True. But I don't think we know if it is over dues or fines. I think you can dispute fines. We did, and successfully. They tried to force us to take out a beautiful, old tree, that was originally planted by the developers of the housing development. We didn't want to because it was beautiful, shaded our home, and would be very expensive to remove. We won after we threatened to take it to court. And we had racked up hefty fines by then, which they dropped.
Our HOA doesn't have the legal authority to issue fines. I think our state law limits their power after 25 years in existence. The Watts' neighborhood is so new, I can't imagine what they would be getting fined for doing.