up here (PA) boyfriend is an association & commercial property manager. i am very familiar with all i am hearing, and the boards (or select self-appointed individuals) are very often overbearing and self-serving. those of you who live and/or own there DO have a say. you should speak to or write your board, or the property manager, and call for a general meeting to address your issues. the board is not the king, as you said, they are supposed to work for the good of the community. take votes.

i do not live there and assume things may be done differently, but i love AC and i'm sure that is not what you bought down there for. JMHO.