Power Play Against the HOA

They cut my power line while I was out of town and expected me to quietly reconnect.

I came home to a dead house. No lights. No freezer hum. Every switch useless.

Walking the fence line, I found it. My private, clearly marked power

line had been cleanly cut and capped. A notice was zip-tied to the gate: “Unauthorized electrical infrastructure

removed. Property must connect to HOA-approved grid.” That line powered

my homestead for decades. My father installed it in the 70s, solar-fed,

generator-backed, county-approved long before the HOA existed. Uphill,

their homes glowed all night, sprinklers running, screens streaming. The HOA president