[Durham INC] Fw: Tragedy in North Carolina HOA

Tue Apr 2 13:02:54 EDT 2013

I don't know the circumstances of what happened in Charlotte.  I'm deeply saddened that a homeowner took matters into his own hands with a gun.   I'm not saying violence is ever justified, but something must have been going on behind the scenes.   It might shed a spotlight on the problem of abusive HOAs in NC.  

I think the legislature can resolve the possibility of escalating violence from homeowners by simply enacting laws that crack down on abusive HOAs.  We've all seen news reports of Nazi-esque (for lack of a better word)  HOAs in NC.  I wonder how many go unnoticed by the media. 

One HOA in Durham tried to foreclose on a homeowner for a siding violation. She spent $40,000 in legal fees fighting it.  2 years later, in the same HOA,  a board member (!) knowingly installed a siding violation and then lied about it.  Videotape evidence proved he was lying. Did the board reimburse the first homeowner her $40,000 in legal fees?  No.  The board member? The HOA voted to approve the board member's violation after the fact.   And ever since, he has retaliated against the person who videotaped his corruption.

The situation in Charlotte is a tragedy and I intend to ask my legislators to examine the need for legislation.  We need to stop this before it becomes a trend of copycat killing.

Christine Chamberlain

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 From: M. W. Shiflett - Hotmail <mwshiflett at hotmail.com>
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Subject: [Durham INC] Fw: Tragedy in North Carolina HOA

I thought this might be of interest to those of you 
who live in HomeOwners Assciations but also to folks living in more traditional 
and older neighborhoods regarding disgruntled residents and what you can do to 
recognize potential dangerous situations and deal fairly with those who might 
disagree with decisions/events happening around them. 

Mike Shiflett 

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Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2013 11:44 AM 
Subject: Tragedy in North Carolina HOA 

Resident Fatally Shoots Two  Neighbors and Then Himself in Apparent HOA Dispute  in NC Community 

On Friday, March 29, 2013,  the Harrisburg, NC community of Windsor Forest was  rocked by a dispute that ended in a double murder  and suicide. 

Police said Anthony  Charles Hardy shot and killed his neighbors on  either side of his two-story brick home on  Friday. 

Daniel Thomas Kirchner,  42, and Gary Wade Stocks, 64, were shot in the  backyard of Kirchner's house.  Hardy later  killed himself in his own house during a standoff  with Cabarrus County deputies. 

Kirchner served as  President of the Windsor Forest Homeowner  Association.  News reports suggest that the  dispute arose over the homeowner association's  approval of cutting pine trees in a power easement  but the cause remains under  investigation. 

Violence of this magnitude  is rare among the estimated 300,000 homeowner  associations in the nation. However, it is  incumbent on association boards to consider issues  of awareness, prevention and response associated  with violence in homeowner  associations.  Please read our specially  prepared article: Violence  Prevention in Homeowner  Associations.  

More information on the  tragedy in Windsor Forest can be found in the  following links to news reports.  Information  about memorial funds that have been established  for the families can be found on the Windsor  Forest Homeowner Association website. 

http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=333836160&msgid=243814&act=OIKQ&c=743965&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.charlotteobserver.com%2F2013%2F03%2F29%2F3948482%2Fdeputies-on-scene-of-police-standoff.html 

http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=333836160&msgid=243814&act=OIKQ&c=743965&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.charlotteobserver.com%2F2013%2F04%2F01%2F3952206%2Fwindsor-forest-community-struggles.html%23storylink%3Dcpy 

http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=333836160&msgid=243814&act=OIKQ&c=743965&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.windsorforestpoa.com%2Findex.html 

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