One would think this would exempted in any HOA.
Mom need to find a patriotic former veteran attorney willing to go pro bono, who will send a letter back to the HOA claiming this is political speech.
HOA rules do not apply to political speech.
The people who run for office in HOA’s are generally (not always, but often) the worst sort of petty tyrants always looking for ways to cause grief for their neighbors.
All they have to do is call a meeting and vote on it. HOA agreements are not written in blood.
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Only insanity is exempted in any HOA.
The test for insanity is buying property that is subject to the marxist nonsense of a HOA.
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And one hundred percent of the people who would actually think something that ridiculous haven’t been in many HOA’s
I have had exactly this sort of experience, and it was also over The National Ensign.