HOA Ombudsman Data
June 22, 2026 | Mark Luis Foster If you've been following the bouncing Ombudsman ball, you know that the person who was hired to be Minnesota HOA ombudsman as part of a July 2025 law has since been, a-hem, dismissed, for some time now. I talked today with the interim [...]
Rosemount’s Water Problem
June 22, 2026 | Mark Luis Foster We recently blogged about PFAS in Dakota County. Now comes word that Rosemount has some trouble at the ole well. From South Metro Scoop: On June 18, Rosemount filled the Steeple Center with water experts from the state health department, the DNR, the [...]
Townhome Crash
June 21, 2026 | Mark Luis Foster Just when you think you're safe. Authorities are investigating a vehicle crash that damaged three townhome units and caused a gas leak in a Woodbury neighborhood Saturday night. Channel 5 Eyewitness News on KSTP TV reported today that a “small SUV” ran into [...]
Happy Father’s Day
June 21, 2026 | Mark Luis Foster We hit the summer solstice yesterday with the longest day of the year, an absolutely gorgeous day with blue skies and great temps. Today, we get to turn our attention to lighting up the lives of fathers everywhere. My father passed 10 years [...]
PFAS in Dakota County
June 19, 2026 | Mark Luis Foster You've likely seen the news in the last day or two regarding PFAS, those forever chemicals that seem to be plaguing us in Minnesota. Of course, it's worse than we thought. Dakota County, where I live, has released data that shows groundwater sampling [...]
Cooked HOA Goose?
June 16, 2026 | Mark Luis Foster I realize this could be a touchy subject, especially when animals are in danger. So I did pause when I saw this article that has sparked protests about an HOA in Alabama that plans to destroy flocks of geese for their rather egregious [...]
