PSoTD

This is a good rule of thumb for HOA Presidents - if the board is going to make a ruling about a home in the development and you support the ruling, you should ask yourself a few things:

1 - Will outsiders think this ruling is ridiculous?
2 - If the news media covers it, will I have the conviction to explain to them why the board made this decision?
3 - If not - why am I President?

Because declining on on-camera interview after a resident has called out the board diminishes whatever reasoning you had. In this case, maybe there was good reasoning, maybe there wasn't, but the entire development looks silly and petty unless you go out there and make your point.