"They disagree on who is what and we're not here tonight to determine that because we don't have all the facts," a representative with the city of Orlando's neighborhood relations department.

The city's neighborhood relations representatives can't tell homeowners who is in charge of Vista Lago. A lawsuit will determine that.
      

Wednesday night, the two people battling over control of the HOA faced homeowners. One of them, David Santiago, who runs One GMA, walked out and wouldn't answer many of Channel 9's questions. He did say he has liens on 47 homes at Vista Lago and claimed he has the right to collect on dozens more, saying former HOA president Merle Wills signed these accounts over. Wills said he does not have that right.

"Those were illegal. One GMA was not authorized to do the collection after we fired him," Wills said.

Homeowners with liens said they are concerned.

"These are real liens," attorney Carlo Martin said.

Melva Brown has a lien on her home

"I've already paid it. I've already paid it," she said.

Brown said she's paid thousands to wipe away that debt over the years.

The man who placed that lien on her home says he's out money too.

"Zero percent interest loaning my money to the HOA and now I'm getting ripped off. I feel like a jerk," Santiago said.

It's still not clear who has the right to collect money. Some at the meeting said they paid their dues to the former president.

"Where's the money that I sent to you Merle? Where is it?" one resident asked Wills.

The city representative suggested homeowners unravel this mess by starting new.

It was suggested that resident get together and elect a new board.

Those homeowners plan to meet Thursday to draft a letter to all their neighbors in hopes of getting enough people together to vote on a legitimate board and work out details of the bylaws.