfox/pages/News/Deta