This is anti-America/anti-military BS is getting ridiculous.
First we have the woman at work being told her American flag was offensive to her African co-worker. Now we have a home owners association threatening to tow a DAV’s vehicle and fine him $50 a day.
http://www.myfoxhouston.com/dpp/news/national/dpgo_HOA_Asks_Vet_to_Remove_Bumper_fc_20090528_2518563
Big thanks out to the Obama “we’re too cool for America” crowd.
“The letter from the board states you can’t have any form of advertisement anywhere on your car on your property. FOX 4 cameras spotted bumper stickers for political parties, health causes, and other non-commercial interests on the property as well.”
I like the fact the journalist reported on that aspect of the story. It says much doesn’t it?
HOAs are to be avoided like the plague imho.
You ain’t kidding. No one likes that busy body neighbor who can’t mind her own business and that always seems to be the person who ends up being the president of the home owners association. Living in a town house community I can tell you from first hand experience what a nightmare it can be.
HOAs are just miniature fiefdoms. BTDT, never want to live as part of one again.
I used to think HOA’s were a bad idea. Until I moved in next to this guy.
Someone needs to take that African Non-American POS and ship people like this sorry excuse for an American who don’t like this Country to some other place beside here. They’ll be the first to complain, and the first to hide when trouble breaks out. But they’ll also be the first to jump out and say PROTECT ME if they were caught in some war.
I have seen and read about many African Americans who died for this Country, and I’m quite sure the actions of this woman would sicken them.
It doesn’t matter the color of the skin when they start complaining. But when things get ruff, their color starts to RUN.
These people who live here and hate what this Country stands for need to be GONE! Where I don’t care. But any place beside here. As they say. Love it or leave it!
as they say…freedom isn’t free. part of the price one must pay if one wants to be free is to accept that others will be free to do things that annoy one.
of course, some people might like to give up some freedom in order to get rid of some annoyances. that’s fine for those people…an HOA might be just the ticket for them.
i’m not really one of those people, so i will personally avoid HOAs (and continue to complain about most local zoning codes, etc).
Just like any organization/bureaucracy, it all depends on who is running it and how much common sense they apply to each set of circumstances.
If living next to someone like the picture above also means that I can fly the American Flag and have a sticker on all my vehicles identifying the particular Branch of Service I served, then so be it.
It’s unfortunate that common sense and common courtesy are dying a slow death. You shouldn’t need to tell a grown man to mow his yard once a month. Nor should you be able to tell a grown man he can’t have service stickers on his truck. Sometimes I feel like I’m taking crazy pills.
The more I live around people the more I think the solution is a house in the middle of 50 acres.
You have the freedom to move
Then you’d hate to be living next to me. While I don’t have any junk lying around, my lawn is now effectively a wheat field. I wouldn’t be surprised if I had a herd of deer hiding on one end of my property and a heard of lions somewhere in the other end. 
If a man doesn’t want to mow his lawn, unless it somehow poses a hazard to you or your family, then who freaking cares!! It’s his property and he can do with it as he sees fit.
My next door neighbor mows her lawn every week (she’s a stay-at-home Mom) and has all sorts of stuff out there (bird baths, bird feeders, squirrel feeders, benches, cut-out bear family, maybe even Gnomes). But as long as it’s not posing a hazard to me or keeps me awake, it’s none of mine or my neighbors’ damned business.
Funny you mention it. It does pose problems for me. His backyard is such a jungle that it clogged the irrigation ditch This sent water flooding into my yard eventually getting high enough to make it into my foundation vent. It’s always cool to see your furnace in a pool of water.
I also hate it when he stores trash on the other side of those bushes. It appears that I am the storing old recliners and wood cabinet TV’s in my yard. I am embarrased that people assume I am the one who is too lazy to go to the dump.
What exactly is the reason for not maintaining your property Carlos?
then, imho, he has actually caused you real damages for which he should be held liable.
I also hate it when he stores trash on the other side of those bushes. It appears that I am the storing old recliners and wood cabinet TV’s in my yard. I am embarrased that people assume I am the one who is too lazy to go to the dump.
sorry, imho, i don’t see any real damages there.
I didn’t post it looking for a pity party. I know I can move. If it gets to the point I want to I will. Just pointing out why they were created. He has devalued the properties around him. My house is worth less with him living next door. I dont know how or why they evolved to include stickers on your truck.
Am I seeing that picture correctly-- does your neighbor have a McDonalds sign mounted on his house? Or is that the McDonalds behind his house?
FWIW, time, weather, and health. Besides my full-time job, my Army Reserve duties (my unit is 3-hours away) and my (volunteer) LEO duties; it seems that the only times I find myself at home I am either to tired to get anything done at the end of the day (due to an under-active thyroid that is currently being treated) or the weather won’t cooperate.
I’ve actually been looking around for someone to hire to do my yard work - but they charge way too much and I can’t find anyone that someone can vouch for. I’ve been so busy I haven’t been able to help teach any Basic Pistol courses at my Gun Club.
Sometimes I wonder why I even bothered to buy a single-family house.
I was wondering that too. Based on the color and trim of the house I was REALLY wondering that.
I think the neighbors are going to rally around this guy and the weeny at the association is going to be persona non grata.
The McDonalds sign is a photoshop joke. That really is the color of the house though. He just painted it that color last year. I did find it an odd choice, but he was really proud of it. Of course he is pretty crazy.