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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.
Sunday, September 27, 2009 Is there an ideal HOA constitution?
Is it possible to create an HOA "constitution" that protects homeowner rights and still govern the HOA?
Tuesday, July 7, 2009 American Governments: HOAs under servitudes law & local government under constitutional law
Two forms of governance eist that are clearly distinct and incompatible, having come to present times from two paths, one concerned with the control of real property interests by groups or associations of persons, and the other concerned with the democratic governance of a people.
Saturday, January 3, 2009 No HOA police force -- no HOA government!
Rebuttal to Goldwater Institute assertion that HOAs are not governments because they have no police force. A call for a national organization sponsorship of a national debate on "HOAS as Governments and State Actors".
Sunday, October 26, 2008 Socialism is right here in America according to national HOA lobbying group
The national HOA trade lobbying organization, Community Associations Institute (CAI), has declared that under the HOA model, "Associations ensure that the collective rights and interests of homeowners are respected and preserved."
Tuesday, September 2, 2008 Obama acceptance speech applied to homeowner association regimes
I have taken excerpts from Senator Obama's acceptance speech and applied them to the HOA regime. The intent is not related to any political party position, but the content of the message.
