HOA Hooey

I went to the 40th Annual Meeting for my building's HOA this evening. I thought, I'm a new owner, I might as well go and check it out. We were voting on some initiatives and for the board of directors. I noticed the older tenants were mostly in attendance and seemed very serious about this whole meeting - where were all the 30-something owners? We started with the agenda, the new candidates for the board gave their piece, and then two incumbents who didn't turn in their paperwork on time to be included on the ballot started yelling at the president, she yelled back, and a childish shouting match of pointing fingers ensued. That is when Maile turned in her completed ballot and exited - politics are everywhere, even within the home owners' association. Can't get away from it.