HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION USING DRONE

Residents of a Pasco, Florida, community are speaking out against the use of a drone by the homeowners association. Residents of the Concord Station community got a notice online alerting them that the homeowners’ association would be flying a test drone with a camera Tuesday. Resident Joe Denuncio said he did a double take when he first heard the plan. Residents have a number of concerns, like the invasion of their privacy and the drone shooting video in their backyards. David Felize, the president of Terra Management, the company that helps manage the HOA, tried to explain what they plan to do with the footage: “It helps us to understand all the physical characteristics of the community for the purpose of avoiding homeowner hassle later on, not to create it.” (* I think what he’s trying to say is: “It will help us catch homeowners who are not tending their lawns well, or are violating our parking rules, that sort of thing.”) He said the video would be for the association to use, and that could possibly include using it for promotional purposes one day. As for residents who might not be thrilled with the drone: “If the homeowners don’t like what the board is doing, they have a right to come to a meeting and voice that.”
* And we’ll have that on video to use against you in the future as well.
* Just when you think the future can’t suck any more, a story like this hits.
* The residents complained about an invasion of their privacy? That’s so quaint.
* It’s 2017. There is no privacy anymore.
* Even the head of the FBI insinuated that.
* Now if the drone catches a homeowner violating the rules, they can expect to be hit by a missile.
* Relax. Any day now, somebody’s going to come up with a Drone Jammer.
* Whoops – never mind. I just Googled it. They’re already here.
* Or you can train a falcon to bring them down. Either way.