Friendly bank not so friendly
Published: May 27, 2008
Our home owner’s association fees are rising not because of increased costs but because our friendly banks are not paying their monthly fees on repossessed homes. Our neighborhoods are suffering blight not because of inattentive home owners but because our friendly banks are not maintaining their repossessed homes.
Homeowner’s associations believe that lawns more than six inches high are blight conditions, while our friendly banks seem to believe that two foot and growing grass is aesthetically pleasing.
If our local government or court system cannot persuade our friendly neighborhood banks to pay their association fees then, at least, put some teeth into cleaning up the disgraceful conditions that they are leaving in our community. Our friendly bank’s inattentiveness has ruined our economy and now our neighborhoods.
JUSTIN MELGREEN
Culpeper
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I’m not sure if the statements are true, but look at it from a banker’s position: Paying someone to mow lawns and the association fees would severely cut into their million dollar bonuses at the end of the year. Have some compassion for the poor fellows!
I was really surprised by this letter. Is this true?
If I’m even a day late with my HOA fees, I face steep late charges. If I were to let my grass go unmowed, I would definitely be fined. Don’t the banks as owners of these repo’d properties face the same?
The resolution!!! The resolution!! All you dummies are now seeing the ramifications of the resolution and it ethnic cleansing. According to the anti-immigration crowd, you are all willing to pay higher taxes for this. So eat your hearts out!!!!
Perhaps we ned to put a list out there,as to who these Banks are? Give them some notice in the papers,then we can switch to those who care.
Those who have these homes can get them cleaned up and mowed.
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