Private gated communities are respnsible for the upkeep of our own roads, along with every other aspect of property management that might normally be subject to public county or city works. Our pools are in every way private.

Who are these thugs that they think they can come into our homes and force us to comply with a Federal act that clearly is inteneded to apply to PUBLIC pool facilities. That means facilities that are OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!!!

This will not stand and we must put an end to the raping of HOAs in Nevada.

Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro, Schulman & Rabkin, LLP

Raping Helping HOAs from California to Nevada... and Beyond?

It has been reported to us (we were not invited) that the California law firm of Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro, Schulman & Rabkin, LLP, recently hosted an informative meeting regarding 2007 "Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act," in partnership with the SNHD, Southern Nevada Health Distict.

The first question that came to my mind was, of course, why is an HOA law firm hosting an event for a government agency? I decided to call the law firm and ask. I was hung up on.

This boils down to homeowner property rights, federal usurpation of those rights and Nevada's purposely incorrect definition of the term "Public Pool." This new federal act, Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act, is directed toward "Public Pools" and Nevada's badly worded, bad-intended definition of "Public Pool" includes HOAs and condominiums.

Pool Phone Lines

Our money starved state of Nevada, along with partner Clark County, is beginning a new economic stimulus package guaranteed to generate income for specific segments of private, Homeowner Association related vendors and businesses. All sorts of new regulations are popping up for HOAs in Nevada.

First up: private gated communities, who are normally charged with the maintenance and upkeep of what would otherwise be public services, are suddenly being compelled to install telephone lines around their private pools.

HOAs all over Clark County are being compelled to install these phones lines under threat of pool facility closure. We are currently waiting for a response from the Clark County Health District on this issue.

Brett W. Bertram
Las Casitas HOA President

If you are an HOA board member or homeowner we urge you to contact the individuals listed below and ask for answers as to why your HOA funds are being drained through mandated projects ordered by the Southern Nevada Health Distrct Regulations.

Health District Board Members

Chris Giunchigliani
Chair
Clark County
Commissioner
Term 7/1/07 - 6/30/09

Steve Kirk
Vice-Chair
City of Henderson
Councilman
Term 7/1/07 - 6/30/09

Ricki Barlow
Secretary
City of Las Vegas
Councilman
Term 7/1/07 - 6/30/09