By Allison Hurtado | Ahwatukee Foothills News
When Ahwatukee Foothills resident Penelope Johnson’s homeowners association told her the abuse she had noticed could only be corrected by taking them to court, she wasn’t about to back down.
“When you see something is wrong you say something or do something,” Johnson said. “It’s a matter of standing up for what’s right. It’s the good ol’ American way.”
The problem was simple. In The Pointe South Mountain all homeowners pay a general assessment. Owners of Courthomes pay an extra assessment to have their balconies and the exterior of their homes taken care of. Johnson, and many others in the neighborhood, began to notice the Courthomes assessments were not being used for Courthomes, but were being placed into the same general fund as the general assessments used to maintain several other areas in the community.
