1 00:00:07,841 --> 00:00:27,761 ♪ ♪ 2 00:00:27,761 --> 00:00:31,731 [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 3 00:00:31,731 --> 00:00:33,299 John: WELCOME, WELCOME, 4 00:00:33,299 --> 00:00:34,501 WELCOME TO "LAST WEEK TONIGHT!" 5 00:00:34,501 --> 00:00:36,569 I'M JOHN OLIVER, THANKS SO MUCH 6 00:00:36,569 --> 00:00:37,270 FOR JOINING US. 7 00:00:37,270 --> 00:00:39,205 IT HAS BEEN A BUSY WEEK. 8 00:00:39,205 --> 00:00:40,907 A TEXAS JUDGE MOVED TO SUSPEND 9 00:00:40,907 --> 00:00:42,475 FDA APPROVAL OF A KEY DRUG FOR 10 00:00:42,475 --> 00:00:44,911 MEDICATION ABORTIONS, A RICH 11 00:00:44,911 --> 00:00:45,812 WHITE MAN SUFFERED THE BEGINNING 12 00:00:45,812 --> 00:00:47,714 OF A POTENTIAL CONSEQUENCE, AND 13 00:00:47,714 --> 00:00:50,183 WWE SOLD A CONTROLLING STAKE IN 14 00:00:50,183 --> 00:00:52,252 ITSELF, A DECISION VINCE McMAHON 15 00:00:52,252 --> 00:00:53,686 WENT ON CNBC TO EXPLAIN. 16 00:00:53,686 --> 00:00:55,088 YOU ARE THE WWE, AND THE WWE 17 00:00:55,088 --> 00:00:56,489 IS YOU. 18 00:00:56,489 --> 00:00:58,425 SO WHY? 19 00:00:58,425 --> 00:01:00,927 IT'S THE RIGHT TIME. 20 00:01:00,927 --> 00:01:02,328 IT'S THE RIGHT TIME TO DO THE 21 00:01:02,328 --> 00:01:03,396 RIGHT THING. 22 00:01:03,396 --> 00:01:08,101 John: OKAY, I'M SO GLAD HE'S 23 00:01:08,101 --> 00:01:09,936 THAT SAYING NOTHING THERE, 24 00:01:09,936 --> 00:01:11,471 BECAUSE I AM EXCLUSIVELY 25 00:01:11,471 --> 00:01:12,105 INTERESTED IN WHAT IS HAPPENING 26 00:01:12,105 --> 00:01:12,405 ON HIS FACE. 27 00:01:12,405 --> 00:01:12,972 IF YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN VINCE 28 00:01:12,972 --> 00:01:13,706 McMAHON BEFORE, DON'T WORRY, YOU 29 00:01:13,706 --> 00:01:15,208 STILL HAVEN'T. 30 00:01:15,208 --> 00:01:16,109 BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT HE'S LOOKED 31 00:01:16,109 --> 00:01:17,510 LIKE FOR THE LAST 30 YEARS OR 32 00:01:17,510 --> 00:01:19,212 SO, WHEREAS THIS IS CLEARLY AN 33 00:01:19,212 --> 00:01:20,480 AI-GENERATED RESPONSE TO THE 34 00:01:20,480 --> 00:01:23,116 PROMPT "SNAKE TYCOON." 35 00:01:23,116 --> 00:01:24,451 LOOK, SADLY, I CAN'T DEVOTE THE 36 00:01:24,451 --> 00:01:26,252 REST OF THE SHOW TO TALKING 37 00:01:26,252 --> 00:01:27,187 ABOUT THE DECISIONS ON DISPLAY 38 00:01:27,187 --> 00:01:28,721 HERE, SO I'LL JUST DEVOTE 30 39 00:01:28,721 --> 00:01:29,789 MORE SECONDS TO IT. 40 00:01:29,789 --> 00:01:31,057 HE LOOKS LIKE THE ANSWER TO THE 41 00:01:31,057 --> 00:01:32,192 QUESTION "WHAT IF SALVADOR DALI 42 00:01:32,192 --> 00:01:33,526 CHOSE TO LIVE WITHOUT 43 00:01:33,526 --> 00:01:34,961 IMAGINATION?" 44 00:01:34,961 --> 00:01:36,095 HE LOOKS LIKE HE'S ABOUT TO 45 00:01:36,095 --> 00:01:37,030 CHALLENGE SOMEONE TO A BALLOON 46 00:01:37,030 --> 00:01:39,065 RACE AROUND THE WORLD. 47 00:01:39,065 --> 00:01:40,133 HE LOOKS LIKE VINCENT PRICE 48 00:01:40,133 --> 00:01:41,468 HAVING AN ALLERGIC REACTION TO 49 00:01:41,468 --> 00:01:42,635 BEING STUNG BY BEES. 50 00:01:42,635 --> 00:01:43,636 HE LOOKS LIKE A CIRCUS OWNER 51 00:01:43,636 --> 00:01:45,171 FROM THE 1930S WHO HARASSES THE 52 00:01:45,171 --> 00:01:46,506 DANCERS, MISTREATS THE ANIMALS 53 00:01:46,506 --> 00:01:48,241 FOR FUN, AND IS EVENTUALLY 54 00:01:48,241 --> 00:01:49,342 MURDERED BY A LION WHILE THE 55 00:01:49,342 --> 00:01:50,710 WHOLE TOWN CHEERS. 56 00:01:50,710 --> 00:01:53,446 AND SADLY, THAT'S MY TIME. 57 00:01:53,446 --> 00:01:54,981 AND THE REASON WE CAN'T TALK 58 00:01:54,981 --> 00:01:56,716 MORE ABOUT THIS MAN'S FACE IS 59 00:01:56,716 --> 00:01:57,784 THAT WE NEED TO DISCUSS THE 60 00:01:57,784 --> 00:01:58,685 EVENTS IN TENNESSEE. 61 00:01:58,685 --> 00:02:00,420 AFTER LAST WEEK'S MASS SHOOTING 62 00:02:00,420 --> 00:02:02,255 AT COVENANT SCHOOL, YOUNG 63 00:02:02,255 --> 00:02:03,923 ACTIVISTS HAVE BEEN AT THE STATE 64 00:02:03,923 --> 00:02:05,091 CAPITOL PROTESTING THE LACK OF 65 00:02:05,091 --> 00:02:06,292 RESPONSE FROM THE LEGISLATURE, 66 00:02:06,292 --> 00:02:07,894 WHILE ENGAGING IN SOME CATCHY 67 00:02:07,894 --> 00:02:08,862 CHANTS CONCERNING GOVERNOR 68 00:02:08,862 --> 00:02:10,163 BILL LEE. 69 00:02:10,163 --> 00:02:15,835 FUCK BILL LEE! 70 00:02:15,835 --> 00:02:18,171 John: LOOK, YOU CAN TRY AND 71 00:02:18,171 --> 00:02:19,472 GET CLEVER WITH IT, BUT AT THE 72 00:02:19,472 --> 00:02:21,374 END OF THE DAY, THERE'S NOTHING 73 00:02:21,374 --> 00:02:22,375 LIKE A CHANT THAT GOES "FUCK," 74 00:02:22,375 --> 00:02:25,712 AND THEN THE NAME OF THE PERSON 75 00:02:25,712 --> 00:02:26,212 THAT YOU'RE MAD AT. 76 00:02:26,212 --> 00:02:27,780 IT'S SHORT, IT'S SWEET, IT'S TO 77 00:02:27,780 --> 00:02:29,516 THE POINT, IT'S FUCK BILL LEE. 78 00:02:29,516 --> 00:02:31,017 AND THAT ANGER IS TOTALLY 79 00:02:31,017 --> 00:02:32,218 JUSTIFIED, AS THE RESPONSE FROM 80 00:02:32,218 --> 00:02:33,286 LEE AND HIS FELLOW REPUBLICANS 81 00:02:33,286 --> 00:02:34,954 HAS BEEN DEEPLY UNDERWHELMING. 82 00:02:34,954 --> 00:02:37,090 HERE'S ONE REPRESENTATIVE 83 00:02:37,090 --> 00:02:38,291 ARGUING TO YOUNG PEOPLE'S FACES 84 00:02:38,291 --> 00:02:39,826 THAT IT WOULD BE POINTLESS TO 85 00:02:39,826 --> 00:02:41,528 BAN AR-15'S. 86 00:02:41,528 --> 00:02:42,729 YOU'RE NOT GONNA LIKE MY 87 00:02:42,729 --> 00:02:43,763 ANSWER, AND LOOK, I'M GONNA SAY 88 00:02:43,763 --> 00:02:44,697 THAT STRAIGHT UP. 89 00:02:44,697 --> 00:02:47,033 IT'S NOT ABOUT THIS ONE GUN. 90 00:02:47,033 --> 00:02:48,601 IF THERE IS A FIREARM OUT THERE 91 00:02:48,601 --> 00:02:50,103 THAT YOU'RE COMFORTABLE BEING 92 00:02:50,103 --> 00:02:52,171 SHOT WITH, PLEASE SHOW ME WHICH 93 00:02:52,171 --> 00:02:52,672 ONE IT IS. 94 00:02:52,672 --> 00:02:54,674 John: I MEAN, THAT IS A 95 00:02:54,674 --> 00:02:56,142 HALL-OF-FAME SHITTY RESPONSE 96 00:02:56,142 --> 00:02:56,976 BUT, ALSO, IF YOUR OPENER IS 97 00:02:56,976 --> 00:02:58,211 "YOU'RE NOT GONNA LIKE MY 98 00:02:58,211 --> 00:03:00,213 ANSWER," MAYBE START THINKING OF 99 00:03:00,213 --> 00:03:01,481 SOME BETTER ONES. 100 00:03:01,481 --> 00:03:02,582 AND, FOR THE RECORD, I DON'T 101 00:03:02,582 --> 00:03:04,117 WANT TO BE SHOT BY ANY GUNS. 102 00:03:04,117 --> 00:03:05,852 I DON'T EVEN WANT TO GET SHOT BY 103 00:03:05,852 --> 00:03:06,619 A NERF GUN. 104 00:03:06,619 --> 00:03:08,254 AND NOT BECAUSE THEY STING MY 105 00:03:08,254 --> 00:03:09,389 PAPER BONES, WHICH THEY DO, BUT 106 00:03:09,389 --> 00:03:11,424 JUST BASED ON THE FACT THAT THIS 107 00:03:11,424 --> 00:03:13,860 IS MURPH, NERF'S ACTUAL MASCOT. 108 00:03:13,860 --> 00:03:15,895 AND I'M PRETTY SURE EVERY NERF 109 00:03:15,895 --> 00:03:17,096 DART IS ONE OF THE MANY PENISES 110 00:03:17,096 --> 00:03:19,899 THAT MAKE UP MURPH'S NUDE BODY. 111 00:03:19,899 --> 00:03:21,134 SOME PROTESTORS ACTUALLY MADE 112 00:03:21,134 --> 00:03:23,002 THEIR WAY INTO THE HOUSE GALLERY 113 00:03:23,002 --> 00:03:24,337 LAST WEEK, AND THREE STATE 114 00:03:24,337 --> 00:03:25,538 REPRESENTATIVES TOOK TO THE 115 00:03:25,538 --> 00:03:26,539 FLOOR TO VOICE THEIR SUPPORT FOR 116 00:03:26,539 --> 00:03:27,106 THEM. 117 00:03:27,106 --> 00:03:28,541 THAT, IN TURN, LED TO 118 00:03:28,541 --> 00:03:29,776 REPUBLICANS INTRODUCING 119 00:03:29,776 --> 00:03:32,045 RESOLUTIONS TO EXPEL THE 120 00:03:32,045 --> 00:03:33,112 LAWMAKERS, WHICH THE HOUSE 121 00:03:33,112 --> 00:03:35,114 SPEAKER SUPPORTED AFTER CLAIMING 122 00:03:35,114 --> 00:03:37,150 THEY WERE "INCITING VIOLENCE." 123 00:03:37,150 --> 00:03:39,185 ALTHOUGH WHEN PRESSED FOR PROOF, 124 00:03:39,185 --> 00:03:40,486 HE DIDN'T HAVE MUCH TO OFFER. 125 00:03:40,486 --> 00:03:41,854 THERE'S NO DOUBT THEY WERE 126 00:03:41,854 --> 00:03:43,022 DISRUPTIVE, BUT WHAT'S THE 127 00:03:43,022 --> 00:03:44,057 EVIDENCE THAT THEY WERE TRYING 128 00:03:44,057 --> 00:03:45,558 TO INCITE VIOLENCE? 129 00:03:45,558 --> 00:03:46,626 WELL THEY WERE TRYING TO JAZZ 130 00:03:46,626 --> 00:03:47,660 PEOPLE UP, WHEN WE HAVE 131 00:03:47,660 --> 00:03:48,628 REPRESENTATIVES-- 132 00:03:48,628 --> 00:03:49,862 BUT INCITE VIOLENCE. 133 00:03:49,862 --> 00:03:50,897 WELL, WHEN WE HAD 134 00:03:50,897 --> 00:03:52,098 REPRESENTATIVES TRYING TO GO TO 135 00:03:52,098 --> 00:03:53,299 THE RESTROOM, THEY GOT SPIT ON. 136 00:03:53,299 --> 00:03:55,234 DO YOU HAVE ANY EVIDENCE THAT 137 00:03:55,234 --> 00:03:56,502 THESE THREE MEMBERS WERE 138 00:03:56,502 --> 00:03:58,538 ENCOURAGING PROTESTERS TO SPIT 139 00:03:58,538 --> 00:03:59,806 ON MEMBERS OR TROOPERS? 140 00:03:59,806 --> 00:04:02,041 I MEAN, YOU CAN'T PROVE THAT. 141 00:04:02,041 --> 00:04:03,142 John: OH, OKAY, SO YOU CAN'T 142 00:04:03,142 --> 00:04:05,311 PROVE THEY WERE INCITING 143 00:04:05,311 --> 00:04:06,145 VIOLENCE, BUT IN THE INTEREST OF 144 00:04:06,145 --> 00:04:06,946 SAFETY, YOU FEEL YOU HAVE A 145 00:04:06,946 --> 00:04:08,047 RESPONSIBILITY TO TAKE THEIR 146 00:04:08,047 --> 00:04:09,949 DANGEROUS PLATFORM AWAY FROM 147 00:04:09,949 --> 00:04:10,383 THEM. 148 00:04:10,383 --> 00:04:12,185 BUT IF INSTEAD OF MEGAPHONES, 149 00:04:12,185 --> 00:04:13,186 THEY HAD, SAY, SOMETHING THAT 150 00:04:13,186 --> 00:04:14,487 CAN FIRE A HUNDRED ROUNDS IN A 151 00:04:14,487 --> 00:04:15,722 MATTER OF MINUTES, THEN, SADLY, 152 00:04:15,722 --> 00:04:17,056 IT'S LITERALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO DO 153 00:04:17,056 --> 00:04:17,890 ANYTHING TO PREVENT THAT, 154 00:04:17,890 --> 00:04:20,159 BECAUSE WE ASKED THE PREMATURELY 155 00:04:20,159 --> 00:04:21,694 EMBALMED MAYOR OF WHOVILLE AND 156 00:04:21,694 --> 00:04:23,129 HE SAID "NO." 157 00:04:23,129 --> 00:04:25,031 ALSO, TO THE EXTENT THIS IS 158 00:04:25,031 --> 00:04:26,499 ABOUT "DECORUM," IT'S WORTH 159 00:04:26,499 --> 00:04:27,500 KNOWING THIS LEGISLATURE HAS 160 00:04:27,500 --> 00:04:28,935 APPARENTLY SEEN FAR WORSE 161 00:04:28,935 --> 00:04:29,736 BEHAVIOR. 162 00:04:29,736 --> 00:04:31,337 AS GLORIA JOHNSON, ONE OF THE 163 00:04:31,337 --> 00:04:32,271 LAWMAKERS THREATENED WITH 164 00:04:32,271 --> 00:04:34,040 EXPULSION, POINTED OUT, "WE HAD 165 00:04:34,040 --> 00:04:35,241 A CHILD MOLESTER ON THE FLOOR 166 00:04:35,241 --> 00:04:37,143 FOR YEARS, THEY HELPED HIM GET 167 00:04:37,143 --> 00:04:37,710 REELECTED AND DID NOTHING TO 168 00:04:37,710 --> 00:04:39,012 EXPEL HIM. 169 00:04:39,012 --> 00:04:40,813 WE'VE HAD MEMBERS PEE IN EACH 170 00:04:40,813 --> 00:04:42,248 OTHERS CHAIRS, WE'VE HAD MEMBERS 171 00:04:42,248 --> 00:04:43,716 PRESCRIBE DRUGS TO THEIR 172 00:04:43,716 --> 00:04:44,851 COUSIN-MISTRESS, AND NOTHING 173 00:04:44,851 --> 00:04:47,220 HAPPENED. 174 00:04:47,220 --> 00:04:49,422 AND, SORRY, "COUSIN-MISTRESS?" 175 00:04:49,422 --> 00:04:50,323 DO YOU KNOW HOW CRAZY A LIST OF 176 00:04:50,323 --> 00:04:51,758 ALLEGATIONS HAS TO BE FOR 177 00:04:51,758 --> 00:04:53,126 SOMEONE TO GO, "THERE WAS THAT 178 00:04:53,126 --> 00:04:54,360 CHILD MOLESTER FOR YEARS, BUT 179 00:04:54,360 --> 00:04:55,061 HONESTLY DON'T EVEN BOTHER 180 00:04:55,061 --> 00:04:55,895 WRITING THAT DOWN BECAUSE WAIT 181 00:04:55,895 --> 00:04:57,397 UNTIL YOU HEAR ABOUT THE NEXT 182 00:04:57,397 --> 00:04:58,131 COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I'M ABOUT 183 00:04:58,131 --> 00:04:59,766 TO SAY." 184 00:04:59,766 --> 00:05:01,668 THE HOUSE VOTED ON WHETHER TO 185 00:05:01,668 --> 00:05:02,235 EXPEL THE THREE MEMBERS ON 186 00:05:02,235 --> 00:05:03,636 THURSDAY, AND THERE WAS A 187 00:05:03,636 --> 00:05:04,704 PATTERN TO THE RESULTS THAT WAS 188 00:05:04,704 --> 00:05:06,539 PRETTY HARD TO MISS. 189 00:05:06,539 --> 00:05:08,675 THE GOP-CONTROLLED HOUSE 190 00:05:08,675 --> 00:05:10,977 VOTING THURSDAY TO OUST STATE 191 00:05:10,977 --> 00:05:12,211 REPRESENTATIVES JUSTIN JONES AND 192 00:05:12,211 --> 00:05:13,246 JUSTIN PEARSON. 193 00:05:13,246 --> 00:05:14,480 WHILE A MOTION TO EXPEL 194 00:05:14,480 --> 00:05:15,715 REPRESENTATIVE GLORIA JOHNSON 195 00:05:15,715 --> 00:05:17,550 NARROWLY FAILED BY JUST ONE 196 00:05:17,550 --> 00:05:19,352 VOTE. 197 00:05:19,352 --> 00:05:21,087 WHEN ASKED WHY SHE WAS SPARED, 198 00:05:21,087 --> 00:05:22,755 JOHNSON SAYING THIS. 199 00:05:22,755 --> 00:05:24,090 IT MIGHT HAVE TO DO WITH THE 200 00:05:24,090 --> 00:05:25,324 COLOR OF OUR SKIN. 201 00:05:25,324 --> 00:05:26,726 BUT STATE HOUSE REPUBLICANS 202 00:05:26,726 --> 00:05:27,927 DENYING THAT CLAIM. 203 00:05:27,927 --> 00:05:29,662 OUR MEMBERS LITERALLY DIDN'T 204 00:05:29,662 --> 00:05:31,898 LOOK AT THE ETHNICITY OF THE 205 00:05:31,898 --> 00:05:32,732 MEMBERS THAT WERE UP FOR 206 00:05:32,732 --> 00:05:33,900 EXPULSION. 207 00:05:33,900 --> 00:05:36,102 John: OKAY NOW, LEGALLY, I 208 00:05:36,102 --> 00:05:37,704 CAN'T SAY THAT GUY IS LYING, 209 00:05:37,704 --> 00:05:38,538 WHICH IS WHY IT'S GOING TO BE AN 210 00:05:38,538 --> 00:05:39,639 INTERESTING DAY FOR OUR LAWYERS 211 00:05:39,639 --> 00:05:40,773 TOMORROW WHEN THEY FIND OUT THAT 212 00:05:40,773 --> 00:05:42,375 I SAID THAT GUY IS DEFINITELY 213 00:05:42,375 --> 00:05:47,880 LYING. 214 00:05:47,880 --> 00:05:48,448 [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 215 00:05:48,448 --> 00:05:49,015 "WE LITERALLY DON'T EVEN SEE 216 00:05:49,015 --> 00:05:49,882 COLOR" IS THE UNIVERSAL TELL FOR 217 00:05:49,882 --> 00:05:50,717 PEOPLE WHO SPEND ALL DAY 218 00:05:50,717 --> 00:05:51,317 THINKING ABOUT HOW THEY'D LIKE 219 00:05:51,317 --> 00:05:53,119 TO SEE LESS COLOR. 220 00:05:53,119 --> 00:05:54,187 NOW, FORTUNATELY, PEARSON AND 221 00:05:54,187 --> 00:05:55,621 JONES COULD BE RE-APPOINTED 222 00:05:55,621 --> 00:05:56,622 FAIRLY SOON, OR RE-ELECTED DOWN 223 00:05:56,622 --> 00:05:57,290 THE ROAD. 224 00:05:57,290 --> 00:05:58,324 AND WHILE REPUBLICANS CLAIMED-- 225 00:05:58,324 --> 00:06:00,226 GALLINGLY-- THAT THIS WAS TO 226 00:06:00,226 --> 00:06:01,861 TEACH THEM A LESSON ABOUT 227 00:06:01,861 --> 00:06:04,030 GRANDSTANDING, PEARSON WANTED TO 228 00:06:04,030 --> 00:06:05,698 MAKE IT CLEAR EXACTLY WHY THIS 229 00:06:05,698 --> 00:06:07,600 ESCALATED IN THE FIRST PLACE. 230 00:06:07,600 --> 00:06:08,801 I DON'T PERSONALLY WANT 231 00:06:08,801 --> 00:06:10,536 ATTENTION. 232 00:06:10,536 --> 00:06:12,371 WHAT I WANT IS ATTENTION ON THE 233 00:06:12,371 --> 00:06:13,806 ISSUE OF GUN VIOLENCE. 234 00:06:13,806 --> 00:06:16,743 BUT INSTEAD, WE'RE HERE WITH THE 235 00:06:16,743 --> 00:06:17,877 RESOLUTION YOU PUT UP, TALKING 236 00:06:17,877 --> 00:06:19,345 ABOUT EXPELLING ME FOR 237 00:06:19,345 --> 00:06:20,947 ADVOCATING FOR ENDING GUN 238 00:06:20,947 --> 00:06:22,148 VIOLENCE IN THE STATE OF 239 00:06:22,148 --> 00:06:23,382 TENNESSEE. 240 00:06:23,382 --> 00:06:24,917 John: EXACTLY. 241 00:06:24,917 --> 00:06:25,718 AND IT'S NOT A GREAT SIGN FOR 242 00:06:25,718 --> 00:06:26,886 TENNESSEE WHEN THEY PUNISH THE 243 00:06:26,886 --> 00:06:28,488 ONES SPEAKING OUT AGAINST GUN 244 00:06:28,488 --> 00:06:30,056 VIOLENCE, WHILE KEEPING THE ONES 245 00:06:30,056 --> 00:06:31,991 WHO ASK "WHICH GUN WOULD YOU BE 246 00:06:31,991 --> 00:06:33,459 COMFORTABLE BEING SHOT WITH?" 247 00:06:33,459 --> 00:06:35,895 LOOK, THERE ARE PRETTY CLEARLY 248 00:06:35,895 --> 00:06:36,863 TWO BIG ISSUES GOING ON HERE: 249 00:06:36,863 --> 00:06:38,464 RACISM AND GUN VIOLENCE-- 250 00:06:38,464 --> 00:06:39,632 WHICH, INCIDENTALLY, WILL IN ALL 251 00:06:39,632 --> 00:06:40,967 LIKELIHOOD BE THE NAME OF THE 252 00:06:40,967 --> 00:06:43,536 NEXT KID ROCK ALBUM. 253 00:06:43,536 --> 00:06:44,937 AND TENNESSEE LAWMAKERS CAN 254 00:06:44,937 --> 00:06:46,172 CONTINUE TO BRUSH BOTH OF THOSE 255 00:06:46,172 --> 00:06:47,540 ISSUES ASIDE, SAYING "GUNS 256 00:06:47,540 --> 00:06:48,174 AREN'T THE PROBLEM" OR "WE DON'T 257 00:06:48,174 --> 00:06:49,742 SEE COLOR." 258 00:06:49,742 --> 00:06:50,877 BUT THE YOUNG PEOPLE OF 259 00:06:50,877 --> 00:06:52,078 TENNESSEE ARE MAKING IT VERY 260 00:06:52,078 --> 00:06:53,713 CLEAR THEY'RE SICK OF WAITING, 261 00:06:53,713 --> 00:06:55,982 AND THAT CHANGE IS LONG OVERDUE. 262 00:06:55,982 --> 00:06:57,583 OR IF I MAY PUT THAT IN THE 263 00:06:57,583 --> 00:06:59,485 WORDS OF THIS SEGA GENESIS VIDEO 264 00:06:59,485 --> 00:07:01,053 GAME VILLAIN. 265 00:07:01,053 --> 00:07:02,922 IT'S THE RIGHT TIME TO DO THE 266 00:07:02,922 --> 00:07:03,356 RIGHT THING. 267 00:07:03,356 --> 00:07:04,390 John: THANK YOU, FRENCH 268 00:07:04,390 --> 00:07:05,758 DRACULA, I COULDN'T HAVE SAID IT 269 00:07:05,758 --> 00:07:07,260 BETTER MYSELF. 270 00:07:07,260 --> 00:07:08,661 AND NOW THIS. 271 00:07:08,661 --> 00:07:10,329 Announcer: AND NOW, IT'S 272 00:07:10,329 --> 00:07:12,532 EASTER, THE MOST TERRIFYING TIME 273 00:07:12,532 --> 00:07:15,268 OF THE YEAR. 274 00:07:15,268 --> 00:07:16,035 IT'S ALMOST TIME TO MEET THE 275 00:07:16,035 --> 00:07:16,469 EASTER BUNNY. 276 00:07:16,469 --> 00:07:18,237 ARE YOU READY? 277 00:07:18,237 --> 00:07:20,006 SOMETIMES, THE EASTER BUNNY'S 278 00:07:20,006 --> 00:07:21,007 A LITTLE SCARY ANIMAL. 279 00:07:21,007 --> 00:07:21,641 I SAW ONE AT THE MALL THE OTHER 280 00:07:21,641 --> 00:07:24,577 DAY. 281 00:07:24,577 --> 00:07:26,145 I WAS LIKE, I'M NOT DOING THAT. 282 00:07:26,145 --> 00:07:27,013 I ALWAYS THOUGHT THE EASTER 283 00:07:27,013 --> 00:07:30,049 BUNNY WAS CREEPY. 284 00:07:30,049 --> 00:07:30,917 YEAH, I AGREE. 285 00:07:30,917 --> 00:07:35,288 SANTA I CAN DEAL WITH. 286 00:07:35,288 --> 00:07:36,856 I HAVE YET TO SEE A REALLY 287 00:07:36,856 --> 00:07:38,257 CUTE EASTER BUNNY, NOT A CUTE 288 00:07:38,257 --> 00:07:38,691 EASTER BUNNY THERE. 289 00:07:38,691 --> 00:07:39,058 A KIND OF SCARY. 290 00:07:39,058 --> 00:07:39,559 A CREEPY EFFECT. 291 00:07:39,559 --> 00:07:40,026 I WAS SCARED OF THE 292 00:07:40,026 --> 00:07:40,493 EASTER BUNNY AS A KID. 293 00:07:40,493 --> 00:07:41,060 IF THE EYES ARE DEAD UP 294 00:07:41,060 --> 00:07:42,461 THERE, NO THANK YOU. 295 00:07:42,461 --> 00:07:42,995 TALKING ABOUT A 6-FOOT 296 00:07:42,995 --> 00:07:49,936 TALL-- 297 00:07:49,936 --> 00:07:51,838 I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, THE 298 00:07:51,838 --> 00:07:52,405 VISUAL OF THE BUNNY. 299 00:07:52,405 --> 00:07:53,039 GIGANTIC BUNNY, DOES ANYBODY 300 00:07:53,039 --> 00:07:53,306 LIKE THAT? 301 00:07:53,306 --> 00:07:53,773 CUTE BUNNY. 302 00:07:53,773 --> 00:07:54,106 CUTE BUNNY? 303 00:07:54,106 --> 00:07:55,908 NIGHTMARE BUNNY. 304 00:07:55,908 --> 00:07:57,176 SO MANY LITTLE ONES ARE 305 00:07:57,176 --> 00:08:02,615 AFRAID OF THE BIG BUNNY. 306 00:08:02,615 --> 00:08:03,416 MANY ENCOUNTERS WITH THE 307 00:08:03,416 --> 00:08:03,883 EASTER BUNNY PROVIDES 308 00:08:03,883 --> 00:08:04,817 CHILDREN WITH THE FIRST INTIMATE 309 00:08:04,817 --> 00:08:06,085 UNDERSTANDING OF THE CONCEPT OF 310 00:08:06,085 --> 00:08:07,186 FIGHT OR FLIGHT. 311 00:08:07,186 --> 00:08:10,690 ♪ ♪ 312 00:08:10,690 --> 00:08:11,657 John: MOVING ON. 313 00:08:11,657 --> 00:08:13,125 OUR MAIN STORY TONIGHT CONCERNS 314 00:08:13,125 --> 00:08:14,093 HOME OWNERSHIP. 315 00:08:14,093 --> 00:08:15,795 SO, IF YOU'RE UNDER 35, 316 00:08:15,795 --> 00:08:17,196 HONESTLY, THIS STORY ISN'T FOR 317 00:08:17,196 --> 00:08:17,930 YOU. 318 00:08:17,930 --> 00:08:19,632 IT'LL NEVER BE FOR YOU. 319 00:08:19,632 --> 00:08:21,267 YOU WILL NEVER OWN A HOME. 320 00:08:21,267 --> 00:08:22,835 SORRY, THAT IS THE DEAL YOU MADE 321 00:08:22,835 --> 00:08:24,170 WHEN YOU DECIDED TO BE BORN 322 00:08:24,170 --> 00:08:26,072 AFTER 1988. 323 00:08:26,072 --> 00:08:26,672 BUT WE DIDN'T WANT YOU TO FEEL 324 00:08:26,672 --> 00:08:28,608 LEFT OUT SO WE'VE ACTUALLY 325 00:08:28,608 --> 00:08:30,276 PREPARED A FULL, ALTERNATIVE 326 00:08:30,276 --> 00:08:35,214 STORY FOR YOU TONIGHT ABOUT 327 00:08:35,214 --> 00:08:35,781 CHUCK E. CHEESE, A DIFFERENT 328 00:08:35,781 --> 00:08:36,382 CRUMBLING AMERICAN INSTITUTION 329 00:08:36,382 --> 00:08:37,083 THAT YOU SHOULD GO WATCH NOW 330 00:08:37,083 --> 00:08:39,552 INSTEAD. 331 00:08:39,552 --> 00:08:39,919 THIS IS REAL. 332 00:08:39,919 --> 00:08:41,354 IT'S 25 MINUTES LONG, AND YOU 333 00:08:41,354 --> 00:08:42,421 CAN FIND IT AT 334 00:08:42,421 --> 00:08:42,889 LastSqueakTonight.com. 335 00:08:42,889 --> 00:08:44,390 PLEASE GO DO THAT NOW. 336 00:08:44,390 --> 00:08:45,825 BECAUSE THERE IS GENUINELY 337 00:08:45,825 --> 00:08:50,997 NOTHING FOR YOU TO SEE HERE. 338 00:08:50,997 --> 00:08:51,898 OKAY, FOR EVERYONE WHO REMAINS, 339 00:08:51,898 --> 00:08:54,033 THIS STORY'S ABOUT HOA'S, WHICH 340 00:08:54,033 --> 00:08:54,500 STANDS FOR HOMEOWNERS 341 00:08:54,500 --> 00:08:56,435 ASSOCIATIONS. 342 00:08:56,435 --> 00:08:57,603 NOT, AS YOU MIGHT'VE THOUGHT, 343 00:08:57,603 --> 00:08:59,238 HORSE ON ADDERALL, WHICH I 344 00:08:59,238 --> 00:09:00,806 BELIEVE IS THE POTENTIAL SEQUEL 345 00:09:00,806 --> 00:09:03,042 TO COCAINE BEAR. 346 00:09:03,042 --> 00:09:04,877 HOA'S, ALSO SOMETIMES KNOWN AS 347 00:09:04,877 --> 00:09:06,879 "COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS", ARE 348 00:09:06,879 --> 00:09:08,281 ENTITIES SET UP TO GOVERN GROUPS 349 00:09:08,281 --> 00:09:09,849 OF HOMES, LIKE SUBURBAN 350 00:09:09,849 --> 00:09:11,250 NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENTS OR 351 00:09:11,250 --> 00:09:12,752 CONDOS, AND OFTEN MAKE LOCAL 352 00:09:12,752 --> 00:09:14,186 NEWS AS THE VILLAINS IN STORIES 353 00:09:14,186 --> 00:09:15,454 LIKE THIS. 354 00:09:15,454 --> 00:09:16,923 IT'S A SIMPLE STORY OF A MAN 355 00:09:16,923 --> 00:09:18,758 WITH SOME SIMPLE NEEDS. 356 00:09:18,758 --> 00:09:22,295 SIT DOWN AND HAVE HIS LITTLE 357 00:09:22,295 --> 00:09:24,530 CHIPS AND A SODA IF HE WANTS, 358 00:09:24,530 --> 00:09:25,431 AND SAY HELLO TO SOME PEOPLE. 359 00:09:25,431 --> 00:09:26,499 TANYA'S TALKING ABOUT HER 360 00:09:26,499 --> 00:09:27,667 NEIGHBOR TED. 361 00:09:27,667 --> 00:09:28,935 I'LL BE 92 IN SEPTEMBER. 362 00:09:28,935 --> 00:09:29,902 AND THE BENCH OUTSIDE HIS 363 00:09:29,902 --> 00:09:30,903 DOOR. 364 00:09:30,903 --> 00:09:32,305 I HAVE A PLACE I LIKE TO COME 365 00:09:32,305 --> 00:09:33,606 OUT HERE AND SIT AND RELAX. 366 00:09:33,606 --> 00:09:35,107 NOTICES FROM HIS HOA, THE 367 00:09:35,107 --> 00:09:36,208 BETHANY VILLA ASSOCIATION, 368 00:09:36,208 --> 00:09:37,777 SAYING SIMPLY, "REMOVE YOUR 369 00:09:37,777 --> 00:09:39,111 BENCH FROM THE COMMON AREA, OR 370 00:09:39,111 --> 00:09:40,947 IT WILL BE REMOVED." 371 00:09:40,947 --> 00:09:42,715 THE MAN DESERVES A PLACE TO 372 00:09:42,715 --> 00:09:45,184 REST AND ENJOY NATURE AND EAT 373 00:09:45,184 --> 00:09:47,219 HIS LITTLE SNACKS AND SAY HELLO 374 00:09:47,219 --> 00:09:50,456 TO PEOPLE AND PET PUPPIES. 375 00:09:50,456 --> 00:09:52,158 John: YEAH, LET THAT MAN HAVE 376 00:09:52,158 --> 00:09:53,926 HIS FUCKING BENCH! 377 00:09:53,926 --> 00:09:54,961 HE DESERVES TO EAT SNACKS AND 378 00:09:54,961 --> 00:09:55,928 PET PUPPIES! 379 00:09:55,928 --> 00:09:57,096 WHICH IS, BY THE WAY, THE SINGLE 380 00:09:57,096 --> 00:09:58,564 GREATEST WAY YOU COULD SPEND A 381 00:09:58,564 --> 00:09:59,865 DAY. 382 00:09:59,865 --> 00:10:01,100 NOTHING TOPS THAT. 383 00:10:01,100 --> 00:10:02,435 IF ON THE DAY THAT YOUR BABY WAS 384 00:10:02,435 --> 00:10:04,170 BORN, A FRIEND CAME AND TOLD YOU 385 00:10:04,170 --> 00:10:05,504 THEY SPENT THE AFTERNOON EATING 386 00:10:05,504 --> 00:10:07,640 SNACKS AND PETTING PUPPIES, THEY 387 00:10:07,640 --> 00:10:09,442 HAD A BETTER DAY THAN YOU DID. 388 00:10:09,442 --> 00:10:10,509 THE MIRACLE OF LIFE CAN'T 389 00:10:10,509 --> 00:10:11,811 COMPETE WITH THE SIMPLE JOY OF 390 00:10:11,811 --> 00:10:12,778 MUNCHIN' SNACKS AND SCRATCHIN' 391 00:10:12,778 --> 00:10:14,981 BACKS. 392 00:10:14,981 --> 00:10:15,581 NOM, NOM, NOM, NOM-- AND THIS 393 00:10:15,581 --> 00:10:19,118 IS TRUE-- A RUB-RUB. 394 00:10:19,118 --> 00:10:20,586 ALSO, QUICK SHOUT-OUT TO TANYA 395 00:10:20,586 --> 00:10:21,954 THERE, THE NEIGHBOR BILLED BY 396 00:10:21,954 --> 00:10:23,055 THAT LOCAL STATION AS SIMPLY, 397 00:10:23,055 --> 00:10:25,124 "NEIGHBOR AND TED FAN." 398 00:10:25,124 --> 00:10:26,525 SHE MAY BE A TED FAN, BUT I, FOR 399 00:10:26,525 --> 00:10:27,593 ONE, AM A TANYA FAN, BECAUSE I 400 00:10:27,593 --> 00:10:28,894 SEE THE EFFORT THAT IT TAKES TO 401 00:10:28,894 --> 00:10:31,464 PUT ON A FULL FACE FIRST THING 402 00:10:31,464 --> 00:10:32,631 IN THE MORNING AND GO ON THE 403 00:10:32,631 --> 00:10:33,366 NEWS, JUST TO SAY, "STOP FUCKING 404 00:10:33,366 --> 00:10:36,268 WITH TED!" 405 00:10:36,268 --> 00:10:37,737 BUT THAT IS NOT A ONE-OFF. 406 00:10:37,737 --> 00:10:39,105 STORIES OF HOA'S BEING PETTY ARE 407 00:10:39,105 --> 00:10:40,940 LEGION. 408 00:10:40,940 --> 00:10:42,341 A VALLEY HOMEOWNER SAYS HER 409 00:10:42,341 --> 00:10:43,609 HOA WANTS TO FINE HER BECAUSE 410 00:10:43,609 --> 00:10:46,112 SHE INSTALLED ARTIFICIAL GRASS. 411 00:10:46,112 --> 00:10:47,246 A HOMEOWNERS' ASSOCIATION 412 00:10:47,246 --> 00:10:48,614 TOLD ONE SAN ANTONIO FAMILY 413 00:10:48,614 --> 00:10:49,915 THEIR HOLIDAY DECORATIONS ARE UP 414 00:10:49,915 --> 00:10:51,117 TOO EARLY, SO THEY'VE GOTTA COME 415 00:10:51,117 --> 00:10:52,852 DOWN. 416 00:10:52,852 --> 00:10:54,954 I GOT LOTS AND LOTS OF 417 00:10:54,954 --> 00:10:59,258 LETTERS FROM THE HOA TELLING ME 418 00:10:59,258 --> 00:11:00,893 TO STOP FEEDING THE DUCKS. 419 00:11:00,893 --> 00:11:03,262 I MEAN, WHEN YOU RECEIVE A 420 00:11:03,262 --> 00:11:05,798 VIOLATION FOR A TREE NOT BEING 421 00:11:05,798 --> 00:11:06,365 TREE-SHAPED, IT BOGGLES YOUR 422 00:11:06,365 --> 00:11:08,934 MIND. 423 00:11:08,934 --> 00:11:11,103 John: YEAH, OF COURSE IT 424 00:11:11,103 --> 00:11:11,737 DOES. 425 00:11:11,737 --> 00:11:12,905 BECAUSE WHAT DOES "NOT 426 00:11:12,905 --> 00:11:14,407 TREE-SHAPED" EVEN MEAN? 427 00:11:14,407 --> 00:11:15,708 IF IT HAS BRANCHES, BARK, AND A 428 00:11:15,708 --> 00:11:17,009 PLACE FOR A SQUIRREL TO STORE 429 00:11:17,009 --> 00:11:18,244 SOME NUTS AND GET SOME FUCKS, 430 00:11:18,244 --> 00:11:19,678 IT'S A TREE. 431 00:11:19,678 --> 00:11:22,681 IT'S TREE-SHAPED, BY DEFINITION. 432 00:11:22,681 --> 00:11:24,550 THE FACT IS, A LOT OF PEOPLE 433 00:11:24,550 --> 00:11:25,818 LIVE IN HOA'S. 434 00:11:25,818 --> 00:11:27,653 29% OF THE U.S. POPULATION LIVES 435 00:11:27,653 --> 00:11:28,487 IN A COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION. 436 00:11:28,487 --> 00:11:29,422 AND IT'S ACTUALLY INCREASINGLY 437 00:11:29,422 --> 00:11:32,825 HARD TO FIND A HOME THAT DOESN'T 438 00:11:32,825 --> 00:11:34,360 COME WITH ONE. 439 00:11:34,360 --> 00:11:35,961 AS OF ALL THE NEW SINGLE-FAMILY 440 00:11:35,961 --> 00:11:37,663 HOMES SOLD IN 2021, 82% WERE IN 441 00:11:37,663 --> 00:11:40,332 AN HOA. 442 00:11:40,332 --> 00:11:42,802 THAT'S UP FROM AROUND 40% IN 443 00:11:42,802 --> 00:11:44,070 1990. 444 00:11:44,070 --> 00:11:45,905 WHICH IS PRETTY REMARKABLE, 445 00:11:45,905 --> 00:11:46,772 GIVEN THAT, WHEN ONE LOCAL 446 00:11:46,772 --> 00:11:47,840 STATION ASKED VIEWERS HOW THEY 447 00:11:47,840 --> 00:11:48,908 FELT ABOUT THEIR HOA, THE 448 00:11:48,908 --> 00:11:51,610 RESULTS WERE NEARLY UNIVERSALLY 449 00:11:51,610 --> 00:11:52,144 NEGATIVE, WITH ONE NOTABLE 450 00:11:52,144 --> 00:11:53,579 EXCEPTION. 451 00:11:53,579 --> 00:11:54,780 THIS WAS A RARE COMMENT, "I 452 00:11:54,780 --> 00:11:55,815 LIKE OUR HOA... 453 00:11:55,815 --> 00:11:57,349 I GUESS I'M THE LUCKY ONE?" 454 00:11:57,349 --> 00:11:59,051 BUT IT WAS QUICKLY FOLLOWED 455 00:11:59,051 --> 00:11:59,618 WITH, "DON'T COUNT YOURSELF 456 00:11:59,618 --> 00:12:00,753 LUCKY TOO SOON. 457 00:12:00,753 --> 00:12:03,456 EVERY HOA IS JUST ONE VOTE AWAY 458 00:12:03,456 --> 00:12:05,758 FROM HELLISH NIGHTMARES." 459 00:12:05,758 --> 00:12:07,860 John: WOW, "ONE VOTE AWAY 460 00:12:07,860 --> 00:12:08,961 FROM HELLISH NIGHTMARES" IS A 461 00:12:08,961 --> 00:12:10,729 PRETTY INTENSE COMMENT. 462 00:12:10,729 --> 00:12:11,831 IT'S ALSO, INCIDENTALLY, THE 463 00:12:11,831 --> 00:12:16,001 DNC'S SOLE CAMPAIGN MESSAGE FOR 464 00:12:16,001 --> 00:12:16,502 THE LAST TWO ELECTIONS. 465 00:12:16,502 --> 00:12:17,703 SO IF THEY'RE THIS WIDELY USED, 466 00:12:17,703 --> 00:12:19,972 AND THIS WIDELY LOATHED, 467 00:12:19,972 --> 00:12:21,273 TONIGHT, LET'S LOOK AT HOA'S, 468 00:12:21,273 --> 00:12:22,908 WHAT THEY ARE, WHAT PURPOSE THEY 469 00:12:22,908 --> 00:12:24,043 SERVE, AND THE SURPRISING POWERS 470 00:12:24,043 --> 00:12:25,811 THEY HAVE TO WREAK HAVOC IN 471 00:12:25,811 --> 00:12:27,079 PEOPLE'S LIVES. 472 00:12:27,079 --> 00:12:28,614 AND LET'S START WITH THE BASICS, 473 00:12:28,614 --> 00:12:30,015 COURTESY OF THIS OLD EXPLAINER 474 00:12:30,015 --> 00:12:31,517 VIDEO. 475 00:12:31,517 --> 00:12:32,485 JUST WHAT IS A COMMUNITY 476 00:12:32,485 --> 00:12:33,986 ASSOCIATION? 477 00:12:33,986 --> 00:12:35,387 THE ASSOCIATION IS A LEGAL 478 00:12:35,387 --> 00:12:37,389 ENTITY CREATED AS A RESULT OF A 479 00:12:37,389 --> 00:12:39,024 PLANNED COMMUNITY. 480 00:12:39,024 --> 00:12:39,859 A BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS 481 00:12:39,859 --> 00:12:42,661 RESPONSIBLE FOR GOVERNING YOUR 482 00:12:42,661 --> 00:12:43,796 ASSOCIATION. 483 00:12:43,796 --> 00:12:45,131 WORKING TOGETHER WITH THE 484 00:12:45,131 --> 00:12:46,432 BOARD MEMBERS AND COMMITTEE 485 00:12:46,432 --> 00:12:47,733 MEMBERS CAN ENSURE THAT YOUR 486 00:12:47,733 --> 00:12:48,868 COMMUNITY WILL RUN SMOOTHLY AND 487 00:12:48,868 --> 00:12:51,036 EFFECTIVELY. 488 00:12:51,036 --> 00:12:52,271 AFTER ALL, BOARD MEMBERS ARE 489 00:12:52,271 --> 00:12:54,140 OWNERS JUST LIKE YOURSELF. 490 00:12:54,140 --> 00:12:55,374 John: OKAY, YOU CAN REALLY 491 00:12:55,374 --> 00:12:56,809 TELL THAT VIDEO'S FROM THE '90S, 492 00:12:56,809 --> 00:12:58,344 NOT JUST BECAUSE IT'S SHOT WITH 493 00:12:58,344 --> 00:13:00,412 A QUALITY THAT CAN ONLY BE 494 00:13:00,412 --> 00:13:00,946 DESCRIBED AS "AFTER SCHOOL 495 00:13:00,946 --> 00:13:02,081 PORNO," BUT ALSO BECAUSE THE 496 00:13:02,081 --> 00:13:03,149 BOARD IN QUESTION IS JUST THREE 497 00:13:03,149 --> 00:13:04,517 MEN AND ONE WOMAN THAT THEY ALL 498 00:13:04,517 --> 00:13:05,985 IGNORE. 499 00:13:05,985 --> 00:13:06,986 IN OTHER WORDS, ALMOST EVERY 500 00:13:06,986 --> 00:13:08,754 '90S SITCOM. 501 00:13:08,754 --> 00:13:10,523 THE POINT IS, HOA'S ARE RUN BY 502 00:13:10,523 --> 00:13:12,458 ELECTED BOARDS OF YOUR FELLOW 503 00:13:12,458 --> 00:13:13,259 HOMEOWNERS. 504 00:13:13,259 --> 00:13:15,094 AND THEY REQUIRE THE PAYMENT OF 505 00:13:15,094 --> 00:13:16,428 DUES, WHICH AVERAGE AROUND 506 00:13:16,428 --> 00:13:18,197 $200-$300 A MONTH, BUT CAN BE 507 00:13:18,197 --> 00:13:19,431 MUCH MORE DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU 508 00:13:19,431 --> 00:13:20,299 LIVE. 509 00:13:20,299 --> 00:13:21,700 AND IN RETURN, THE HOA COVERS 510 00:13:21,700 --> 00:13:23,335 UPKEEP OF THE COMMON AREAS AND 511 00:13:23,335 --> 00:13:24,937 AMENITIES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, 512 00:13:24,937 --> 00:13:25,804 LIKE PLAYGROUNDS OR SWIMMING 513 00:13:25,804 --> 00:13:26,739 POOLS. 514 00:13:26,739 --> 00:13:28,641 THEY ALSO, CRUCIALLY, ENFORCE 515 00:13:28,641 --> 00:13:31,443 ARCHITECTURAL AND LANDSCAPING 516 00:13:31,443 --> 00:13:32,411 GUIDELINES, LIKE "NO BENCHES" OR 517 00:13:32,411 --> 00:13:34,113 "TREES MUST BE TREE-SHAPED"-- 518 00:13:34,113 --> 00:13:35,681 WHICH ARE OFTEN TRYING TO PUSH 519 00:13:35,681 --> 00:13:39,318 AESTHETIC UNIFORMITY AND 520 00:13:39,318 --> 00:13:39,852 PRESERVE PROPERTY VALUES. 521 00:13:39,852 --> 00:13:41,387 YOU CAN FIND HOA RULES LIKE, 522 00:13:41,387 --> 00:13:43,689 HOMES MAY DISPLAY A MAXIMUM OF 2 523 00:13:43,689 --> 00:13:45,157 EXTERIOR DECORATIVE OBJECTS, OR 524 00:13:45,157 --> 00:13:46,559 "ALL GARAGE DOORS MUST BE 525 00:13:46,559 --> 00:13:48,227 PAINTED BENJAMIN MOORE 526 00:13:48,227 --> 00:13:50,162 MAYONNAISE OC-85." 527 00:13:50,162 --> 00:13:51,797 AND ONE ARIZONA HOA REQUIRED 528 00:13:51,797 --> 00:13:53,632 THAT FRONT YARD LANDSCAPING MUST 529 00:13:53,632 --> 00:13:55,568 CONTAIN A MINIMUM OF ONE 36-INCH 530 00:13:55,568 --> 00:13:59,738 BOX TREE, ONE 24-INCH BOX TREE, 531 00:13:59,738 --> 00:14:00,439 TEN 5-GALLON SHRUBS, AND TEN 532 00:14:00,439 --> 00:14:01,941 1-GALLON SHRUBS." 533 00:14:01,941 --> 00:14:03,142 AND I GENUINELY CAN'T TELL IF 534 00:14:03,142 --> 00:14:04,343 THOSE ARE HOA REQUIREMENTS FOR 535 00:14:04,343 --> 00:14:06,378 TAKING CARE OF YOUR LAWN OR 536 00:14:06,378 --> 00:14:08,714 RULES TO SETTLERS OF CATAN. 537 00:14:08,714 --> 00:14:10,516 AND THOSE RULES AREN'T JUST 538 00:14:10,516 --> 00:14:11,684 ADVISORY, THEY'RE ENFORCED 539 00:14:11,684 --> 00:14:12,918 THROUGH FINES. 540 00:14:12,918 --> 00:14:13,986 AND HOA'S CAN BE PRETTY 541 00:14:13,986 --> 00:14:15,054 UNFORGIVING ABOUT HANDING THEM 542 00:14:15,054 --> 00:14:15,888 OUT. 543 00:14:15,888 --> 00:14:17,156 TAKE A CLOSE LOOK AT 544 00:14:17,156 --> 00:14:19,825 DEBRA BLUE'S WAKE COUNTY HOME. 545 00:14:19,825 --> 00:14:20,593 THE COLOR OF HER SHUTTERS HAD 546 00:14:20,593 --> 00:14:21,560 HER FACING STEEP FINES WITH HER 547 00:14:21,560 --> 00:14:22,995 HOMEOWNERS' ASSOCIATION. 548 00:14:22,995 --> 00:14:24,930 THEY DECIDED TO FINE ME $25 A 549 00:14:24,930 --> 00:14:26,465 DAY. 550 00:14:26,465 --> 00:14:28,567 DEBRA PAID CLOSE TO $2,000 IN 551 00:14:28,567 --> 00:14:29,668 FINES AND TOOK DOWN HER PLUM 552 00:14:29,668 --> 00:14:31,136 SHUTTERS. 553 00:14:31,136 --> 00:14:32,204 WHICH WAS IMMEDIATELY MET 554 00:14:32,204 --> 00:14:33,339 WITH A RESPONSE. 555 00:14:33,339 --> 00:14:36,008 NOW THEY WERE GOING TO FINE ME 556 00:14:36,008 --> 00:14:36,609 IN VIOLATION OF TAKING THE 557 00:14:36,609 --> 00:14:38,544 SHUTTERS OFF THE HOUSE AND START 558 00:14:38,544 --> 00:14:39,912 FINING ME AGAIN. 559 00:14:39,912 --> 00:14:41,513 John: THAT IS ABSURD. 560 00:14:41,513 --> 00:14:43,015 SHE GOT FINED FOR THE COLOR OF 561 00:14:43,015 --> 00:14:46,418 HER SHUTTERS, TOOK THEM DOWN, 562 00:14:46,418 --> 00:14:47,253 AND THEN GOT IN TROUBLE FOR THE 563 00:14:47,253 --> 00:14:47,686 ABSENCE OF SHUTTERS. 564 00:14:47,686 --> 00:14:48,320 IT'S ONE OF THOSE SITUATIONS 565 00:14:48,320 --> 00:14:49,788 WHERE NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO YOU 566 00:14:49,788 --> 00:14:51,223 LOSE, SORT OF LIKE GOING ON 567 00:14:51,223 --> 00:14:52,258 "THE VOICE." 568 00:14:52,258 --> 00:14:54,293 SURE, THERE ARE TECHNICALLY 569 00:14:54,293 --> 00:14:56,395 WINNERS, BUT NAME A SINGLE ONE. 570 00:14:56,395 --> 00:14:58,864 THE SHOW HAS BEEN ON FOR A 571 00:14:58,864 --> 00:14:59,632 CONSERVATIVE 50 YEARS AND NOT A 572 00:14:59,632 --> 00:15:00,633 SINGLE WINNER IS A HOUSEHOLD 573 00:15:00,633 --> 00:15:01,100 NAME. 574 00:15:01,100 --> 00:15:02,334 SERIOUSLY, TELL ME THE FIRST AND 575 00:15:02,334 --> 00:15:05,804 LAST NAME OF JUST ONE. 576 00:15:05,804 --> 00:15:06,205 YOU CAN'T. 577 00:15:06,205 --> 00:15:07,273 NO ONE CAN. 578 00:15:07,273 --> 00:15:08,641 NOT EVEN HONKY TONK FRANKENSTEIN 579 00:15:08,641 --> 00:15:10,843 COULD DO IT. 580 00:15:10,843 --> 00:15:12,111 AND SOME HOA'S CAN BE 581 00:15:12,111 --> 00:15:13,445 SURPRISINGLY AGGRESSIVE ABOUT 582 00:15:13,445 --> 00:15:14,680 ACTIVELY SEEKING OUT RULE 583 00:15:14,680 --> 00:15:16,181 VIOLATORS, AS THIS MAN 584 00:15:16,181 --> 00:15:17,583 DISCOVERED. 585 00:15:17,583 --> 00:15:18,717 THREE YEARS AFTER BUYING THIS 586 00:15:18,717 --> 00:15:20,286 PROPERTY, THE HENRYS RECEIVED A 587 00:15:20,286 --> 00:15:21,654 LETTER FROM THEIR HOMEOWNERS' 588 00:15:21,654 --> 00:15:23,622 ASSOCIATION. 589 00:15:23,622 --> 00:15:24,990 SAYING THAT THEY WERE DOING 590 00:15:24,990 --> 00:15:26,392 AN AUDIT AND THEY NOTICED THAT I 591 00:15:26,392 --> 00:15:28,394 HAD A SHED IN MY BACKYARD, AND 592 00:15:28,394 --> 00:15:29,328 IT WASN'T APPROVED BY MY 593 00:15:29,328 --> 00:15:31,196 HOMEOWNERS' ASSOCIATION. 594 00:15:31,196 --> 00:15:32,464 GAVIN, WHO WAS A DISABLED 595 00:15:32,464 --> 00:15:34,333 VETERAN, TOLD THE HOA THE SHED 596 00:15:34,333 --> 00:15:36,468 WAS THERE BEFORE HE BOUGHT THE 597 00:15:36,468 --> 00:15:38,570 PROPERTY AND NONE OF HIS 598 00:15:38,570 --> 00:15:39,471 NEIGHBORS HAVE EVER COMPLAINED. 599 00:15:39,471 --> 00:15:40,673 SINCE YOU CAN'T SEE THE SHED 600 00:15:40,673 --> 00:15:42,241 FROM THE FRONT YARD AND NO ONE 601 00:15:42,241 --> 00:15:43,609 CAME KNOCKING AT THE HENRYS' 602 00:15:43,609 --> 00:15:45,177 FRONT DOOR, THEY ASKED THEIR 603 00:15:45,177 --> 00:15:47,946 HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION HOW THEY 604 00:15:47,946 --> 00:15:48,614 WERE ABLE TO PERFORM AN AUDIT. 605 00:15:48,614 --> 00:15:49,782 THAT'S WHEN THEY WERE TOLD OVER 606 00:15:49,782 --> 00:15:50,949 THE PHONE THAT GOOGLE MAPS WAS 607 00:15:50,949 --> 00:15:52,451 USED TO SCOPE OUT THEIR 608 00:15:52,451 --> 00:15:53,552 BACKYARD. 609 00:15:53,552 --> 00:15:55,054 John: YEAH, THEY SPIED ON HIM 610 00:15:55,054 --> 00:15:56,722 WITH GOOGLE MAPS. 611 00:15:56,722 --> 00:15:57,423 WHICH FEELS EXTREME. 612 00:15:57,423 --> 00:15:58,357 IF YOU'RE RELYING ON THE 613 00:15:58,357 --> 00:16:00,125 ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE SPACE 614 00:16:00,125 --> 00:16:01,794 PROGRAM TO FIND OUT WHAT'S IN 615 00:16:01,794 --> 00:16:02,828 SOMEONE'S BACKYARD, IT'S 616 00:16:02,828 --> 00:16:04,697 PROBABLY NOT YOUR BUSINESS. 617 00:16:04,697 --> 00:16:06,598 AND IF YOU'RE WONDERING HOW 618 00:16:06,598 --> 00:16:08,334 HOA'S GET THE AUTHORITY TO DO 619 00:16:08,334 --> 00:16:09,568 ALL THIS, THE ANSWER IS THEY'RE 620 00:16:09,568 --> 00:16:11,103 BASICALLY BORN WITH IT. 621 00:16:11,103 --> 00:16:12,338 HOA'S ARE TYPICALLY CREATED BY 622 00:16:12,338 --> 00:16:15,107 DEVELOPERS WHEN THEY BUILD A NEW 623 00:16:15,107 --> 00:16:15,974 NEIGHBORHOOD. 624 00:16:15,974 --> 00:16:16,809 THEY WRITE THE HOA INTO DEED 625 00:16:16,809 --> 00:16:18,677 RESTRICTIONS, WITH MEMBERSHIP 626 00:16:18,677 --> 00:16:19,812 AUTOMATIC UPON PURCHASING YOUR 627 00:16:19,812 --> 00:16:20,913 HOME. 628 00:16:20,913 --> 00:16:22,147 AND THEY'RE SET UP AS 629 00:16:22,147 --> 00:16:23,449 NOT-FOR-PROFIT PRIVATE 630 00:16:23,449 --> 00:16:24,717 CORPORATIONS THAT CAN OFTEN 631 00:16:24,717 --> 00:16:25,284 FUNCTION LIKE A LOCAL 632 00:16:25,284 --> 00:16:26,352 GOVERNMENT. 633 00:16:26,352 --> 00:16:27,886 SOME HOA'S HANDLE STREET PAVING, 634 00:16:27,886 --> 00:16:29,188 SNOW PLOWING, LIGHTING, AND RUN 635 00:16:29,188 --> 00:16:32,024 PRIVATE SEWER AND WATER SYSTEMS. 636 00:16:32,024 --> 00:16:33,258 AND OTHERS EVEN DABBLE IN 637 00:16:33,258 --> 00:16:35,127 TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT. 638 00:16:35,127 --> 00:16:36,662 IN THE PARKVIEW COMMUNITY IN 639 00:16:36,662 --> 00:16:39,531 SPRING VALLEY, AN HOA BOARD 640 00:16:39,531 --> 00:16:40,299 EMAIL SAYS THEY INSTALLED THIS 641 00:16:40,299 --> 00:16:41,133 - A SPEED CAMERA. 642 00:16:41,133 --> 00:16:43,869 THEY SAY MORE ARE COMING. 643 00:16:43,869 --> 00:16:44,470 NEIGHBOR TED MORRIS SAYS WHAT 644 00:16:44,470 --> 00:16:45,237 WORRIES HIM AND SOME OTHER 645 00:16:45,237 --> 00:16:46,472 NEIGHBORS IS HOW MUCH A 646 00:16:46,472 --> 00:16:47,840 VIOLATION WILL COST YOU FOR 647 00:16:47,840 --> 00:16:49,541 GOING SLIGHTLY OVER 15 MILES AN 648 00:16:49,541 --> 00:16:50,542 HOUR. 649 00:16:50,542 --> 00:16:52,511 THE NOTICE SAYS IT'S $250 FOR 650 00:16:52,511 --> 00:16:54,847 THE FIRST TICKET, $500 FOR THE 651 00:16:54,847 --> 00:16:57,483 SECOND, $1,000 FOR THE THIRD, 652 00:16:57,483 --> 00:16:59,518 AND ANY MORE VIOLATIONS FOR YOU 653 00:16:59,518 --> 00:17:01,220 AND YOUR GUESTS. 654 00:17:01,220 --> 00:17:04,490 John: $1000 SPEEDING TICKETS, 655 00:17:04,490 --> 00:17:06,191 GIVEN OUT NOT BY THE CITY, BUT 656 00:17:06,191 --> 00:17:06,759 BY THE HOA! 657 00:17:06,759 --> 00:17:07,359 BASICALLY, THE WAY HOA'S WORK 658 00:17:07,359 --> 00:17:08,694 IS, THEY GET TO SET THE RULES, 659 00:17:08,694 --> 00:17:11,397 AND SELECT THE PUNISHMENT FOR 660 00:17:11,397 --> 00:17:13,232 BREAKING THEM. 661 00:17:13,232 --> 00:17:14,199 THINK OF IT LIKE DISNEYWORLD. 662 00:17:14,199 --> 00:17:15,534 WHEN YOU WALK INTO THE MOUSE'S 663 00:17:15,534 --> 00:17:17,202 HOUSE, YOU PLAY BY THE MOUSE'S 664 00:17:17,202 --> 00:17:19,071 RULES, AND IF YOU STEP OUT OF 665 00:17:19,071 --> 00:17:21,006 LINE, GOOFY IS ALLOWED TO BREAK 666 00:17:21,006 --> 00:17:23,542 YOUR FUCKING KNEES. 667 00:17:23,542 --> 00:17:25,210 AND THE EXISTENCE OF HOA'S IS 668 00:17:25,210 --> 00:17:27,112 SOMETHING MANY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS 669 00:17:27,112 --> 00:17:27,980 ACTUALLY APPRECIATE. 670 00:17:27,980 --> 00:17:29,481 CASH-STRAPPED MUNICIPALITIES 671 00:17:29,481 --> 00:17:30,582 LIKE THEM BECAUSE DEVELOPERS 672 00:17:30,582 --> 00:17:32,751 BUILD ROADS AND PARKS AND PASS 673 00:17:32,751 --> 00:17:33,752 THE COSTS ALONG TO THE 674 00:17:33,752 --> 00:17:34,987 HOMEOWNERS. 675 00:17:34,987 --> 00:17:36,021 IN FACT, MANY MUNICIPALITIES 676 00:17:36,021 --> 00:17:37,589 EVEN MANDATE THE CREATION OF 677 00:17:37,589 --> 00:17:39,191 HOA'S IN NEW RESIDENTIAL 678 00:17:39,191 --> 00:17:42,060 DEVELOPMENTS. 679 00:17:42,060 --> 00:17:42,694 WHICH MIGHT BE WHY THE RISE OF 680 00:17:42,694 --> 00:17:43,962 HOA'S HAS BEEN CALLED "THE MOST 681 00:17:43,962 --> 00:17:45,330 SIGNIFICANT PRIVATIZATION OF 682 00:17:45,330 --> 00:17:46,064 LOCAL GOVERNMENT 683 00:17:46,064 --> 00:17:47,566 RESPONSIBILITIES IN RECENT 684 00:17:47,566 --> 00:17:48,700 TIMES." 685 00:17:48,700 --> 00:17:50,035 AND THAT GETS TO AN IMPORTANT 686 00:17:50,035 --> 00:17:51,103 POINT HERE, BECAUSE HOA'S CAN 687 00:17:51,103 --> 00:17:52,538 HAVE THE AUTHORITY OF A 688 00:17:52,538 --> 00:17:54,373 GOVERNMENT, AND COLLECT FEES AND 689 00:17:54,373 --> 00:17:55,941 FINES LIKE ONE, BUT WHEN IT 690 00:17:55,941 --> 00:17:57,543 COMES TO ACCOUNTABILITY, THEY 691 00:17:57,543 --> 00:17:58,710 CAN ACTIVELY RESIST IT, IN WAYS 692 00:17:58,710 --> 00:17:59,812 GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS COULD ONLY 693 00:17:59,812 --> 00:18:01,547 DREAM ABOUT. 694 00:18:01,547 --> 00:18:02,714 AFTER THE RESIDENTS OF ONE HOA 695 00:18:02,714 --> 00:18:04,183 IN ARIZONA POSTED SOME SOCIAL 696 00:18:04,183 --> 00:18:05,484 MEDIA COMMENTS ABOUT AN UPCOMING 697 00:18:05,484 --> 00:18:07,719 BOARD ELECTION, THE HOA DEMANDED 698 00:18:07,719 --> 00:18:09,354 THEY REMOVE POSTS THAT WERE 699 00:18:09,354 --> 00:18:10,756 CRITICAL OF ITS BOARD, AND 700 00:18:10,756 --> 00:18:11,757 THREATENED TO FINE THEM AS MUCH 701 00:18:11,757 --> 00:18:13,358 AS $250 A DAY IF THEY DIDN'T. 702 00:18:13,358 --> 00:18:15,527 AND WHILE THEY EVENTUALLY WALKED 703 00:18:15,527 --> 00:18:18,964 BACK THAT THREAT, THAT'S A 704 00:18:18,964 --> 00:18:20,299 PRETTY STRIKING LEVEL OF 705 00:18:20,299 --> 00:18:21,767 HOSTILITY TOWARD BASIC SCRUTINY, 706 00:18:21,767 --> 00:18:23,435 EVEN BEFORE YOU LEARN THIS IS 707 00:18:23,435 --> 00:18:25,671 HOW ONE BOARD MEMBER DEALT WITH 708 00:18:25,671 --> 00:18:26,939 PRESS INQUIRIES AS THE STORY 709 00:18:26,939 --> 00:18:27,873 UNFOLDED. 710 00:18:27,873 --> 00:18:28,540 I GOT TO ASK YOU-- 711 00:18:28,540 --> 00:18:29,308 NO COMMENT. 712 00:18:29,308 --> 00:18:30,209 NO, I'M SORRY, BUT YOU HAVE A 713 00:18:30,209 --> 00:18:30,576 LOT OF-- 714 00:18:30,576 --> 00:18:31,343 GET AWAY FROM ME. 715 00:18:31,343 --> 00:18:31,944 NO, YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF-- 716 00:18:31,944 --> 00:18:32,744 GET AWAY FROM ME! 717 00:18:32,744 --> 00:18:34,446 THAT'S VALVISTA LAKE'S BOARD 718 00:18:34,446 --> 00:18:35,881 DIRECTOR TODD McCOY FOLLOWING A 719 00:18:35,881 --> 00:18:37,616 PRIVATE BOARD MEETING TONIGHT IN 720 00:18:37,616 --> 00:18:38,016 GILBERT. 721 00:18:38,016 --> 00:18:39,618 AFTER BEING SHOVED, WE 722 00:18:39,618 --> 00:18:40,953 REITERATED TO McCOY THAT THE 723 00:18:40,953 --> 00:18:42,321 COMMUNITY WAS VERY UPSET. 724 00:18:42,321 --> 00:18:43,455 TO WHICH, HE REPLIED-- 725 00:18:43,455 --> 00:18:44,623 I DON'T CARE ABOUT THEM RIGHT 726 00:18:44,623 --> 00:18:46,458 NOW. 727 00:18:46,458 --> 00:18:48,260 John: HOLY SHIT, HE CAME AT 728 00:18:48,260 --> 00:18:50,229 THAT REPORTER WITH THE FIRE OF A 729 00:18:50,229 --> 00:18:52,197 THOUSAND MEL GIBSONS. 730 00:18:52,197 --> 00:18:53,565 THERE'S ALMOST NO SCENARIO WHERE 731 00:18:53,565 --> 00:18:54,800 YELLING "GET AWAY FROM ME" THAT 732 00:18:54,800 --> 00:18:56,201 AGGRESSIVELY IS CALLED FOR, 733 00:18:56,201 --> 00:18:58,170 ASIDE FROM MAYBE BUMPING INTO 734 00:18:58,170 --> 00:19:00,272 EZRA MILLER IN HAWAII. 735 00:19:00,272 --> 00:19:01,507 AND AT THIS POINT, YOU PROBABLY 736 00:19:01,507 --> 00:19:02,341 WON'T BE SURPRISED TO LEARN THAT 737 00:19:02,341 --> 00:19:04,543 "PRIVATE ASSOCIATIONS DESIGNED 738 00:19:04,543 --> 00:19:07,145 TO HAVE THE FORCE OF LAW IN 739 00:19:07,145 --> 00:19:07,779 SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOODS," HAVE A 740 00:19:07,779 --> 00:19:08,780 HISTORY OF BEING USED TO EXCLUDE 741 00:19:08,780 --> 00:19:10,148 CERTAIN GROUPS. 742 00:19:10,148 --> 00:19:11,383 AS WE DISCUSSED IN OUR HOUSING 743 00:19:11,383 --> 00:19:12,584 DISCRIMINATION PIECE, MANY 744 00:19:12,584 --> 00:19:14,019 NEIGHBORHOODS HAD RACIAL 745 00:19:14,019 --> 00:19:15,988 COVENANTS BARRING THE SALE OF 746 00:19:15,988 --> 00:19:17,422 HOUSING TO BLACK AMERICANS. 747 00:19:17,422 --> 00:19:19,424 AND IN SOME CASES, HOA'S TRIED 748 00:19:19,424 --> 00:19:20,692 TO ENFORCE THOSE COVENANTS, EVEN 749 00:19:20,692 --> 00:19:22,794 AFTER THE SUPREME COURT RULED 750 00:19:22,794 --> 00:19:24,096 THEM UNCONSTITUTIONAL. 751 00:19:24,096 --> 00:19:26,198 BUT EVEN TODAY, THERE ARE CASES 752 00:19:26,198 --> 00:19:26,832 WHERE HOA'S ARE USED TO ACTIVELY 753 00:19:26,832 --> 00:19:28,600 EXCLUDE CERTAIN TYPES OF 754 00:19:28,600 --> 00:19:29,935 RESIDENTS. 755 00:19:29,935 --> 00:19:31,436 JUST LAST JUNE, THE BOARD OF THE 756 00:19:31,436 --> 00:19:33,272 PROVIDENCE HOA IN DENTON COUNTY, 757 00:19:33,272 --> 00:19:33,972 TEXAS-- WHICH OVERSEES A 758 00:19:33,972 --> 00:19:37,376 COMMUNITY MADE UP OF 2,200 HOMES 759 00:19:37,376 --> 00:19:38,043 - PASSED A RULE THAT WOULD BAN 760 00:19:38,043 --> 00:19:39,878 RENTING A HOUSE TO ANYONE USING 761 00:19:39,878 --> 00:19:42,114 A PUBLICLY FINANCED OR 762 00:19:42,114 --> 00:19:43,415 SUBSIDIZED HOUSING PROGRAM, SUCH 763 00:19:43,415 --> 00:19:45,017 AS SECTION 8. 764 00:19:45,017 --> 00:19:46,552 AND THE IMPACTS OF THAT WERE 765 00:19:46,552 --> 00:19:47,819 IMMEDIATE. 766 00:19:47,819 --> 00:19:48,954 REVISHA THREAT FEARS BEING 767 00:19:48,954 --> 00:19:49,988 HOMELESS SOON. 768 00:19:49,988 --> 00:19:51,790 THAT'S BECAUSE THE RULES HAVE 769 00:19:51,790 --> 00:19:53,292 CHANGED IN THEIR PROVIDENCE 770 00:19:53,292 --> 00:19:54,626 VILLAGE SUBDIVISION. 771 00:19:54,626 --> 00:19:55,327 I SIT IN MY LIVING ROOM AND 772 00:19:55,327 --> 00:19:56,695 CRY 'CAUSE I JUST DON'T KNOW 773 00:19:56,695 --> 00:19:58,063 WHAT TO DO. 774 00:19:58,063 --> 00:19:59,798 John: THAT IS TERRIBLE. 775 00:19:59,798 --> 00:20:01,233 BUT IT'S NOT JUST HER, THAT NEW 776 00:20:01,233 --> 00:20:02,434 RULE THREATENED TO DISPLACE MORE 777 00:20:02,434 --> 00:20:04,336 THAN 150 FAMILIES RENTING IN THE 778 00:20:04,336 --> 00:20:05,704 NEIGHBORHOOD, WITH BLACK 779 00:20:05,704 --> 00:20:08,106 FAMILIES MAKING UP 93% OF THOSE 780 00:20:08,106 --> 00:20:09,341 HOUSEHOLDS. 781 00:20:09,341 --> 00:20:11,209 AND I KNOW THOSE HOA OFFICIALS 782 00:20:11,209 --> 00:20:12,411 MIGHT NOT THINK OF THEMSELVES AS 783 00:20:12,411 --> 00:20:14,479 RACISTS, BUT 93% IS A PRETTY 784 00:20:14,479 --> 00:20:18,083 SOLID A FOR RACISM. 785 00:20:18,083 --> 00:20:18,884 THAT HOA'S POLICY IS NOW UNDER 786 00:20:18,884 --> 00:20:20,319 INVESTIGATION, BUT THE FACT IS, 787 00:20:20,319 --> 00:20:22,321 THERE IS NOTHING IN STATE OR 788 00:20:22,321 --> 00:20:23,488 FEDERAL LAW THAT EXPLICITLY 789 00:20:23,488 --> 00:20:25,490 FORBIDS HOA'S FROM ENACTING BANS 790 00:20:25,490 --> 00:20:26,558 LIKE THIS. 791 00:20:26,558 --> 00:20:28,627 IT'S BASICALLY A SEGREGATION 792 00:20:28,627 --> 00:20:29,928 LOOPHOLE, WHICH, BY THE WAY, 793 00:20:29,928 --> 00:20:31,597 WOULD BE A PRETTY GOOD SLOGAN 794 00:20:31,597 --> 00:20:32,965 FOR THE SUBURBS. 795 00:20:32,965 --> 00:20:34,566 AND IF YOU'RE THINKING, "WELL, 796 00:20:34,566 --> 00:20:36,034 THIS ALL SEEMS FUCKED UP, BUT 797 00:20:36,034 --> 00:20:38,103 THANK GOD THERE AREN'T PRIVATE 798 00:20:38,103 --> 00:20:39,471 COMPANIES MAKING THIS WORSE!" 799 00:20:39,471 --> 00:20:41,039 HOLD ON, I'VE GOT SOME BAD NEWS. 800 00:20:41,039 --> 00:20:43,108 BECAUSE AT THIS POINT, WE SHOULD 801 00:20:43,108 --> 00:20:45,877 DISCUSS MANAGEMENT COMPANIES. 802 00:20:45,877 --> 00:20:47,379 YOU SEE, WHILE, AS I MENTIONED, 803 00:20:47,379 --> 00:20:49,081 ALL THE BIG DECISION-MAKING IN 804 00:20:49,081 --> 00:20:50,649 HOA'S IS DONE BY ELECTED BOARDS 805 00:20:50,649 --> 00:20:52,084 OF HOMEOWNERS, THEY MAY NOT HAVE 806 00:20:52,084 --> 00:20:53,552 THE TIME OR SKILLS TO DO 807 00:20:53,552 --> 00:20:55,020 EVERYTHING RUNNING AN HOA 808 00:20:55,020 --> 00:20:56,822 ENTAILS, OR THEY MAY NOT WANT TO 809 00:20:56,822 --> 00:20:58,090 GET THEIR HANDS DIRTY POLICING 810 00:20:58,090 --> 00:20:59,858 THEIR NEIGHBORS. 811 00:20:59,858 --> 00:21:01,693 THAT'S WHY THE MAJORITY OF HOAS 812 00:21:01,693 --> 00:21:03,729 HIRE PROFESSIONAL COMPANIES TO 813 00:21:03,729 --> 00:21:06,164 HANDLE THEIR DAY-TO-DAY NEEDS, 814 00:21:06,164 --> 00:21:07,599 UNDER THE BOARD'S DIRECTION. 815 00:21:07,599 --> 00:21:09,401 HERE'S HOW ONE OF THE BIGGEST, 816 00:21:09,401 --> 00:21:11,470 ASSOCIA, PITCHES ITSELF. 817 00:21:11,470 --> 00:21:12,838 THE PEOPLE WHO SERVE ON OUR 818 00:21:12,838 --> 00:21:14,906 BOARDS ARE VOLUNTEERS, AND FOR 819 00:21:14,906 --> 00:21:18,644 MOST OF THEM, THEY HAVE OTHER 820 00:21:18,644 --> 00:21:19,811 FULL-TIME JOBS. 821 00:21:19,811 --> 00:21:21,680 SO, OUR ROLE IS TO COME 822 00:21:21,680 --> 00:21:24,449 ALONGSIDE THEM AND HELP DO THE 823 00:21:24,449 --> 00:21:25,751 HEAVY LIFTING OF WHAT IT TAKES 824 00:21:25,751 --> 00:21:27,185 TO MANAGE THAT NEIGHBORHOOD THAT 825 00:21:27,185 --> 00:21:28,720 THEY MAY NOT HAVE THE TIME FOR 826 00:21:28,720 --> 00:21:30,222 OR THE EXPERTISE FOR. 827 00:21:30,222 --> 00:21:32,624 OUR ROLE IS REALLY TO HELP THEM 828 00:21:32,624 --> 00:21:34,159 ACHIEVE THAT VISION. 829 00:21:34,159 --> 00:21:35,193 John: NOW, IN THEORY, THAT 830 00:21:35,193 --> 00:21:36,294 SOUNDS PRETTY GOOD, DOESN'T IT? 831 00:21:36,294 --> 00:21:37,396 BUT IN PRACTICE, IT CAN GET MUCH 832 00:21:37,396 --> 00:21:39,698 MESSIER THAN THAT. 833 00:21:39,698 --> 00:21:41,333 REMEMBER TED, WHO WAS GETTING 834 00:21:41,333 --> 00:21:42,401 HIS BENCH TAKEN AWAY? 835 00:21:42,401 --> 00:21:43,735 HIS NEIGHBORHOOD WAS RUN BY 836 00:21:43,735 --> 00:21:45,103 ASSOCIA. 837 00:21:45,103 --> 00:21:46,271 SO IF ALL THEY WANT TO DO IS 838 00:21:46,271 --> 00:21:47,239 HELP A NEIGHBORHOOD "ACHIEVE A 839 00:21:47,239 --> 00:21:48,774 VISION," AS LONG AS THAT VISION 840 00:21:48,774 --> 00:21:50,008 INCLUDES "TED DOESN'T GET TO SIT 841 00:21:50,008 --> 00:21:51,143 DOWN," I GUESS, MISSION 842 00:21:51,143 --> 00:21:53,712 ACCOMPLISHED. 843 00:21:53,712 --> 00:21:54,479 THE PROBLEM IS, WHEN YOU 844 00:21:54,479 --> 00:21:55,947 INTRODUCE FOR-PROFIT COMPANIES 845 00:21:55,947 --> 00:21:57,916 TO FIND PROBLEMS IN YOUR 846 00:21:57,916 --> 00:21:59,618 NEIGHBORHOOD, THINGS CAN CHANGE 847 00:21:59,618 --> 00:22:01,353 FAST. 848 00:22:01,353 --> 00:22:02,454 MANY OF THESE MANAGEMENT 849 00:22:02,454 --> 00:22:03,522 COMPANIES HAVE PEOPLE WHOSE JOB 850 00:22:03,522 --> 00:22:06,958 IS TO DRIVE AROUND 851 00:22:06,958 --> 00:22:07,492 NEIGHBORHOODS, LOOKING FOR 852 00:22:07,492 --> 00:22:08,493 INFRACTIONS. 853 00:22:08,493 --> 00:22:09,895 IF YOU LOOK AT THAT LETTER THAT 854 00:22:09,895 --> 00:22:10,896 TED GOT REGARDING HIS BENCH, 855 00:22:10,896 --> 00:22:11,963 YOU'LL SEE THAT IT SAYS THE 856 00:22:11,963 --> 00:22:14,299 INFRACTION WAS NOTED BY THE 857 00:22:14,299 --> 00:22:14,866 ASSOCIA ARIZONA "INSPECTION 858 00:22:14,866 --> 00:22:16,668 TEAM." 859 00:22:16,668 --> 00:22:17,602 AND JUST WATCH AS ONE WOMAN 860 00:22:17,602 --> 00:22:19,104 EXPLAINS JUST HOW QUICKLY THINGS 861 00:22:19,104 --> 00:22:20,405 SNOWBALLED AFTER A NEW 862 00:22:20,405 --> 00:22:21,907 MANAGEMENT COMPANY TOOK OVER HER 863 00:22:21,907 --> 00:22:23,275 HOA. 864 00:22:23,275 --> 00:22:24,843 FIRST, THE HOA TOLD HER HER 865 00:22:24,843 --> 00:22:26,178 TRASH CANS COULDN'T BE VISIBLE 866 00:22:26,178 --> 00:22:27,112 FROM THE STREET. 867 00:22:27,112 --> 00:22:29,014 YOU HAVE TO TURN YOUR HEAD SO 868 00:22:29,014 --> 00:22:31,650 FAR OVER LIKE THIS TO SEE IT FOR 869 00:22:31,650 --> 00:22:33,485 THE SECOND THAT YOU ARE PASSING 870 00:22:33,485 --> 00:22:34,553 MY HOUSE. 871 00:22:34,553 --> 00:22:36,254 SO SHE MOVED THEM INSIDE. 872 00:22:36,254 --> 00:22:37,456 WHICH IS VERY HARD TO GET 873 00:22:37,456 --> 00:22:38,490 THEM IN AND OUT. 874 00:22:38,490 --> 00:22:39,224 THEN THE PROBLEM WAS HER 875 00:22:39,224 --> 00:22:39,691 HOSE. 876 00:22:39,691 --> 00:22:40,926 IT WAS, YOU KNOW, ALL WRAPPED 877 00:22:40,926 --> 00:22:43,061 UP, SO IT REALLY DIDN'T LOOK 878 00:22:43,061 --> 00:22:43,862 BAD. 879 00:22:43,862 --> 00:22:44,763 THEN IT WAS HER LAWN ART. 880 00:22:44,763 --> 00:22:46,598 YOU CAN'T HAVE THOSE. 881 00:22:46,598 --> 00:22:47,733 THEN THEY WANTED HER TO POWER 882 00:22:47,733 --> 00:22:48,967 WASH HER HOUSE AND SWEEP UP HER 883 00:22:48,967 --> 00:22:49,835 DRIVEWAY. 884 00:22:49,835 --> 00:22:51,803 BUT WHEN SHE DIDN'T GET IT DONE 885 00:22:51,803 --> 00:22:52,671 FAST ENOUGH, SHE GOT LATE FEES 886 00:22:52,671 --> 00:22:54,539 ON TOP OF LATE FEES, $25 A DAY 887 00:22:54,539 --> 00:22:56,341 FOR EACH INFRACTION. 888 00:22:56,341 --> 00:22:57,409 THESE ARE THINGS THAT ARE SO 889 00:22:57,409 --> 00:22:58,376 INCIDENTAL, THEY'RE NOT 890 00:22:58,376 --> 00:22:59,311 IMPORTANT! 891 00:22:59,311 --> 00:23:00,879 THEY'RE ASININE. 892 00:23:00,879 --> 00:23:02,948 AND YOU'RE CHARGING ME $17,000 893 00:23:02,948 --> 00:23:04,483 DOLLARS? 894 00:23:04,483 --> 00:23:06,618 John: $17,000! 895 00:23:06,618 --> 00:23:13,125 THAT'S CLEARLY RIDICULOUS. 896 00:23:13,125 --> 00:23:13,725 I ADORE EVERYTHING ABOUT THAT 897 00:23:13,725 --> 00:23:17,095 WOMAN! 898 00:23:17,095 --> 00:23:17,729 INCLUDING HER WORLD-CLASS 899 00:23:17,729 --> 00:23:19,164 DELIVERY OF ASININE. 900 00:23:19,164 --> 00:23:19,831 ALTHOUGH, FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH: I 901 00:23:19,831 --> 00:23:20,398 DO THINK SHE COULD DO BETTER 902 00:23:20,398 --> 00:23:21,299 WITH HER LAWN ART. 903 00:23:21,299 --> 00:23:21,900 IT'S NOT "$17,000 DOLLAR FINE" 904 00:23:21,900 --> 00:23:22,534 BAD, BUT IT'S CLEARLY A WASTE 905 00:23:22,534 --> 00:23:23,769 WHEN YOU COULD HAVE SOMETHING 906 00:23:23,769 --> 00:23:25,070 SPECTACULAR, LIKE THESE DUCKS 907 00:23:25,070 --> 00:23:26,972 WEARING BOOTS, OR THESE DUCKS 908 00:23:26,972 --> 00:23:28,340 MADE OF BANANAS. 909 00:23:28,340 --> 00:23:29,975 YOUR LAWN IS A CANVAS, PAT. 910 00:23:29,975 --> 00:23:31,243 FILL IT WITH WHATEVER DUCK ART 911 00:23:31,243 --> 00:23:33,845 SPEAKS TO YOU. 912 00:23:33,845 --> 00:23:35,514 THE POINT IS, THIS IS A SYSTEM 913 00:23:35,514 --> 00:23:36,982 THAT CAN QUICKLY TRAP PEOPLE IN 914 00:23:36,982 --> 00:23:39,417 A VICIOUS CYCLE OF DEBT. 915 00:23:39,417 --> 00:23:40,986 HERE'S HOW IT WORKS, LET'S SAY 916 00:23:40,986 --> 00:23:42,454 YOU FALL BEHIND ON HOA PAYMENTS. 917 00:23:42,454 --> 00:23:43,822 YOU MIGHT BE CHARGED INTEREST, 918 00:23:43,822 --> 00:23:44,990 AND HAVE TO PAY ADDITIONAL 919 00:23:44,990 --> 00:23:46,158 PENALTIES. 920 00:23:46,158 --> 00:23:47,592 BUT THAT'S JUST THE BEGINNING 921 00:23:47,592 --> 00:23:49,528 HERE, BECAUSE ONCE THE 922 00:23:49,528 --> 00:23:50,061 MANAGEMENT COMPANY STARTS 923 00:23:50,061 --> 00:23:51,196 PURSUING PAYMENT, THEY CAN 924 00:23:51,196 --> 00:23:53,098 INVOLVE LAWYERS, WHOSE FEES CAN 925 00:23:53,098 --> 00:23:54,499 BE ASTRONOMICAL, AND THINGS CAN 926 00:23:54,499 --> 00:23:55,801 GET OUT OF HAND FAST. 927 00:23:55,801 --> 00:23:57,602 HERE'S THE BILL OF JUST ONE 928 00:23:57,602 --> 00:23:59,371 88-YEAR-OLD HOMEOWNER IN TEXAS. 929 00:23:59,371 --> 00:24:00,739 SHE FELL ILL, AND WAS IN A 930 00:24:00,739 --> 00:24:02,774 NURSING HOME, SO SHE MISSED AN 931 00:24:02,774 --> 00:24:04,643 ANNUAL DUES PAYMENT AT THE START 932 00:24:04,643 --> 00:24:06,411 OF 2021, OF $423. 933 00:24:06,411 --> 00:24:08,079 HER HOA THEN STARTED CHARGING 934 00:24:08,079 --> 00:24:09,514 INTEREST AND FEES FOR MISSED 935 00:24:09,514 --> 00:24:10,448 PAYMENTS, AND JUST FIVE MONTHS 936 00:24:10,448 --> 00:24:11,049 LATER, HER BILL WAS ALREADY UP 937 00:24:11,049 --> 00:24:13,618 TO $682. 938 00:24:13,618 --> 00:24:15,520 BUT THINGS REALLY STARTED 939 00:24:15,520 --> 00:24:16,855 ESCALATING WHEN LAWYERS' FEES 940 00:24:16,855 --> 00:24:18,857 STARTED GETTING INTRODUCED. 941 00:24:18,857 --> 00:24:19,891 BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF THEM. 942 00:24:19,891 --> 00:24:21,426 AND OVER THE COURSE OF JUST TWO 943 00:24:21,426 --> 00:24:24,729 YEARS, SHE SUDDENLY OWED OVER 944 00:24:24,729 --> 00:24:26,131 $8,000, WELL OVER HALF OF WHICH 945 00:24:26,131 --> 00:24:27,666 WAS LAWYERS' FEES. 946 00:24:27,666 --> 00:24:28,767 AND IF YOU'RE WONDERING WHY 947 00:24:28,767 --> 00:24:29,634 LAWYERS ARE EVEN GETTING 948 00:24:29,634 --> 00:24:30,869 INVOLVED HERE, IT'S BECAUSE THEY 949 00:24:30,869 --> 00:24:32,804 OFTEN COME IN WHEN HOA'S ARE 950 00:24:32,804 --> 00:24:34,706 READY TO EXERCISE A TRULY 951 00:24:34,706 --> 00:24:35,640 INCREDIBLE POWER THEY HAVE OVER 952 00:24:35,640 --> 00:24:37,042 HOMEOWNERS, WHICH THIS WOMAN 953 00:24:37,042 --> 00:24:39,678 FOUND OUT ABOUT THE HARD WAY. 954 00:24:39,678 --> 00:24:40,612 THERE WAS A PROCESS SERVER 955 00:24:40,612 --> 00:24:42,447 WHO CAME AND KNOCKED ON MY DOOR 956 00:24:42,447 --> 00:24:43,548 AND SERVED ME WITH A FORECLOSURE 957 00:24:43,548 --> 00:24:45,016 NOTICE. 958 00:24:45,016 --> 00:24:45,917 AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, I 959 00:24:45,917 --> 00:24:47,485 FREAKED OUT. 960 00:24:47,485 --> 00:24:48,887 MIESHA HAD FALLEN BEHIND ON A 961 00:24:48,887 --> 00:24:49,988 LOT OF HER BILLS, BUT SHE SAID 962 00:24:49,988 --> 00:24:51,156 SHE'D WORK SOMETHING OUT WITH 963 00:24:51,156 --> 00:24:52,290 THE MORTGAGE COMPANY. 964 00:24:52,290 --> 00:24:53,725 BUT THIS WAS THE HOA, AND I 965 00:24:53,725 --> 00:24:54,926 HAD NO IDEA THAT AN HOA COULD 966 00:24:54,926 --> 00:24:56,461 FORECLOSE ON YOU. 967 00:24:56,461 --> 00:24:57,662 John: IT'S TRUE, HOA'S CAN 968 00:24:57,662 --> 00:25:00,332 FORECLOSE ON YOUR HOME. 969 00:25:00,332 --> 00:25:02,200 WHICH IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS 970 00:25:02,200 --> 00:25:03,001 THAT SOUNDS RIDICULOUS, BUT IS 971 00:25:03,001 --> 00:25:04,369 ABSOLUTELY TRUE. 972 00:25:04,369 --> 00:25:05,637 LIKE HOW THERE ARE FOUR TIMES AS 973 00:25:05,637 --> 00:25:07,239 MANY CHICKENS AS PEOPLE ON 974 00:25:07,239 --> 00:25:09,274 EARTH, OR LENNY KRAVITZ IS 975 00:25:09,274 --> 00:25:11,476 AL ROKER'S SECOND COUSIN, OR 976 00:25:11,476 --> 00:25:12,444 THAT THE FIRST SONG CHARLIE PUTH 977 00:25:12,444 --> 00:25:13,678 EVER MASTURBATED TO WAS 978 00:25:13,678 --> 00:25:15,146 "THIS LOVE" BY MAROON 5. 979 00:25:15,146 --> 00:25:16,248 THAT'S A TRUE FACT! 980 00:25:16,248 --> 00:25:18,283 AND I HATE THAT I KNOW IT! 981 00:25:18,283 --> 00:25:19,618 BUT I LOVE THAT YOU NOW KNOW IT, 982 00:25:19,618 --> 00:25:22,287 TOO. 983 00:25:22,287 --> 00:25:22,787 [LAUGHTER] 984 00:25:22,787 --> 00:25:23,421 AND THIS POWER GETS DEPLOYED ALL 985 00:25:23,421 --> 00:25:25,123 OVER THE COUNTRY. 986 00:25:25,123 --> 00:25:26,558 COLORADO'S HOA'S ALONE FILED 987 00:25:26,558 --> 00:25:29,094 MORE THAN 2400 FORECLOSURE CASES 988 00:25:29,094 --> 00:25:31,363 FROM JANUARY 2018 TO FEBRUARY OF 989 00:25:31,363 --> 00:25:32,597 LAST YEAR. 990 00:25:32,597 --> 00:25:34,165 AND TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE, THOSE 991 00:25:34,165 --> 00:25:35,967 HOMES CAN THEN BE SOLD AT 992 00:25:35,967 --> 00:25:37,502 AUCTION, SOMETIMES WITHOUT THE 993 00:25:37,502 --> 00:25:38,970 HOMEOWNER EVEN REALIZING. 994 00:25:38,970 --> 00:25:40,605 JUST LISTEN TO THIS WOMAN 995 00:25:40,605 --> 00:25:41,406 EXPLAIN HOW-- DESPITE 996 00:25:41,406 --> 00:25:44,976 DESPERATELY TRYING TO PAY LATE 997 00:25:44,976 --> 00:25:46,344 HOA FEES-- SHE WOUND UP LOSING 998 00:25:46,344 --> 00:25:46,945 EVERYTHING. 999 00:25:46,945 --> 00:25:47,512 WALKED IN, PAID OFF THE 1000 00:25:47,512 --> 00:25:49,915 $2,700. 1001 00:25:49,915 --> 00:25:52,584 AND WHEN I WALKED OUT, I SAID, 1002 00:25:52,584 --> 00:25:53,118 "THIS IS ALL I OWE, RIGHT?" 1003 00:25:53,118 --> 00:25:53,351 "YES." 1004 00:25:53,351 --> 00:25:54,252 THEN HERE COMES THE NEXT SET OF 1005 00:25:54,252 --> 00:25:54,886 LETTERS, AND NOW IT'S UP TO 1006 00:25:54,886 --> 00:25:56,221 $6,400. 1007 00:25:56,221 --> 00:25:57,689 TURNS OUT THERE WERE 1008 00:25:57,689 --> 00:25:59,324 POST-JUDGMENT LEGAL FEES AND 18% 1009 00:25:59,324 --> 00:26:00,258 BACK INTEREST. 1010 00:26:00,258 --> 00:26:03,194 SO, EVEN AFTER SHE'D PAID MORE 1011 00:26:03,194 --> 00:26:05,330 THAN $9,000, SHE WAS STILL 1012 00:26:05,330 --> 00:26:06,564 SOMEHOW BEHIND ON HER DUES. 1013 00:26:06,564 --> 00:26:09,768 BUT IN 2018, SHE RECEIVED THE 1014 00:26:09,768 --> 00:26:12,203 MOST SHOCKING LETTER OF ALL. 1015 00:26:12,203 --> 00:26:14,940 AN EVICTION NOTICE. 1016 00:26:14,940 --> 00:26:16,241 YOU KNOW, YOU LOSE YOUR HOME. 1017 00:26:16,241 --> 00:26:18,777 THAT'S HARD. 1018 00:26:18,777 --> 00:26:20,245 BUT SADNESS TURNED TO ANGER 1019 00:26:20,245 --> 00:26:21,746 WHEN SHE REALIZED THE HOA HAD 1020 00:26:21,746 --> 00:26:22,681 PURCHASED HER HOME THROUGH 1021 00:26:22,681 --> 00:26:27,352 FORECLOSURE FOR $3.24 A YEAR 1022 00:26:27,352 --> 00:26:28,820 BEFORE SHE WAS EVICTED. 1023 00:26:28,820 --> 00:26:30,922 John: THAT HAPPENED. 1024 00:26:30,922 --> 00:26:31,990 THEY BOUGHT HER WHOLE HOUSE FOR 1025 00:26:31,990 --> 00:26:33,792 $3.24. 1026 00:26:33,792 --> 00:26:35,794 AND LOSING YOUR HOME ALONE IS 1027 00:26:35,794 --> 00:26:37,095 HORRIFYING, BUT SEEING IT SOLD 1028 00:26:37,095 --> 00:26:38,396 FOR SO LITTLE IS GENUINELY 1029 00:26:38,396 --> 00:26:39,764 INSULTING. 1030 00:26:39,764 --> 00:26:41,700 BECAUSE $3.24 IS SIGNIFICANTLY 1031 00:26:41,700 --> 00:26:43,468 LESS THAN WHAT IT COSTS TO BUY 1032 00:26:43,468 --> 00:26:47,238 JUST ONE OF THOSE BANANA DUCKS. 1033 00:26:47,238 --> 00:26:48,773 THEY COST $17.98. 1034 00:26:48,773 --> 00:26:50,241 AND THE REASON I KNOW THAT IS 1035 00:26:50,241 --> 00:26:52,077 I BOUGHT ONE. 1036 00:26:52,077 --> 00:26:52,677 AND YES, I, TOO, WAS SURPRISED 1037 00:26:52,677 --> 00:26:55,547 BY HOW SMALL IT IS. 1038 00:26:55,547 --> 00:26:57,048 BUT MUCH LESS SURPRISED THAN I 1039 00:26:57,048 --> 00:26:58,383 WAS TO LEARN THAT IT TECHNICALLY 1040 00:26:58,383 --> 00:26:59,818 COSTS MORE THAN SOMEONE'S ENTIRE 1041 00:26:59,818 --> 00:27:02,087 FUCKING HOUSE. 1042 00:27:02,087 --> 00:27:03,288 AND MOST STATES DON'T EVEN 1043 00:27:03,288 --> 00:27:05,090 REQUIRE HOA'S TO OFFER A PAYMENT 1044 00:27:05,090 --> 00:27:05,790 PLAN BEFORE TAKING LEGAL ACTION 1045 00:27:05,790 --> 00:27:07,859 AGAINST A HOMEOWNER. 1046 00:27:07,859 --> 00:27:08,626 AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS 1047 00:27:08,626 --> 00:27:09,060 SIMPLE. 1048 00:27:09,060 --> 00:27:10,028 REMEMBER, HOA'S ARE PRIVATE 1049 00:27:10,028 --> 00:27:12,130 ORGANIZATIONS. 1050 00:27:12,130 --> 00:27:15,400 THAT MEANS THE NATION'S 350,000 1051 00:27:15,400 --> 00:27:17,435 HOAS ARE LARGELY UNREGULATED. 1052 00:27:17,435 --> 00:27:19,070 AND THE GOVERNMENT SEES ANY 1053 00:27:19,070 --> 00:27:20,739 DISPUTES AS PRIVATE MATTERS. 1054 00:27:20,739 --> 00:27:22,273 THE CALIFORNIA AG'S OFFICE SAYS 1055 00:27:22,273 --> 00:27:23,575 THAT IT "DOES NOT HANDLE MOST 1056 00:27:23,575 --> 00:27:24,576 HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS 1057 00:27:24,576 --> 00:27:26,578 COMPLAINTS," THE TEXAS SECRETARY 1058 00:27:26,578 --> 00:27:29,814 OF STATE SAYS THAT "NO STATE 1059 00:27:29,814 --> 00:27:30,915 AGENCY REGULATES HOME OR 1060 00:27:30,915 --> 00:27:31,950 PROPERTY OWNERS' ASSOCIATIONS," 1061 00:27:31,950 --> 00:27:34,886 AND THE NEW YORK STATE AG SAYS 1062 00:27:34,886 --> 00:27:36,121 "IN MOST CASES THERE IS NO 1063 00:27:36,121 --> 00:27:38,156 GOVERNMENT AGENCY THAT CAN HELP 1064 00:27:38,156 --> 00:27:38,823 UNHAPPY HOME OWNERS WHO ARE 1065 00:27:38,823 --> 00:27:41,626 HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THEIR 1066 00:27:41,626 --> 00:27:42,761 HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION," ADDING, 1067 00:27:42,761 --> 00:27:43,461 "GOOD LUCK!" 1068 00:27:43,461 --> 00:27:44,062 WHICH IS BASICALLY JUST A CUTE 1069 00:27:44,062 --> 00:27:46,431 WAY TO SAY "YOU'RE FUCKED." 1070 00:27:46,431 --> 00:27:48,566 IT'S LIKE "YOU'RE FUCKED" WASHED 1071 00:27:48,566 --> 00:27:50,402 HER HAIR AND PUT ON A LITTLE 1072 00:27:50,402 --> 00:27:51,436 CHURCH DRESS. 1073 00:27:51,436 --> 00:27:52,170 AND IF AFTER ALL THIS YOU'RE 1074 00:27:52,170 --> 00:27:54,572 THINKING, "WELL, I'VE LEARNED MY 1075 00:27:54,572 --> 00:27:55,040 LESSON. 1076 00:27:55,040 --> 00:27:55,807 I WILL NEVER BUY A HOUSE IN AN 1077 00:27:55,807 --> 00:27:56,174 HOA." 1078 00:27:56,174 --> 00:27:59,377 REMEMBER OVER 80% OF NEW HOMES 1079 00:27:59,377 --> 00:28:02,113 THAT ARE SOLD, COME WITH ONE. 1080 00:28:02,113 --> 00:28:02,747 ALSO, YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW YOU'RE 1081 00:28:02,747 --> 00:28:04,416 DEALING WITH A BAD HOA UNTIL 1082 00:28:04,416 --> 00:28:06,718 IT'S TOO LATE. 1083 00:28:06,718 --> 00:28:07,285 AS IN MOST PLACES, YOU AREN'T 1084 00:28:07,285 --> 00:28:09,120 LEGALLY REQUIRED TO BE GRANTED 1085 00:28:09,120 --> 00:28:10,655 ACCESS TO ALL OF ITS RULES UNTIL 1086 00:28:10,655 --> 00:28:12,223 AFTER YOUR OFFER TO BUY A HOME 1087 00:28:12,223 --> 00:28:14,359 IS ACCEPTED. 1088 00:28:14,359 --> 00:28:14,993 WHICH SEEMS A BIT WEIRD DOESN'T 1089 00:28:14,993 --> 00:28:17,362 IT? 1090 00:28:17,362 --> 00:28:19,998 IF YOUR HOA CAN SEE YOUR 1091 00:28:19,998 --> 00:28:20,632 BACKYARD FROM SPACE, YOU SHOULD 1092 00:28:20,632 --> 00:28:21,266 PROBABLY BE ABLE TO SEE YOUR HOA 1093 00:28:21,266 --> 00:28:22,200 DOCUMENTS BEFORE YOU SIGN. 1094 00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:23,568 AND LOOK, I'M NOT SAYING THAT 1095 00:28:23,568 --> 00:28:25,503 ALL HOA'S SHOULD IMMEDIATELY BE 1096 00:28:25,503 --> 00:28:26,805 GONE. 1097 00:28:26,805 --> 00:28:30,608 FOR A START, SOME PEOPLE DO LIKE 1098 00:28:30,608 --> 00:28:31,309 THEIRS. 1099 00:28:31,309 --> 00:28:32,477 BESIDES, RIGHT NOW, LOCAL 1100 00:28:32,477 --> 00:28:33,511 GOVERNMENTS JUST AREN'T EQUIPPED 1101 00:28:33,511 --> 00:28:34,079 TO SUDDENLY TAKE OVER THE 1102 00:28:34,079 --> 00:28:34,679 SERVICES LIKE TRASH COLLECTION 1103 00:28:34,679 --> 00:28:35,380 OR MAINTENANCE THAT THEY 1104 00:28:35,380 --> 00:28:36,448 PROVIDE. 1105 00:28:36,448 --> 00:28:37,916 BUT AT THE VERY LEAST, STATES 1106 00:28:37,916 --> 00:28:39,884 SHOULD BE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO 1107 00:28:39,884 --> 00:28:41,219 AVOID THE WORST POSSIBLE OUTCOME 1108 00:28:41,219 --> 00:28:42,854 FOR HOMEOWNERS WHO FIND 1109 00:28:42,854 --> 00:28:44,956 THEMSELVES IN A TOUGH SPOT. 1110 00:28:44,956 --> 00:28:46,691 LIKE MANDATING HOA'S OFFER 1111 00:28:46,691 --> 00:28:49,627 PAYMENT PLANS ON UNPAID DEBT 1112 00:28:49,627 --> 00:28:51,129 BEFORE THEY TAKE LEGAL ACTION, 1113 00:28:51,129 --> 00:28:53,798 AND BANNING FORECLOSURES BASED 1114 00:28:53,798 --> 00:28:54,399 SOLELY ON FINES AND ATTORNEYS 1115 00:28:54,399 --> 00:28:55,567 FEES. 1116 00:28:55,567 --> 00:28:56,801 BECAUSE AT THEIR BEST, HOA'S ARE 1117 00:28:56,801 --> 00:28:58,536 ANNOYING STUDENT COUNCIL ADULTS 1118 00:28:58,536 --> 00:29:00,171 TELLING YOU TO TRIM YOUR SHRUBS 1119 00:29:00,171 --> 00:29:01,306 AND MOVE YOUR TRASH CANS, BUT AT 1120 00:29:01,306 --> 00:29:04,509 THEIR WORST THEY'RE GLORIFIED 1121 00:29:04,509 --> 00:29:06,010 DEBT COLLECTORS WITH THE POWER 1122 00:29:06,010 --> 00:29:06,711 TO UPEND YOUR LIFE AND EXPEL 1123 00:29:06,711 --> 00:29:10,415 PEOPLE FROM A NEIGHBORHOOD. 1124 00:29:10,415 --> 00:29:11,015 AND AT ABSOLUTE MINIMUM, FROM 1125 00:29:11,015 --> 00:29:12,784 NOW ON, HOA'S SHOULD PROBABLY BE 1126 00:29:12,784 --> 00:29:14,385 FORCED TO BE MUCH CLEARER WITH 1127 00:29:14,385 --> 00:29:15,420 PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE 1128 00:29:15,420 --> 00:29:18,990 POTENTIALLY GETTING INTO. 1129 00:29:18,990 --> 00:29:20,892 ♪ ♪ 1130 00:29:20,892 --> 00:29:22,060 GOOD MORNING, STEPHANIE AND 1131 00:29:22,060 --> 00:29:27,499 CHLOE. 1132 00:29:27,499 --> 00:29:29,467 HI, THEY ARE, WELCOME TO CEDAR 1133 00:29:29,467 --> 00:29:29,734 PARADISE. 1134 00:29:29,734 --> 00:29:31,936 THE MOMENT YOU PURCHASE YOUR 1135 00:29:31,936 --> 00:29:33,271 HOME, YOU JOIN OUR WONDERFUL 1136 00:29:33,271 --> 00:29:34,672 HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, WHETHER 1137 00:29:34,672 --> 00:29:35,874 YOU WANTED TO OR NOT. 1138 00:29:35,874 --> 00:29:38,176 THE HOA IS HERE TO TAKE CARE OF 1139 00:29:38,176 --> 00:29:38,510 YOU. 1140 00:29:38,510 --> 00:29:40,478 YOU GIVE US MONEY, AND RENEWED 1141 00:29:40,478 --> 00:29:41,045 RETURN WE MAINTAIN ALL THE 1142 00:29:41,045 --> 00:29:41,980 BEAUTY YOU SEE AROUND US. 1143 00:29:41,980 --> 00:29:46,117 AND IF YOU DON'T PAY OFF, 1144 00:29:46,117 --> 00:29:47,051 WE'LL TURN YOUR LIFE UPSIDE 1145 00:29:47,051 --> 00:29:50,054 FUCKING DOWN. 1146 00:29:50,054 --> 00:29:51,656 LET ME SHOW YOU THE 1147 00:29:51,656 --> 00:29:52,223 NEIGHBORHOOD. 1148 00:29:52,223 --> 00:29:55,093 HERE AT CEDAR PARADISE, WE 1149 00:29:55,093 --> 00:29:56,528 REQUIRE ONE TREE, SIX 1150 00:29:56,528 --> 00:29:59,063 GALLON, A GARDEN GNOME, A SECOND 1151 00:29:59,063 --> 00:30:02,100 NUMBER THAT WANT TO TALK TO, A 1152 00:30:02,100 --> 00:30:04,302 THIRD ONE THEY IGNORE, ONE 1153 00:30:04,302 --> 00:30:04,969 VICTORIAN CHILD PLAYING 1154 00:30:04,969 --> 00:30:06,938 HOPSCOTCH, AND AN AMERICAN FLAG. 1155 00:30:06,938 --> 00:30:08,973 BUT NO BENCHES. 1156 00:30:08,973 --> 00:30:09,607 PLEASE, NO! 1157 00:30:09,607 --> 00:30:13,077 EAT SHIT, TED! 1158 00:30:13,077 --> 00:30:15,847 WHEN YOU JOIN IN HOA, YOU'RE 1159 00:30:15,847 --> 00:30:17,215 REALLY JOINING A COMMUNITY THAT 1160 00:30:17,215 --> 00:30:18,917 LOOKS AFTER EACH OTHER. 1161 00:30:18,917 --> 00:30:19,918 AS YOUR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVE, 1162 00:30:19,918 --> 00:30:22,487 I MAKE SURE TO TAKE A HANDS-ON 1163 00:30:22,487 --> 00:30:23,588 APPROACH. 1164 00:30:23,588 --> 00:30:24,122 OH, NOVELTY MAILBOX. 1165 00:30:24,122 --> 00:30:25,356 THAT'S A VIOLATION. 1166 00:30:25,356 --> 00:30:26,491 OH, YEAH. 1167 00:30:26,491 --> 00:30:30,895 THAT'S A VIOLATION. 1168 00:30:30,895 --> 00:30:31,229 WIND CHIMES. 1169 00:30:31,229 --> 00:30:31,663 GROSS. 1170 00:30:31,663 --> 00:30:33,331 THREE VIOLATIONS. 1171 00:30:33,331 --> 00:30:34,265 NOPE, I DON'T CARE FOR THAT 1172 00:30:34,265 --> 00:30:34,599 TREE. 1173 00:30:34,599 --> 00:30:37,869 THAT'S A VIOLATION. 1174 00:30:37,869 --> 00:30:39,370 16 AND A 15, THAT'S ANOTHER 1175 00:30:39,370 --> 00:30:41,573 $1,000, KEN! 1176 00:30:41,573 --> 00:30:43,841 FUCK YOU! 1177 00:30:43,841 --> 00:30:45,210 AND KEN ISN'T THE ONLY ONE 1178 00:30:45,210 --> 00:30:46,544 WHO APPRECIATES EVERYTHING THE 1179 00:30:46,544 --> 00:30:47,145 HOA DOES. 1180 00:30:47,145 --> 00:30:51,916 FUCK THE HOA! 1181 00:30:51,916 --> 00:30:52,784 BASTARDS SONS OF BITCHES. 1182 00:30:52,784 --> 00:30:55,954 THEY FOUND MY SHED BY 1183 00:30:55,954 --> 00:30:57,555 STRAPPING A GO-PRO TO A RACCOON. 1184 00:30:57,555 --> 00:31:02,527 A DAMN RACCOON. 1185 00:31:02,527 --> 00:31:03,194 THAT'S SOME WHITE PEOPLE 1186 00:31:03,194 --> 00:31:04,195 BULLSHIT. 1187 00:31:04,195 --> 00:31:06,598 APPARENTLY MY CANS ARE TOO 1188 00:31:06,598 --> 00:31:07,198 VISIBLE, BUT YOU HAVE TO TURN 1189 00:31:07,198 --> 00:31:07,932 YOUR HEAD LIKE THIS TO EVEN SEE 1190 00:31:07,932 --> 00:31:08,533 THEM BUT I'M NOT SURE WHAT I'M 1191 00:31:08,533 --> 00:31:09,067 SUPPOSED TO DO. 1192 00:31:09,067 --> 00:31:13,304 HEY, PAM. 1193 00:31:13,304 --> 00:31:15,006 CANS AREN'T ALLOWED TO GO DOWN 1194 00:31:15,006 --> 00:31:16,674 TO THE CURB UNTIL 4:00 P.M. ON 1195 00:31:16,674 --> 00:31:16,941 TRASH DAY. 1196 00:31:16,941 --> 00:31:17,242 IT'S 3:57. 1197 00:31:17,242 --> 00:31:17,809 HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN IN 1198 00:31:17,809 --> 00:31:18,176 THERE? 1199 00:31:18,176 --> 00:31:19,077 PAM, THIS IS RECYCLE ONLY. 1200 00:31:19,077 --> 00:31:22,714 I KNOW. 1201 00:31:22,714 --> 00:31:23,348 PAM. 1202 00:31:23,348 --> 00:31:23,915 I KNOW. 1203 00:31:23,915 --> 00:31:26,184 YOU THIS, PAM. 1204 00:31:26,184 --> 00:31:26,851 NO BROKEN GLASS ON THE 1205 00:31:26,851 --> 00:31:28,019 DRIVEWAY! 1206 00:31:28,019 --> 00:31:28,686 THAT'S ANOTHER FINE. 1207 00:31:28,686 --> 00:31:29,654 ARE YOU ALLOWED TO DO THAT? 1208 00:31:29,654 --> 00:31:31,089 THERE'S NOTHING IN THE ROLES 1209 00:31:31,089 --> 00:31:32,490 THAT SAYS I CAN'T. 1210 00:31:32,490 --> 00:31:33,625 THESE RULES ARE STUPID-- 1211 00:31:33,625 --> 00:31:34,959 WHAT DID YOU SAY? 1212 00:31:34,959 --> 00:31:37,428 NOTHING. 1213 00:31:37,428 --> 00:31:41,165 HAVE A GOOD DAY! 1214 00:31:41,165 --> 00:31:41,599 BOB! 1215 00:31:41,599 --> 00:31:42,400 AND HEY, IF YOU FALL BEHIND 1216 00:31:42,400 --> 00:31:45,403 ON YOUR PAYMENTS, WE GET IT. 1217 00:31:45,403 --> 00:31:47,272 WE'RE NOT MONSTERS. 1218 00:31:47,272 --> 00:31:48,806 OH, HELLO, WE ARE HERE FOR THE 1219 00:31:48,806 --> 00:31:49,874 DEBT. 1220 00:31:49,874 --> 00:31:50,908 I DIDN'T KNOW I OWE YOU 1221 00:31:50,908 --> 00:31:51,743 ANYTHING. 1222 00:31:51,743 --> 00:31:55,480 WE SENT YOU A $20 FINE THREE 1223 00:31:55,480 --> 00:31:58,549 MONTHS AGO, AND WE HAVEN'T HEARD 1224 00:31:58,549 --> 00:31:59,217 FROM YOU SINCE. 1225 00:31:59,217 --> 00:32:05,056 THANK YOU, BUT THAT'S NOT ALL. 1226 00:32:05,056 --> 00:32:05,556 THERE'S THIS BILL, TOO. 1227 00:32:05,556 --> 00:32:07,659 WHAT IS THIS NOW? 1228 00:32:07,659 --> 00:32:08,293 I'LL LET OUR LAWYER EXPLAINS. 1229 00:32:08,293 --> 00:32:08,860 AND THAT STARTS MY HOUR. 1230 00:32:08,860 --> 00:32:11,262 YOU'VE GOT FEES, LATE FEES, LATE 1231 00:32:11,262 --> 00:32:13,698 LATE FEES, LAWYER FEES THAT'S 1232 00:32:13,698 --> 00:32:15,400 ME, FEES FOR THIS CONVERSATION 1233 00:32:15,400 --> 00:32:17,168 WE'RE HAVING RIGHT NOW FEES, 1234 00:32:17,168 --> 00:32:18,936 THERE IS A RACCOON FEE THERE. 1235 00:32:18,936 --> 00:32:22,440 YEAH, A RACCOON FEE. 1236 00:32:22,440 --> 00:32:25,443 ANYWAY, IT COMES TO $11,067.38. 1237 00:32:25,443 --> 00:32:28,413 WAIT, I CAN'T AFFORD THAT! 1238 00:32:28,413 --> 00:32:28,946 WELL, GREAT NEWS THEN! 1239 00:32:28,946 --> 00:32:30,281 DURING THIS CONVERSATION, WE 1240 00:32:30,281 --> 00:32:32,283 FORECLOSED ON YOUR HOUSE! 1241 00:32:32,283 --> 00:32:37,989 I JUST BOUGHT IT! 1242 00:32:37,989 --> 00:32:43,361 OH, $4! 1243 00:32:43,361 --> 00:32:43,795 CAN YOU BREAK A $20? 1244 00:32:43,795 --> 00:32:44,429 WAIT, WAIT, THIS FEELS REALLY 1245 00:32:44,429 --> 00:32:44,662 ILLEGAL. 1246 00:32:44,662 --> 00:32:44,962 IT'S NOT! 1247 00:32:44,962 --> 00:32:47,632 IT'S NOT ILLEGAL AT ALL! 1248 00:32:47,632 --> 00:32:48,166 IT'S NOT ILLEGAL, I'M A 1249 00:32:48,166 --> 00:32:48,399 LAWYER! 1250 00:32:48,399 --> 00:32:48,700 HE KNOWS! 1251 00:32:48,700 --> 00:32:50,735 I KNOW! 1252 00:32:50,735 --> 00:32:57,141 WHAT THE FUCK, YO! 1253 00:32:57,141 --> 00:32:57,642 DAMN, Y'ALL ARE STRONG! 1254 00:32:57,642 --> 00:32:58,843 [LAUGHTER] 1255 00:32:58,843 --> 00:33:01,079 I NEVER GET SICK OF THAT! 1256 00:33:01,079 --> 00:33:02,447 HEY, WANT TO COME INTO MY NEW 1257 00:33:02,447 --> 00:33:02,680 HOUSE? 1258 00:33:02,680 --> 00:33:03,981 YEAH. 1259 00:33:03,981 --> 00:33:06,351 LET'S HAVE A DRINK! 1260 00:33:06,351 --> 00:33:07,485 YEAH, LET'S SEE WHAT HE'S GOT 1261 00:33:07,485 --> 00:33:08,486 IN THE REFRIGERATOR. 1262 00:33:08,486 --> 00:33:11,255 OH, THERE'S A LOT OF FUN ART. 1263 00:33:11,255 --> 00:33:16,661 SO WELCOME TO THE HOA. 1264 00:33:16,661 --> 00:33:17,395 I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO LIKE IT 1265 00:33:17,395 --> 00:33:18,096 HERE. 1266 00:33:18,096 --> 00:33:19,364 AND IF YOU DON'T COME OUT TOUGH 1267 00:33:19,364 --> 00:33:20,298 NUTS. 1268 00:33:20,298 --> 00:33:20,865 YOU'VE GOT NO OTHER CHOICE. 1269 00:33:20,865 --> 00:33:24,335 BYE! 1270 00:33:24,335 --> 00:33:24,602 [APPLAUSE] 1271 00:33:24,602 --> 00:33:25,303 John: THAT'S OUR SHOW! 1272 00:33:25,303 --> 00:33:26,037 THANKS SO MUCH FOR WATCHING! 1273 00:33:26,037 --> 00:33:26,537 WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK! 1274 00:33:26,537 --> 00:33:30,575 GOOD NIGHT! 1275 00:33:30,575 --> 00:33:35,146 [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 1276 00:33:35,146 --> 00:33:39,217 ♪ ♪ 1277 00:33:39,217 --> 00:33:42,120 GET OFF! 1278 00:33:42,120 --> 00:33:44,322 GUESS WHO'S EATING RACCOON 1279 00:33:44,322 --> 00:33:46,624 TONIGHT? 1280 00:33:46,624 --> 00:33:47,692 DELICIOUS.