35-year-old HOA president tries to ban Halloween, neighborhood residents vote to remove her: 'She threatened to have everyone arrested'

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Oct 31, 2025 8:00 AM EDT

This entitled neighbor tried and failed to cancel Halloween. Now, all the kids can trick or treat outside her home until she goes insane.

Happy Halloween to everyone, but especially this 35-year-old board president, who sought to ban all Halloween events in the neighborhood for no justifiable reason. 

Halloween was especially beloved in this neighborhood. Residents went all out, and the kids loved it. They even brought in kids from a school outside of the neighborhood to go trick-or-treating there every year because it was that popular. 

Unfortunately, after the previous HOA president left, this lady assumed the position and changed everything. At first, she was elected because she had a natural charm about her and was seemingly low-key, but according to this author, that was all an act. She was out of state, so no one knew exactly how difficult she was going to be, but they were all about to find out. 

Thankfully, her time as president of the HOA was brief, and now that Halloween has finally arrived, everyone can still enjoy their favorite holiday… well, except for "you know who."

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  • A group of seven children dressed up in Halloween costumes hold hands in single file as they go trick-or-treating.
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  • It takes a lot for an HOA president to be removed this quickly. Clearly, this woman did not realize how loved Halloween was in this community, and that was all it took for her all-too-brief tenure to come to an end. That's what you get for taking away kids' one beloved night in the neighborhood! 

  • "HOA Karen tries to ban Halloween"

    I live in an HOA community. For 25 years our HOA President was a retired shoe cobbler and Korean War veteran.
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  • Everything was chill. no one ever got a notice or warning. The HOA meeting consisted of him stating "Anyone have any questions? no? ok lets eat" and we all had Cracker Barrel that he paid for.
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  • Halloween everyone went all out. Skeletons and vampires and all sorts of lawn decors. It was a huge event and even the local Special Needs school would bring the kids to go trick or treating.
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  • Well he d d and his replacement was a 35 year old woman from out of state. We all thought she was cool but it turns out it was an act.
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  • She was a batsh Chrtian nut job (I am Chr_tian but this woman was totally a cultist). She decreed the Halloween event was Sanic and was banned.
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  • That did not go over well so at the next HOA meeting a vote took place to remove her. She threatened to have everyone arrested and actually called the
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  • cops. Needless to say they laughed and she was removed. She sold her house for a loss and moved.
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  • The new HOA President, an elderly black man, issued a decree that from now on the HOA President did not have the power to cancel events and it must be voted on by the community. He
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  • also shortened the term to 2 years and outlawed the HOA from imposing monetary fines for minor infractions.
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  • Two children in Halloween costumes sit outside their house holding carved pumpkins in front of their heads.
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  • itimedout. Some people are just unbelievable. Glad y'all solved the problem pretty quick without too much melodrama. Fuck her and people like her.
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  • jstilla ⚫ The new president is a mensch. Good for him. What drives people to ruin things for others? If you don't like it, just take a vacation when it goes on. Absurd.
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  • CrazyAlbertan2 ⚫ I live by a very valuable personal rule or guideline. My religion says I can't do something = ok My religion says you can't do something = fuck that.
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  • osunightfall. Some people want peace, and they give that peace to others. Others only create problems to make themselves feel important.
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  • pg_in_nwohio Sounds like the documents governing your HOA are either lost or comically written by a law school dropout. No actual HOA
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  • would have documents that permit what any of the 3. presidents are alleged to have done.
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  • CtForrestEye ⚫ All saints day is November 1st. The day of the dead, Halloween, has been around long before she was born. She needs to study her religion a bit more. Glad to hear she's gone.
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