[Goat Blower]

Because they expected someone else to do it, personal responsibility is out of vogue these days. I bet they also called their insurance guy to hurry up and put insurance on their house because they didn't see a need for that in advance either.

We've seen this same thing in our association. We send countless letters asking for the yearly dues to cover needed expenses, and then all of the sudden when those people who tell us they're not paying need our signature to build a deck, they hurry up and make the minimum quarterly payment of $75 to build a $10k deck.