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George K. Staropoli is president and founder of Citizens for Constiutional Local Government, Inc, and author of "Establishing the New America of independent HOA principalities."
He has appeared before and has made presentations to several state legislative committees. He has been quoted in the New York Times, CCN/MoneyOnline, Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine,Private Neighborhoods and the Transformation of Local Government (2005), AARP Policy Institute Homeowners Bill of Rights proposal (2006), and acknowledged in the Thomson West legal treatise, California Common Interest Development Homeowner's Guide (2006).
Mr. Staropoli maintains several web sites on HOA issues: http://pvtgov.org, and http://pvtgov.wordpress.com that contains his Commentaries.
Friday, December 11, 2009 Where does Pres. Obama stand on flying the flag in HOAs? (1 comments)
I'm wondering how President Obama feels about this very important issue: HOA control of flying the American flag. I understand he likes to deal in substantive issues. After all, he IS the President of these United States, isn't he?
Monday, March 30, 2009 The New American Federalism: the Surrender of States Rights to HOAs (3 comments)
Today, we are witness to the acceptance of the quiet emergence of a layer of independent republics as a third level of government in our American federation. Public-private partnerships that utilize restrictive covenants, which are permitted to supercede public laws and ordinances, regulate and control the people within their territorial bounds. This layer, creating a New America, is referred to as homeowners associations.
Saturday, December 13, 2008 Goldwater Institute supporting HOA secession? (1 comments)
Are we seeing a new wave of legal-academic aristocrats offering a supposed better form of government. The Goldwater Institute called for "enhanced protection against local government . . . by enacting local constitutions" and for counties to replace land use with "privately enforced restrictive covenants" (emphasis added).
Friday, November 28, 2008 Are HOAs exempt from claims of constitutional violations? (1 comments)
How can private governments supported by special laws that deny fundamental rights and freedoms not be a constitutional issue? Or that these agreements that do not need to be read or explicitly signed permit the surrender of these fundamental rights do not raise constitutional questions.
Sunday, October 12, 2008 Homeowners in HOAs have constitutional rights, too!
Comment on LA Times column that discusses HOA board's lecture to homeowners on "nebulous rights" in order to coerce compliance.
Friday, July 18, 2008 What unalienable rights? God is dead! (8 comments)
Once it removed God from the scene, America lost its moral and ethical compass, because it has set no alternative higher authority as a guide for ethical and moral behavior .
Thursday, July 17, 2008 HOAs: Exchanging individual property rights for property values (1 comments)
Homeowner associations are continuing to spread across the country. Yet, very little is said by the real estate special interests about the loss of individual rights and freedoms. These private government authoritarian regimes have the mission to protect property rights, first and foremost, and there is no bill of rights protections within the private HOA "constitution".
Sunday, July 13, 2008 Homeowner Associations and the Role of the Media (2 comments)
The media has repeatedly failed to cover serious issues of the loss of constitutional and property rights of millions of people living in homeowners associations. It has failed in its duties and obligations to provide information, pro and con, to the people in order for our democracy to function as intended.
