Many La Marina homeowners continue to wonder why we are in this predicament where one of our own is refusing to pay fees and assessments. It might help to step back and try looking at it differently.
Imagine you're a homeowner in the US and a lot of foreigners buy up property in your community or condominium. There are lots of them and only a few US citizens such as yourself. Now that is fine for awhile but then the foreigners decide to start governing the community according to their own procedures and laws instead of according to US laws. What if you tell them that isn't right and they say "the majority wants it this way?" But, you say "that isn't legal here." But they have a legal expert (not in US law but in their foreign law) who says it IS okay to operate this way, so most of them think they can go ahead and ignore US laws and do what they want as long as they have enough of the community agreeing with them.
Suppose you decide, "Okay, you do what you want, but I operate according to US laws." Then they start making laws that conflict with US laws, and you ignore those laws. So they start to threaten you. You must follow their laws or they will penalize you.
Would you become angry and indignant? How long would it take before you would stand up to them and say, "there may be more of you, but you still must follow US laws when you are in this country!"? Then suppose the foreigners say, "You have to follow our laws because we are the majority." Would you be within your rights to say, "You can't make me follow your laws, because they don't apply in my country?"
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