[Hugh R]

I've got to go to an HOA meeting tonight about filming that has been taking place at my house.

Three shoots of a day or two each in ten years of being here, and ONE neighbor is calling it excessive.

The other arguments are as follows:

1. "Your giving the gate code to all those people."

Yeah, and like your gardner, housekeeper, plumber, swimming pool contractor and pool boy, delivery guy and every friend of every kid on the street doesn't already have it?

2. "We don't know who those people are entering the HOA"
Yeah, well I have a crew list with their names and addresses. I also know they filled out IRS I-9 forms and provided ID on their first day of work. See the answer to No. 1 above and tell me if you know who every one of them is.

3. "The film company should insure the HOA"

Yeah, well what about all those people in my answer to No. 1 above

4. "The CC&Rs say you can't run a business from your house"

Yeah, well the IRS says if I rent out my house less than 14 days/year, I don't have to report the income. Therefore, the IRS is saying its not a business. Also, what about the three real estate agents on the street who run their businesses out of their houses shall we prohibit that as well? What about the lady who has three tenants, that's a boarding house and is therefore a business as well?

5. "They park their trucks on the street in front of other people's houses"

No! I have 18 acres and they park 100% on my property.

The ironic think is that the main complainant's husband is a retired studio painter and he's painted in plenty of other people's houses, and that's how he made a living for 35 years. No that he's out of the Biz, she doesn't want anything to do with it, or see it on her street.