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Homeowner Takes Swift Action After HOA Vehemently Rejects Their Simple Yard Alteration: ‘It's The Only Way To Beat Them’

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Homeowner Takes Swift Action After HOA Vehemently Rejects Their Simple Yard Alteration: ‘It's The Only Way To Beat Them’

 

The CoolDown.com posted the following: "One Redditor recently posted looking for advice when their local homeowners association singled them out for their raised garden beds.

"Many homeowners who want to add gardens or other eco-friendly improvements to their homes face resistance from their HOA. One Redditor faced fines for having a garden bed just a few inches too wide, and another complained about the unfair, inconsistent enforcement of rules about planters."

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Expert shares the unsettling reason that spring allergies are getting worse: ‘Spores can more easily enter the lungs’

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Expert shares the unsettling reason that spring allergies are getting worse: ‘Spores can more easily enter the lungs’

 

The Cool Down reports, "As the world gets warmer, the last frost occurs earlier and earlier each spring, and the first frost happens later in the fall, YCC [Yale Climate Connections] explains."

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Discover the vine that took over the South

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Discover the vine that took over the South

 

Media station 103 GBF reported on kudzu, the vine that ate the South. "This pest plant is called Kudzu. Pronounced (Kud-zoo) It grows rapidly over anything in its path..."

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Green Projects Hit Iron Wall

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Green Projects Hit Iron Wall

 

RealClear Wire reports "Developers looking to build thousands of wind turbines off the Mid-Atlantic and New England coast are coming up against a force even more relentless than the Atlantic winds: the Iron Law of Megaprojects, offering a warning of the trouble ahead for green-energy projects.

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US Supreme Court Decision: Sackett v. EPA

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US Supreme Court Decision: Sackett v. EPA

 

The U.S. Supreme Court in Sackett v. EPA finally settled the definition of WOTUS, i.e. Waters of the United States. Rather than repeat competing media spins on what this means for regulatory powers of the EPA in general and clean water in the U.S. in particular, we're posting a link to the actual SCOTUS decision. 

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