"Rascals" is too kind a word, Cab.
Sounds like a typical Kali deal.
I understand some places want a HOA for the goal of homogenized & clean suburban area.
But few things grow as quickly and incorporate as much taxpayer abuse as a Kali bureaucracy.
Businesses, and the talent & jobs they have, have been leaving since the late '70s.
I'm surprised any are still there.
I gave up in disgust in 2004 and left.