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You can listen and/or download the talk show "On The Commons" taped on Saturday, November 1, 2008. Guest is Marli Parlade, Esq.
You can't paint a pretty picture on a
dirty canvas anymore than you can build a community on a foundation of
corruption. Yet beneath the thin veneer of outwardly pristine
neighborhoods, where every blade of grass is of a uniform length
and color, lies the structure that makes it possible to chip away at
the very heart of what these developments are supposed to represent. Stories
of embezzlement, once quietly hidden, now grab the headlines, along
with tales of election fraud, bully tactics, fines, foreclosures and
all the other horrors that have become a part of daily life for so
many American unit owners.
But finally someone started asking the
tough questions and now the FBI is investigating the way some HOAs and
condos do business in Las Vegas, Nevada. While it appears that
the focus of the investigation at this time is limited to construction
defect litigation and election rigging, is there more that is
contributing to the demise of our neighborhoods? Should the FBI
expand the scope of their investigation to include other areas of
possible fraud?
Mari Parlade, an attorney with a
huge heart in Las Vegas, is one of a handful of attorneys who
represents homeowners in cases against their associations.
Mari has been on the receiving end of threats by association
attorneys, has had bar complaints filed against her and has otherwise
seen, first hand, what it is like to be in the cross hairs of those
who run residential America. In the process of fighting to
protect her clients' homes and fighting for her career, she discovered
yet another giant scam sucking the life out of communities and
money out of owners' pockets. You'll hear her story and talk about
another huge problem in HOAs that needs to be investigated. You
will want to hear this one.
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