Admittedly, our First Amendment Rights are nowadays often abused, because personal insults, name-calling and even slander shouldn’t be defended by the rights of “FREE SPEECH”, even if it seems to be accepted by today’s society.

But if a community association board is passing a “CORPORATE RESOLUTION FOR COMMUNICATIONS” that more or less limits the ability of owners to communicate with the association staff they are paying for. If a board threatens to fine owners for even attempting to approach the board or staff members – even in a respectful manner – it’s in my opinion going much too far.

If owners are trying to complain about things regarding the management of the association there is often a pretty good reason – anf the board members might want to look in a mirror to see who is really at fault.

I don’t think a board is doing a good job if they are passing a resolution that tells owners more or less to: “Shut the F… up. We don’t want to hear your Cr..!” (I learned that language on the social media).

In my profession the saying goes: 'If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen'!

A board has lots of power – and is even able to totally ruin a family’s finances as we have seen many times. That being said I strongly feel that owners who feel that things are going wrong in the community should have the right to voice their criticism – in a respectful manner, without having to jump through all kind of hoops in order to be “allowed” to voice their opinion.

Here is a recent example of -- what I think -- is a "Shut Up" resolution, sent to the owners of the condominium association of the RENAISANCE OF POMPANO BEACH, INC.