An HOA run by absentee landlords, under invalid bylaws, with no tax filings for 7+ years, illegally recording homeowners - and threatening anyone who asks questions.
Potential Fines & Penalties
Illegal Recordings Documented
Missing Tax Filings
Statutory Penalties Owed
The HOA's bylaws were amended without member votes. The Secretary admitted IN WRITING that voting records don't exist - because no votes ever happened. These bylaws are void.
RCW 64.38.025The management company admitted no IRS Form 990 filings exist for 7+ years. Federal law requires annual filings. Failure to file for 3 years = automatic loss of tax-exempt status.
IRC Section 6033Washington is a two-party consent state. Recording without consent is a Class C Felony - up to 5 years prison and $10,000 fine PER violation. That's $5.5 MILLION in exposure.
RCW 9.73.030The HOA refuses to provide legally required records. Under state law, that's $500/day in mandatory penalties. Current tally: $50,000+ and growing every day.
RCW 64.38.045Cameras are installed on private property without easement authority. The HOA refuses to release footage - because it would show board members closing gates during dangerous conditions.
Trespass / No EasementFor the first time ever, gates are being closed during winter conditions. Homeowners are sliding into gates they can't stop for. One crashed through. Another barely avoided it.
Negligence / SafetyThe people making decisions about your community... who don't actually live in it.
President
Camps on property - doesn't live hereHas exacerbated every conflict with homeowners
Treasurer
Runs VRBO - doesn't live here full-timeNever once thanked the neighbor who maintains his road for free
Board Member
Lives OUTSIDE the gateSeen closing gates on Blazing Star during dangerous conditions. His wife calls homeowners "foolish imps."
Secretary
Admitted voting records don't existConfirmed in writing that bylaws were never voted on by members
In December 2025, a homeowner's vehicle slid into a closed gate during icy conditions. We requested the security footage to see who closed the gate.
The HOA refused. They claim footage is "not an association record" and requires a subpoena.
Ask yourself: Why fight so hard to hide this footage?
The footage would show:
They're not protecting privacy. They're protecting themselves.
The HOA's cameras aren't even on HOA property. They're installed on private land owned by homeowners.
The camera at Cottontail Lane is installed on property owned by Gerald F. & Kimberly K. Wickman. The HOA has, at most, easement rights for:
NONE of these authorize installing surveillance equipment.
The HOA claims footage is "not an association record." But if it's not HOA property, then:
They can't have it both ways.
A message for Ian, Guillaume, Tom, and Tristan
$250,000
That's ALL the protection you have.
$5.5M+
Fines, penalties, and damages you're facing.
$5.25M+
What comes out of YOUR pockets when insurance runs out.
When board members commit ultra vires acts (actions beyond their authority), violate state law, or act in bad faith...
They become PERSONALLY liable. Not the HOA. Not the members. YOU.
$18,000+/year in equipment, fuel, and labor - FOR FREE
4-5 times per winter season while the board does nothing
Labor worth $7,500-17,500 at professional rates
Zero from the Board. Called "bullshit" for asking questions.
The HOA's response? They BANNED him from maintaining the roads. The same roads the absentee board members don't even drive on. The same roads their VRBO guests and camping trips depend on being passable.
These are real quotes from actual emails. This is how your HOA treats members who ask questions.
"I'm not interested in your bullshit."
— Dina (Tom's wife), responding to documented legal violations - December 18, 2025
"Get your attorney and move forth... you and your band of foolish imps."
— Dina, taunting homeowners after being shown $5.5M in legal exposure - December 18, 2025
"If you don't know how to drive in this weather, maybe you should've considered moving somewhere else."
— Dina, blaming homeowners for sliding into gates the HOA closed during icy conditions - December 18, 2025
"After someone has intentionally run into the gate multiple times all I can think of is the little boy who cried wolf."
— Dina, dismissing safety concerns about dangerous gate closures - December 18, 2025
"Don't contact me again. This is my personal email. I will report you for harassment."
— Dina, threatening a homeowner for responding to HER email sent from "tomordina@comcast.net" - December 18, 2025
"Beware of the countersuits you've set yourself up for."
— Dina, attempting to intimidate homeowners exercising statutory rights (SLAPP threat) - December 18, 2025
"It is our position that security camera footage does not constitute an Association record."
— Chay Thai (Management Company), inventing legal exceptions that don't exist - December 17, 2025
"We are unable to release the requested materials absent a subpoena or court order."
— Chay Thai, creating fake legal requirements not found anywhere in RCW 64.38.045 - December 17, 2025
"As for your request for IRS Form 990 filings for the past seven (7) years, those filings do not exist."
— Chay Thai, admitting the HOA hasn't filed legally required tax returns for 7+ years - December 18, 2025
"I do not include other homeowners on correspondence when they are not the individuals making the request."
— Chay Thai, justifying why she removes homeowners from email threads about HOA business - December 18, 2025
"No further response will be provided on these topics."
— Chay Thai, refusing to answer questions about HOA legal violations - December 18, 2025
"The voting records don't exist."
— Tristan Ansell (Secretary), admitting bylaws were amended without member votes - August 7, 2025
Bylaws properly voted on by members, as required by law
Know where your dues are going - including tax filings
Board members who actually live here and are accountable to residents
Access to records you're legally entitled to - without stonewalling
Common-sense policies that don't endanger homeowners
Being treated like members, not nuisances
HOA dissolved for 27 days, then reinstated. Legal standing questionable ever since.
Bylaws amended without member votes. No voting records exist because no votes happened.
No IRS tax filings for 7+ years. Management admits filings "don't exist."
Formal records request submitted. Met with silence, then stonewalling. $500/day penalties begin accruing.
Gate closed during icy conditions. Homeowner slides through gate. HOA refuses to release footage showing who did it.
Homeowners called "bullshit" and "foolish imps" for raising concerns. Board member's wife threatens harassment charges for receiving responses to her own emails.
We didn't want it to come to this. We asked for transparency and got threats. We asked for records and got stonewalled. We raised safety concerns and got insulted.
It's time to take our community back from absentee landlords and their management company.
Get In Touchmichael@innoscale.net