Im getting married at the end of the summer would this be a cool idea?

We are getting married in front of my soon to be in laws house…they have a huge front yard with beautiful landscaping and even a pool….. and a beautiful house… this is going to be a semi formal wedding no jeans or tshirt or tennis shoes but I thought it would be kinda neat to let the groomsmen wear tuxedo tshirts and black converse with bootcut dress pants. My fiance thinks its cool b/c most guys hate tux’s and dressing up. My bridesmaids dresses are knee length hot pink tube top with canary yellow sashes. If I let my groomsmen do this would it make it informal?

Anyone have experience in dealing with a Home Owners Association?

I’m trying to assist a guy who works for me. He’s in a development with a HOA. He’s the subject of repeated violation notices and threatened fines for violations of their rules.

The problem is that other home owners in the community are engaging in same activities that bring him violation notices without any complaint from the HOA…. above ground pool, unlicensed car in drive, bales of landscaping hay beside house, non compliant fencing, unsecured dog, failure to fertilize lawn, failure to patch bare spots in lawn, etc…

He’s actually talked to these other home owners and inquired whether or not they’ve received any violations. None of them have heard a peep from the HOA.

This guy works for me on the second shift and can’t attend meetings. I have offered to cover his shift the next time there’s a HOA meeting so he can attend.

All his dealings with the president of the HOA have been by phone. From the sound of things she’s a fool. She claims to have no idea what’s going on and says, “I just sign what they put in front of me.”

Does selective enforcement, or failure to uniformly enforce the rules, render the rules unenforceable?

Any advice on how to proceed? I have recommended that he retain an attorney for a consultation, but I get the feeling that he simply can’t afford it.
1. He HAS fixed each and every violation and he’s done it IMMEDIATELY… the same day they were received.

Do you agree with Cap and Trade, does this synopsis work for you?

An acquaintance wrote this and I thought I would put it out there to see what people’s opinions are of this bill.
I have been challenged with explain exactly “What is Cap and Trade” and I am amazed that very few people that I know has any idea what is in this magical black box. Since this bill has passed the House and is soon to be voted on in the Senate, I would like to make my best effort to explain what it is.
Specifics and formulas have not been worked out to my knowledge so the examples below are not to be taken face value but should get you pointed in the right direction.
Every individual in the United States will be given a set value of acceptable carbon footprint. Every function whether it is purifying water, keeping your house cool, driving your car uses energy. Energy usage through mathematical formulas can be converted in to carbon output. For example, water is pumped from Lake Meade, sent Through processors and filters. Chemicals are added and the water is pumped to your home or business. The pumps from the lake take energy, the processors take energy, the chemical factories use energy to produce the chemical, the water is used and has to be treated back to its original state. The byproduct of all this energy is carbon.
Now we get down to how this is applied to you and your life. Every household will be monitored as to how much power, water, waste, gas, fuel…..to determine if they are over or under their allotted carbon footprint. Believe me the values are not high for example: Water usage-Showers not to exceed 3 minutes per day using a low flow shower head. Flushes using a low flow toilet to be limited to a set number per member per day. Dishwashers, baths, and normal laundry, landscaping and swimming pools will put you over your limit. Let’s just consider them luxury items and you have to pay more for using them.
Electricity gets a little more complicated but follows the same principal. Every household will be allotted so much electricity per resident. The value will be set around 250 square feet of living space per person living in the residence. So a family of four will be allotted 1,000 S.F. of living space and the electricity to light it using energy efficient lighting a limited number of hours per day, air conditioning or heating to climate control the living space at 860F in the summer and 670F in the winter a limited number of hours per day. They will probably throw in 3 hours of TV and some power for small appliances.
Your car, you will be allotted a certain number of miles to drive per week and they will be based on average commute to and from work along with a few errands and necessary trips. If you go over your miles, then you will have to buy carbon credits.
Now, who is going to determine your allotted carbon footprint? The government will and they will also monitor it. So you can save some carbon credits here and spend some there but at the end of the year, you will have to square the account to zero.
Where will you buy carbon credits? Not everybody has a car, air conditioning, 250s.f. per resident and they will have carbon credits left over. Now you just have to buy them. Another example: An inter-city mother of 4 children living in a 550s.f. apartment with no electricity and no daily commute will have ample carbon credits left over and she can sell them to an exchange. We will purchase them from an exchange along with a processing or administrative fee to the exchange.
The intent of the Cap and Trade Bill is the following:
People and individuals who have excessive carbon footprints as determined by the Federal Government will have to make every effort to reduce their standards of living or pay a yearly fee (tax) to keep it. Public transportation is one way to conserve, using public restrooms, laundry facilities, city pools….
The second is that less fortunate households, with many members living under one roof, will have a commodity that they can sell to the more fortunate citizens….otherwise known as “Trickle-Up Economics” or “Redistribution of Wealth.”

If this is so, what do you think is right or wrong? What do you think is fair or unfair? Do you think our government has any place stepping in to your life in such a way? Do you view this as intrusion? How much do you think that implementing something like this would cost?
Again, I did not write this, but I would love to see what people here on YA think.