By Colonel Robert Frank, USAF (Ret.)–Former Board Member, Sun City Anthem HOA, Henderson, NV 89052

(Revised on Oct 10)  On Sunday, October 9, 2011, at 7:30 PM the weekly KDWN - AM 720 Radio Program by conservative talk show host RAY GRANT launched the first of a planned series of programs about HomeOwner Association (HOA) matters.

This show was the first action by a new “HomeOwnerCoalition.org” (HOC) organization to be fully launched in November 2011.

Many homeowners in US HOAs are working on many other initiatives, and HOC will work to try to help the combination of individual efforts to result in the maximum effectiveness on behalf of homeowners.  The common goals including ensuring that the property and citizen rights for HOA owners as being no less than those who do not own property in HOAs.

HOA unit owners are citizens, pay the same property taxes, and are entitled to equal personal and property rights protections and government services under the US and NV Constitutions.

But, Nevada HOA laws and regulations fail to fully implement all of the protections guaranteed under the Constitutions.  And, even when the laws are written to protect unit owners, the Nevada Real Estate Division and its subordinate Ombudsman Office for Homeowners often fail to comply with laws.

This is a bipartisan problem created in part from campaign financing influence by developers and related businesses interests that profit from being able to control homeowner association boards, funds and business decisions.  The HomeOwnerCoalition.org will try to balance the power and help citizens organize and act more effectively by knowing how to use the power of their votes to obtain equal justice under the laws.

Ray Grant has been on the radio and TV in CA and NV for over 20 years.  Ray is also a former professional baseball catcher for Detroit and a Christian Pastor for decades.  According to independent radio listener ratings systems, Ray Grant’s talk show has about 14,000 local listeners and a 13-State listener base.

Ray and his wife, Natalie, and son own their own shows and operate Diamond G Sports & Entertainment companies. They buy their time and sell the advertisements that run on Las Vegas KDWN–AM 720 every Sunday evening from 7 to 8 PM.

Ray’s show is focused on political issues, and it airs Sundays from 7:30 to 8 PM.  This 30-minute radio program is limited to special guest interviews and does not support call-ins.

The new HOA Problems-Solutions-oriented shows will be every 2nd Sunday evening for the foreseeable future.  (Attached below are 8 MP3 program segments from the initial, October 9th show.)

For this first show, Ray and I invited Dr. Gary Solomon and Mr. Tim Stebbins to be interviewed.  Dr. Solomon was asked about his “Warning! HOA Living Can be Hazardous To Your Health” billboard campaign and about his concerns over unchecked mental abuse of homeowners by bully boards and NV government agencies.

Listen to the below sound clips and hear that Dr. Solomon did not pull any punches.  He expressed his great concerns about past and potential future violence in reaction to unfair and  illegal actions by bully board members, the frequent fraud and abuse by board sub-contractors, and failures of government managers to enforce the statutes.

Tim Stebbins was asked about his experiences in recent years with government failures. Tim was also asked by Host Ray Grant about the failed NV HOA Ombudsman program and its failed NV Real Estate Division management.  When you listen to the clips below, you will hear Tim’s courageous reports and clear recommendations for homeowner actions.

Live (streaming) web broadcasts will be available on the KDWN web site.  Recording of the programs (MP3 format) will available the week after each show at various sites.   The new, HomeOwnerCoalition.org web site to be launched in November 2011 will maintain a long-term archive of the HOA programs.

Our future HomeOwnerCoalition.Org (HOC) site will be featured monthly by Ray Grant’s Program, and HOC will provide links to other related web sites as well–to provide access to documents and media files. This way everyone can benefit from this new media channel, and others will be encouraged to challenge other radio and TV shows to expand their offerings.  Ray is also expecting that businesses who sell products and services directly to homeowners will find it useful to advertise on his program.

Ray has had some of his own unfortunate past experiences with bully HOA boards, and he left the HOA market to live on a small ranch in the LV area. He warmly responded to my request to consider doing a series of radio shows that highlight NV government and regulatory failures, and what must be done to solve the problems.

Ray Grant wants to be sure to give due credit to those individuals and media sources like Ch13 who are helping to expose individuals and boards who are flagrantly abusing homeowners.  He intends to focus on “solutions” on his show and to inform homeowner-citizens about what they must do to protect themselves through better knowledge and activist support of honorable government management and pro-homeowner legislative reforms.

Please contact me for more information about this program in the future. Regards, Bob Frank [1] bobfrank@cox.net  702-505-9959.

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The October 9th show was very popular.  It produced a rating of over 30,000 listeners and resulted in over 3,000 web site hits during the first 24 hours. 

MP3  sound clips of the 8 program segments from the October 9th Show featuring Sun City Anthem Homeowner Tim Stebbins and Calico Ridge Homeowner Dr. Gary Solomon can be played and/or download from the following links.

1.  [2] Segment 1

2.  [3] Segment 2

3.  [4] Segment 3

4.  [5] Segment 4

5.  [6] Segment 5

6.  [7] Segment 6

7.   [8] Segment 7

8.   [9] Segment 8 (final)