The deposition that I sat for virtually all day yesterday stems from a lawsuit between our Homeowners Association, of which I am president, and one of the homeowners who we believe is in major violation of the covenants. That is about all I can say about this specific case at this time.
When I sold my place in Los Angeles and moved up here, I swore I would never serve on the Board of an HOA again and certainly wouldn’t be the president. I had served on the HOA board in Los Angeles for 5 years, 3 of those years as president. I wish I would have stood by my initial reaction to not serve on another board.
Every time I come in contact with our judicial system, I rarely come away feeling good. I served on juries in Los Angeles, including a gang murder trial, sat for a deposition in a lawsuit against a previous employer, been personally involved in a lawsuit stemming from a car accident (not my fault), and now this. In each and every case, three things become readily apparent: 1) the wheels of ‘justice’ grind exceedingly slow, 2) if you have lots of money, you definitely have a huge advantage and 3) the only ones who seem to make out well after all is said and done are the attorneys. I don’t know what the answer is and I understand that our judicial system is better than many others in the world. Nonetheless, getting involved in the wheels of justice always seems to be a frustrating journey.
I am still not back in ‘writing mode’ as this whole thing has been taking up a lot of my brain space so I have included the Op-ed from the Bozeman Chronicle that pretty much sums up my feelings regarding the current administration here in Montana. In fact, I think it fits many of the Republican controlled states where COVID is ravaging the population.
