Posted by admin on June 10th, 2006

By: Dick Brinster, Staff Writer
EAST WINDSOR — Disputes over the color and style of front doors opened the way to what is now Margaret Bar-Akiva’s battle against a “Trojan horse.”
There might be no better way to begin chronicling a decade for an activist that began with a term on the board of directors of the Twin Rivers Homeowners Association and morphed into what she believes is a war for democracy against those who control such associations.
“Although it began with a debate over rules governing such mundane items as a storm door, no intelligent discussion can take place without distinguishing between good rules, bad rules and benign rules,” Ms. Bar-Akiva said. “Good rules are what day you take out the garbage, keeping the community clean and healthy, and benign rules are what color and style your door and mailbox can be.
“Bad rules are where they trample on your First Amendment rights.” Read the rest of this entry »
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