I like his brand of humor.

He's deep. ;)

True but if Community watchnreprted every violation and then paper work was done for notification and follow up it would add many more hours to the payroll.

Too many complainers in TV. Perhaps it's an old people's thing ?

If they know it is against the rules to put ornaments on their lawns, why are they doing it?

What We got here is a failure to communicate. Some neighbors you just can't reach. What a shame. I guess these encroachments were valid but when you see them it just didn't make sense for either to have to be remediated. You just never know.

Usually those that complain are your neighbors since they have to live there. The only drive around complaints I have heard about are the sales guy who are trying to sell houses. Depending on the violation those properties can impact the sale price of homes. As was posted earlier, it's really easy to comply with you what you agreed to when you bought.

I went to eat at a TV Country Club the other night to notice that about 20% or more of the properties along the road had birds in them that will never fly. I am pleased that most pass on the opportunity to object. This was in a newer area with younger people. The times they are a-changin?

We bought in the Village of Santiago in 1999. The deed restrictions there were minimal. We were selling our home there in 2004 to move to BonnyBrook. My next door neighbor had a gazing ball, a broken fountain, several gnomes that had peeling paint and some of them broken, a freestanding arbor covered with dead vines. Trust me, it was not pretty, especially when trying to sell your house !!!
On the next street, one of my friends had a stop light on one of those stand up poles and a couple of pink flamingos.
Thank goodness for the deed restrictions in BonnyBrook!!!
People moved here knowing there were restrictions and they should follow the rules. Don't like restrictions, lots of other places to live.
Just sayin'.

What difference does it make how the violation is reported. Read your restrictive covenants and follow the rules. Most of us do!

It makes a big difference, because violations are not enforced on a uniform basis.
If there are deed restriction violations,
they are only enforced if a complaint is made.
The system is complaint driven, and I
was told that by a deed restriction enforcer.
So the end result is, that there are many violations in The Villages that complaints are not made about.
I can drive around my Village and almost better than 25% homes have landscaping not in compliance.
I don't complain for many reasons, the violations are not ugly,
I like my neighbors, and in the big scheme of life they are not a big deal.

Well, one could always just park a pink flamingo or other decorative golf cart in their driveway to get around not being able to set similarly appearing items in their front yard. free pink flamingo golf cart photo - Google Search

I guess I don't get it when people complain about people complaining.
If people just followed the rules, there wouldn't be any complaining about anyone complaining. :D :beer3:

So what. Follow the rules. You can report violations after you ride around!

Little Houses
 

Little Houses by Malvina Reynolds

Little boxes on the hillside,
Little boxes made of ticky tacky,
Little boxes on the hillside,
Little boxes all the same.
There's a green one and a pink one
And a blue one and a yellow one,
And they're all made out of ticky tacky
And they all look just the same.

And the people in the houses
All went to the university,
Where they were put in boxes
And they came out all the same,
And there's doctors and lawyers,
And business executives,
And they're all made out of ticky tacky
And they all look just the same.

And they all play on the golf course
And drink their martinis dry,
And they all have pretty children
And the children go to school,
And the children go to summer camp
And then to the university,
Where they are put in boxes
And they come out all the same.

And the boys go into business
And marry and raise a family
In boxes made of ticky tacky
And they all look just the same.
There's a green one and a pink one
And a blue one and a yellow one,
And they're all made out of ticky tacky
And they all look just the same.

If it is ok for one to put a white cross in his front yard, then it should be ok for every Christian to put a white cross in his front yard, every Jew to put a Star of David in his front yard, every Buddhist to put a statue of Buddha in his front yard, etc. Hey, fair is fair.