Common sense.  Strip away all of the fancy words, the personal bias that we all have,  ideas on personal rights, or board rights, discussions on money, strip all the pretenses, you have the basic legal concept that a board is limited to the power given to them by the By-Laws, Declarations.  When they purposely go way beyond the legal authority given to them by the legal documents on governance.  The only way for any recourse is take over the board, which hardly ever happens or file a legal action and the legal system will make them adhere to the governing legal documents.   Then all the innocent owners will have to pay the big legal bill that always come due.   It is a shame there is not more cases making board members who 'purposely' do great harm and damage to the association finances be personally liable for some of the bills.  In most By-Laws, board members can be liable under, 'willful mis-conduct' or gross negligence'.

It is about owner's rights and abuse of power.