Best option is probably to run for the HOA board so you can have direct input. If not you find someone that shares you view and support their candidacy. We had issues in my community for a while. We are a neighborhood compromised largely of families with school age children. Our board ended up with a bunch of retirees and empty nesters who no longer reflected their constituency and had different ideas. We ran them out and got a new board that is more representative and things are better.