The people complaining are probably the ones who refuse to pay their HOA dues, and are upset that their funny-money loans reset. The collection fees complained about affect only the deadbeats. HOA's generally bend over backwards to work with people who are struggling. The ones that go to collection are hard-core deadbeats, financial institutions that have foreclosed on and now neglect the properties, or people who haven't come to terms with the fact they can no longer afford the home they gambled on to appreciate in value, and need to move to cheaper housing.

I live in a wonderful HOA that looks out for the community, and have investment properties in another one that, because of the HOA, has been able to resurrect what likely would have become a slum condo complex. HOA's are desperately needed, especially in this time when local governments cannot afford to do much to watch out for neighborhood deterioration.

The folks condemning HOA's and the collection agents knew full well what the rules were when they bought properties in the HOA community. Now they want to stab their neighbors in the back. I am glad this bill passed out of committee. It is needed to keep HOA's and the collection agencies helping them stay viable, rather that having them fail, forcing us to rely on local government to do the work of the HOA, far more expensively and far less efficiently.

Amazing that these government folks have nothing better to do. What an enormous waste of taxpayer money. But possibly the government will be able to steal enough money via "forfeitures" to offset the bloated salaries of the fools pursuing this case. Disgusting.

Most of the people criticizing HOA's are probably the same folks who will not obey rules they agreed to when purchasing homes in an HOA community. My HOA is terrific. I also have investment properties in another HOA, which is also well-run. HOA's cause trouble for troublemakers; people who abide by the rules they agreed to are better off with an HOA. The troublemakers should go elsewhere, not try to tear down the structure of what is really a private mini-government that they agreed to. I prefer having my HOA take care of my neighborhood than paying government to do it; the HOA is more efficient and cost-effective.

This is beyond sickening.

So the police are creating crime out of the thin air of cyberspace. Shame on the St. George police. Taxpayers deserve to have police doing real police work, not nonsense like this.

The only people who have to deal with the collection fees are the deadbeats who are stiffing their HOAs. These are often the same folks who bought properties they knew they couldn't afford, gambling that they would be able to resell them at a quick profit or refinance them. I am unable to feel much sympathy for them. They gambled and lost. Pay up or get out.

The officers must have wanted a holiday vacation, i.e., "Paid administrative leave."

Metro is frighteningly out of control.

The situation was terribly mishandled, which is what led up to the fatal confrontation. The decedent was obviously no danger to anyone as he walked away from Costco with his girlfriend. He hadn't threatened anyone, nor done anything illegal other than arguably commit a misdemeanor destruction of property (assuming he wouldn't have purchased the items contained in the several packages he broke open), perhaps trespassing by refusing to leave, but even that is in question due to conflicting testimony, and carrying weapons while under the influence of prescription drugs, if that is a crime.

The girlfriend, Samantha Sterner, said in her statement to police that they had arrived at Costco in her vehicle, so presumably the decedent wasn't even going to drive. If he did drive, they could have stopped him for DUI, in a much safer environment that in front of Costco. It was either poor training, poor judgment, or a combination of both. Officer Mosher testified that he has had Crisis Intervention Training, which focuses on defusing, rather then escalating, situations involving drugged up and/or mentally ill people. It is so far unknown why he chose not to use that training, and instead chose to escalate the situation. To me, deliberately escalating and provoking the situation when he had training and knew better than to do so was gross negligence.

Metro had no reason to confront the decedent when and where they did. In my layman's opinion, doing so was grossly negligent, endangering many innocent bystanders. The testimony was that Officer Mosher was the senior officer at the scene at that time; he could have simply allowed the decedent to walk away. Instead, he provoked a confrontation, resulting in the killing. The other two officers merely piled on, firing four more shots into the decedent's back after the weapon was already on the ground, from all testimony so far. At that point, Mr. Scott was already obviously incapacitated and near death. I hope the other two officers testify; it will be interesting to hear their views, even though the testimony will be carefully crafted and presented.

Gross negligence = criminal.

What a ridiculous waste of money and resources. If all this time can be wasted, it seems we have too many police officers. If they have nothing worthwhile to do, perhaps it's time for layoffs.