 Assessments proved inadequate partly due to the insufficient amount and partly due to lax collection practices.Thus maintenance was often deferred and compromises were made based on "priorities determined by the prevailing, transitory interests of the Board…" (HVLA Compass Oct. 2007; p 7).For the remainder of the 70's and well into the 80's a majority of property owners did not live in HVL, either using it for vacations or holding the land for investment.