115-Car Towed and Benefit Concert

As I wrote in my previous post... my Sister in Law Carrie spent the night at our new house last night. This morning when I woke up, I heard a loud noise. I got out of bed and looked out my bedroom window and saw that Carrie's mini van was gone! At first I thought that maybe she had left to go to the store or something and hadn't wanted to wake me. So I went into the guest bedroom to look for her and finally found her in Tate's bedroom with her kids. I told her the bad news about her car being gone, and then we both kinda started freaking out together. Then it occured to me that maybe her van could have gotten towed instead of stolen. So, Carrie called the police and they let her know that her car had indeed been towed. They also informed her of a very crazy HOA policy. Supposedly our new HOA has a contract with this towing company where they make routine drives throught the neighborhood between the hours of 2 AM and 6 AM. They make note of vehicles parked in the street and then at 7 AM, if the car is still there, they are allowed to tow the cars away without any warning. Then in order to get the car back, you are required to pay for the towing fees. They said that being a weekend she would need to pay extra fees to get her car back. I think that the total ended up being $255. Isn't that just wrong? Since she has 4 kids to get around-car seats and all, there is no possible way she can go without her car. So, she basically had no other choice but to pay for it.

Tonight was the benefit concert for Christian & Stephanie and my Mother. It was pretty fun. We got to get a picture with the Phoenix Suns Gorilla so that was cool!