During a recent court appearance, Triana who was on the Chateau Versailles HOA board, pleaded guilty to taking part in a plot between the years 2005 and 2009, to place HOA board members in a community where they in turn paid her to come up with construction defect lawsuits against home builders in order to generate money for her co-conspirators.

This site discusses what HOA's try to accomplish and the pros and cons presented by members of the community. It also talks about how many Americans live in an HOA community.

Arizona passes an anti-immigration law which allows police to questions people that are suspected of being in this country illegally. 70% of the Los Angeles Latino population is in favor of sanctions against AZ, which include restricting future contracts with AZ companies.

According to the AZ State Senate, this site goes over what an AZ HOA has the right to do and not to do, both on a state and federal level. The HOA's may place leins on homes for unpaid charges owed to the HOA. HOA's in AZ cannot prohibit the display of the American flag.

An OH man was going against the rules of his HOA by not getting permission to put a flag pole in his front yard. He was ordered to take down the pole, or go to court. Neighbors complained the flag pole was un-attractive and was a public nuisance.

This article talks about homeowners is CO who filed a lawsuit after being banned from smoking in their own home. Neighbors were complaining that the smoke was seeping through the walls. The judge upheld the HOA's rule.

This article discusses a homeowner in AZ that was prohibited from flying the Gadsen flag in his front yard. The site explains into detail what the snake symbol represents and what steps he was doing to keep the flag.

This site reviews the facts and violations of religious freedom and makes recommendations for action to the President, Secretary of State, and Congress. They discuss the freedom to practice a religion or belief, and ensure that our freedom is not being violated.

This site introduces a Chinese firewall that is a data package that will shut down or block an internet connection if specific keywords are identified. The firewall uses routers to inspect web traffic that the Chinese government wants to censor.

This site talks about how the new Federal HIPAA law protects patients privacy regarding personal health information. Rules have been set as to who can view medical records without the patients approval. This includes health insurance companies, HMO's, and health care providers.

This NY Times article talks about how more and more towns were beginning to regulate garage sales. The wanted to require a license/permit in order to have garage sales. This would generate revenue for the towns by requiring a fee in order to obtain the permit.

This web site talks about an article posted in the NY Times regarding the internet era and how a judge ordered web sites disclosing confidential information to be shut down. They encourage people to post leaked information on Wikileaks.org in order to stop unethical behavior.