Yes, Bill, peel the onion further and if Pardee or the localities acted illegally, they should be made to account.

OCrenter, BobbyD, it sounds like the local officials are all in the pockets of the developers. By working the Mello Roos, the localities created another way for builders to pass development costs onto unsuspecting buyers. I also think that HOAs are also a way to shift costs onto the homeowners. All the while, governments at all levels become more and more bloated. If we, the citizens, are going to pay for everything directly, we need to work to cut government in one-half once every 10 years.

With the proliferation of HOAs, I wonder who will pay for all private road repairs 30 years from now.