u/DragonflyKey4972

We have 2 boards. A main one for the whole area, and the one just for our community. The main board has called our board a rogue board and said that they've tried helping to bring down our costs but that our primary board refused. We now got notice that they want to tear out our landscaping community wide, increase our fees AGAIN (we're paying $310 already), make us pay an extra fee for the reserve, plus have us do our own yards (that they also want to tear out without our approval). To note- the president, VP, and Treasurer, moved in 9 years ago, took over the board, changed the bylaws to let them stay on indefinitely, took out a $1.8 million dollar loan with the new management company they immediately hired (and now we're paying out the wazoo on that loan), had much higher insurance than needed (per main board, too), pay WAY more on landscaping than needed (also per main board), etc. The president and VP just listed their houses for sale, and moved to CO ("where it's nicer"), but are still on the board. All very suspicious that they're selling and leaving just as our community is almost insolvent after their "management", but staying on to raise prices. I'm saying it would be better to go insolvent and have an atty. take over. Nobody else will go on the board (including me) because they vote you out of everything and yell at you if you try to make changes. We tried going on the board, tried helping out, and even the main board gave up. We could vote them all off. It would be tough getting signatures as it's HOT right now, though. Thoughts?

I don't go out much, and our HOA had a meeting. They want to tear out our yards, which is making me very nervous. I went to the meeting- couldn't eat before except some chocolate, didn't sleep for 3 days (maybe 4-5 hrs. with nightmares about it). I was badly shaking as I drove there. Then I got there, and info dumped all over everybody. Honestly, everyone was kind of stupid or sketchy. So I unleashed my knowledge from examining and investigating everything. I know I annoyed a lot of people. Anytime anyone said something, I was like "Yeah, I've researched that, and....." over and over. I only interrupted one guy, though- even though he was making a point that was excellent. Usually I can control myself, but not when I'm uber stressed. Does anyone have advice on how not to do that? I totally alienated myself from some neighbors, and am so exhausted I can hardly move.

I got a mold test kit (airborne) on Amazon and the molds in the atrium are not highly toxic. I was thinking of having just gardeners come out to take out the vines , a palm tree, and bird of paradise (my mom planted them in the ground instead of pots for whatever reason), then spray with Benefect or concrobium. Should this be safe? I hate to have remediators come out and put up barricades, etc. There's obviously a leak in there and we want the plumber to come check it as the plants keep growing even though nobody waters them.