The HOA President Called the Police and Accused Me of Stealing Their Water—Then Her Own Meter Started Spinning adr Backward in Front of the Officer

mailed back the plat.

Her reply arrived on association letterhead.

The board believes your property has a direct visual impact upon the community.

That did not make it their property.

I told her that.

She did not like being told no.

Over the next several years, the letters changed subjects but not tone.

Vehicle appearance.

Grass height.

Mailbox condition.

Storage near my garage.

One memorable complaint about a rusted wheelbarrow visible from the subdivision walking path.

Every time, I answered with the same county map.

Sometimes I ignored them.

Sometimes