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This is a two way street here....they can be good AND they can be a pain in the ass.
Let's say you want to sell your house to move on. You take incredibly good care of your lawn and exterior of your home. The neighbors on either side could care less about their lawns and the grass is overgrown, weeds are everywhere, etc. Guess what? No HOA means the value of your home just went DOWN! With a HOA in place, both of those neighbors just got letters sent to their house advising them they would be fined if they didn't get their lawn in order. The guy to your right did and he's cool. But, the guy on the left could give two shits about his lawn and got fined....and he's telling them to kiss his rear.
You see where I"m going w/ this? The VALUE of your home COULD depend on your HOA and how they act/react. I, personally, don't want a yellow, pink, and blue polka dotted house next to mine. I agree that it IS our home and we should be able to do what we want w/ them. BUT, what I want isn't what everyone else always wants. HOA is there to look out for our best interests.
Now, for the member who had their dish cables cut, file charges against the person who did that. Technically, the damaging and destruction of property NOT belonging to them w/ the intent to permanently deprive the owner of the property is criminal mischief. Cutting cables that don't belong to you is (well, it is here) a violation of LAW and is punishable. The HOA can tell you to take them down...even fine you for doing it, but touching them and cutting them???? HELL NO.
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