Irving Progressive

...where a retired man in poor health is serving a jail sentence for refusing to re-sod his lawn as required by his HOA. Look at the picture of his lawn and see if it looks that bad to you...

...Then his daughter drove him to jail. Grandpa had time to do.
His crime? He had disobeyed a court order that he sod the lawn at his Beacon Woods home.
His bail? Zero.
Joseph Prudente, 66, must stay in the Pasco County jail in Land O'Lakes until the required sod work is completed, under a September court order signed by Circuit Judge W. Lowell Bray.

Since the cost of re-sodding this lawn would probably not reach $1000, one is left to wonder why the HOA could not have advanced the money to allow him to do this. I am reminded of the old saying that rules are for interpretation by the wise, and slavish observance by the foolish. The story makes the HOA look like a bunch of mean-spirited bullying little shits. If they continue to allow this guy to linger in jail, they will merely convert that perception to an indelible reality.
UPDATE - Thanks to help from his neighbors, Mr. Prudente is now out of jail and back home. He still faces HOA fines and sanctions. If the HOA has any remaining vestiges of common sense, they will strike the sanctions and fines, although given their behaviour to date, the odds are that they will continue to behave like a bunch of crypto-fascist little shits...