The Battle of Saratoga Hills finally seemed to be drawing to a close, or at least a standstill. But then, on November 13, a week after Donald Trump’s election triumph, a bombshell dropped on one of the community’s Facebook pages. For nineteen months, the quiet Dripping Springs neighborhood of million-dollar homes on cul-de-sacs had been engulfed in a dispute both trivial and all-consuming. It had started like many homeowners association fights do—as a mundane quarrel between neighbors who had once been friendly. Saratoga Hills had had its fair share of beefs. Kerfuffles over whether to allow fireworks. Accusations of HOA indifference to speeding. The contentious matter of the unfenced pool. This particular feud—over backyard swimming lessons—seemed no more consequential. Then it turned into something else entirely:…
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