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              his guy's HOA would go around simply to check if the dogs were leashed, and if not, they'd call animal control to have them picked up.  In fact, his HOA would call animal control on owners even if their dogs were leashed.  If the length of the leash was either too short or too long, that would be reason enough to call them out.

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And one day it happened, they tried to take away the wrong  persons  dogs  for  some  such  reason, sparking an all-out war between the HOA head and the wrong guy, some crazy guy who just happened to be a retired Marine and an all-around madman. Trust me, the HOA head didn't stand a chance against this crazy, retired ole military-man with plenty of time and plenty of money.

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Crazy Guy built a pool and let everyone use it for free, making the $50 a month pool fee the HOA set up, useless. Crazy Guy also held giant, all inclusive parties that had menus for everyone; and any police that came by to check on the noise always left with a bountiful to-go bag of goodies.

 

He also threw great-big Halloween parties, as the HOA did not allow trick-or-treating. 

Crazy Guy was well loved and, oddly enough, eventually the HOA head was ousted from the board after she went off the deep end and got caught trying to break into Crazy Guy's house.

 

The ban on trick-or-treating had been announced way before the former head took charge. Back then, in the 90s, the neighborhood had only waspy white people living there.  It was a time before the area grew and only certain families ruled the farms and biways scattered about. But even then, everyone always knew the ban was placed so the self-appointed establishment wouldn't have to deal with it. It was enforced too..., as they explained it, "it's to protect the harmony."   

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Crazy Guy was seen as crazy by the neighborhood HOA cultists because he objected to their style and didn't bother following their rules. Besides, more often than not he was the most well liked guy in town. The former head of the HOA, however,  wasn't liked. She was the trophy wife of this big-shot doctor whose father owned most of the land in the area.  

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Crazy Guy never ran for HOA, but he did start a restaurant, sponsored a drag racing competition, and possibly took up karate.

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True story...      or so I was told by some, highly impressed, neighbor of a crazy guy.

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Janet  Arango

North Carolina

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