Article Courtesy of The St. Petersburg Times
By Rodney Trash
Published December 18, 2008
TAMPA — When a Hillsborough judge called the Eagles Master Association's parking restriction "utterly unreasonable," pickup truck owner A.J. Vizzi and his attorney rejoiced.
But current and former neighbors — some of whom had also been cited for parking trucks in driveways instead of garages — wondered what the court's decision, handed down Friday, meant for them.
"Maybe I'll have a chance to get my money back," said Kevin Rainey, who shelled out more than $3,000 in penalties and attorney's fees when the association took offense at his white Dodge pickup.
Or will they have to dig deeper into their pockets to pay for the now 2-year-old legal fight between the association and Vizzi?
Homeowners in this gated northwest Hillsborough suburb pay an estimated $600 annual assessment to the Eagles and another fee to their individual subcommunity.
"They have to pay the attorney's fees for A.J. and that's not cheap," homeowner Patrick Oddson said.
"Economics 101 tells you one thing: We're going to have a special assessment."
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