medal of honor recipient ordered to remove his flagpole

[noseminer]

http://www2.timesdispatch.com/rtd/news/local/article/POLEGAT02_20091202-091201/309031/

 

wtf

 

in case you dont want to read the article:

90yr old vet of ww2, korean war, and viet nam who recieved the medal of honor for being a total badass in ww2, has his home owner's association ordering him to remove his flagpole from his yard and they are taking legal action to have him remove it.

[pamackie]

inb4obama.

 

Not sure how that will be brought up, but it will be. Mark my words.

 

Real {censored}ty story though. {censored}ing suburbia.

[17 Tubes]

They'll pry it from his cold dead hands.

[Cougar Hunter]

While, I AM a gun-toting, war-supporting, heartless neo-con, he flat-out broke the rules of the neighborhood association. He shouldn't have erected the pole AFTER his application was turned down.

[thenakedarab]

http://www2.timesdispatch.com/rtd/news/local/article/POLEGAT02_20091202-091201/309031/ wtf in case you dont want to read the article: 90yr old vet of ww2, korean war, and viet nam who recieved the medal of honor for being a total badass in ww2, has his home owner's association ordering him to remove his flagpole from his yard and they are taking legal action to have him remove it.

When you sign a contract, you live by the letter. That's that.

If you want to live in an area with a bunch of anal retentive {censored}tards who try to squelch every bit of individualism and uniqueness from their little cul de sac, all because you don't want kids cars in the street, college team banners in the yard, cool interesting paint jobs on the houses, or to allow people to keep their business vehicles in their yards, then you reap what you sow.

[MetalJon]

This is why I hate HAOs.

[Duke Spinner]

When you sign a contract, you live by the letter. That's that. If you want to live in an area with a bunch of anal retentive {censored}tards who try to squelch every bit of individualism and uniqueness from their little cul de sac, all because you don't want kids cars in the street, college team banners in the yard, cool interesting paint jobs on the houses, or to allow people to keep their business vehicles in their yards, then you reap what you sow.

^^^^^^^

That

[TehToneMan]

Obama pisses me off.

[Bumhucker]

{censored} HOA's... However he should have known HOA people are usually obsessive {censored}heads

[Sixtonoize]

 

There is no provision in the community's rules expressly forbidding flagpoles, Barfoot's daughter said. But she said the board ruled against her father's fixture and ordered it removed in July, deciding that free-standing flag poles are not aesthetically appropriate. Short flag stands attached to porches dot the community.

 

 

It's not about the flag, it's about the fact that he broke the rules.

I still think it's bull{censored}, but that's why I choose to live in a neighborhood without a governing "association".

[Cookie Monster]

Rules are rules, and if he's breaking, whoever the hell he is, he's got to be dealt with.

[thenakedarab]

{censored} HOA's... However he should have known HOA people are usually obsessive {censored}heads

Ususally?

You don't start/join an hoa unless there's a little {censored}tard in ya.

[tequila_titan]

{censored}ing Obama.

[Oblivion DC]

HOA's are a bunch of {censored} bags.

[Sixtonoize]

I'd be willing to bet that he wouldn't stand for someone else breaking the rules by parking on the street overnight or letting their grass get 1/4" too long.

[Hapless]

I'd be willing to bet that he wouldn't stand for someone else breaking the rules by parking on the street overnight or letting their grass get 1/4" too long.

 

 

{censored}ing overnight parkers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And {censored} Obama too.

 

 

:poke:

[Say Ocean]

This is why I hate HAOs.

High altitude observatories? Or do you mean HOA

There are three options, home owner's associations (see: houston), strict zoning regulations (see: Portland) or absolutely nothing, in which everything looks like {censored} and property values suck and people can do things that make your property worse, like blocking out all available sunlight with ridiculous crap. Take your pick

[thenakedarab]

I'd be willing to bet that he wouldn't stand for someone else breaking the rules by parking on the street overnight or letting their grass get 1/4" too long.

 

 

This ^^^ +1

[MetalJon]

High altitude observatories? Or do you mean HOA There are three options, home owner's associations (see: houston), strict zoning regulations (see: Portland) or absolutely nothing, in which everything looks like {censored} and property values suck and people can do things that make your property worse, like blocking out all available sunlight with ridiculous crap. Take your pick

Of course I meant High Altitude Observatories. Non-sequitur? Sure. But I'm terrified of heights!!!

[clay_finley]

If I was 90 yo, I wouldn't give a {censored} what the HOA says. Good for him.

[clay_finley]

I'd be willing to bet that he wouldn't stand for someone else breaking the rules by parking on the street overnight or letting their grass get 1/4" too long.

 

 

I think he got that Medal of Honor protecting our rights to do just that.

[Hapless]

I think he got that Medal of Honor protecting our rights to do just that.

There's a Constitutional right to break the rules?

[clay_finley]

There's a Constitutional right to break the rules?

I just doubt he's that concerned over minor things like that, IMHO.

[Say Ocean]

There's a Constitutional right to break the rules?

The Constitution actually says that laws can't be made that break contracts, thus he gets no special treatment by law, and it's now at the HOA's discretion.

[clay_finley]

Bottom line is that HOA sucks. He's right to fight them.