[jimdecastro]

Originally Posted by ThirdOfFive

Agreed. But I also think that how Community Watch is constrained by the Powers-That-Be adds to the general frustration that people seem to have about them.

Case in point: Community Watch monitors and reports water usage in contravention of the current regulations on lawn watering. Well and good. But...when people have suggested to those same Powers-That-Be that Community Watch monitor and report the more egregious examples of rule infractions regarding property, they are told that it isn't the job of Community Watch to monitor and report such things!

My question is why not? Seems that reporting properties where rulebreaking regarding lawn watering is taking place, then reporting other property violations is not much if any different. If every home in TV is checked by Community Watch 3 x daily on their rounds, then they're obviously going to see that lawn that is ready for the baler rather than the mower, or lanai screens fluttering at half-mast, or the north side of some houses that are spotted with mold up to at least the halfway point, or that RV that has been parked on the street for over three weeks. I've seen all of that and a lot more, though thankfully not in the Village where I live. I'm not talking about the picayune stuff--a little white cross in a yard, for example, is really not worth getting one's undies in a bundle--but the major stuff if left unchecked can negatively affect property values, and certainly doesn't give a good impression to people thinking about moving here.

GREAT post.