Here is the MOH awardee, Col. Van T. Barfoot.
His intolerant neighbors are mere specs of scat next to this guy.
Posted on 12/05/2009 5:32:50 AM PST by Silly
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Not being,
Silly
I sent him a Christmas card and told him to keep fighting.
HOA’s are socialist in nature. What they are doing is normal behavior for them. That doesn’t make it less grievous for freedom lovers.
Thanks for your report. Shame on us for not putting a stop to this madness!
Nice job.
Start calling his neighbors instead and find out why they have their panties in a bunch. It might be far more informative to get them to talk, and goad them into a lather to the point they start revealing the truth.
We’ve got a lake association but it only has around 30 members and has been pretty hands off. Mostly it just collects money to pay for spraying weeds during the summer.
I plan to.
What, specifically, is the wording of the HOA contract in relation to flagpoles? HOA’s are ridiculous, but you don’t have to live in an area with one; you’re free to find a place which doesn’t have one. But if you agree to the HOA covenants when you sign on the line, that’s the deal. It all depends on what the covenants say regarding the flagpole.
The bylaws of the HOA do NOT prohibit free-standing flagpoles or vertical masts. The bylaws are silent on this issue.
The objection is for “aesthetic” reasons that are purely subjective.
Here is the MOH awardee, Col. Van T. Barfoot.
His intolerant neighbors are mere specs of scat next to this guy.
Some of them are downright communist. You WILL comply. We looked for a house 10 years ago and very emphatically said “No HOA’s”. If I’m paying the mortgage, no nut’s going to tell me what color I can paint my house. Oddly enough, the bargains were in HOA neighborhoods. lol
Please ping me for any of your updates if you don’t mind.
I’m happy to.
Thank you. As much as I think the HOA is stupid, it existed before he moved there. Unless I’m missing something, this is the kind of thing FReepers would be blasting the guy for, say, if it involved an Obama flag. Rule is rules. Don’t like the rules, don’t move there.
I wonder if Mr. Barfoot bought the house under the HOA or if it was added after?
It is likely that the community established bylaws and firm rules before he moved in. The board of directors has the legal responsibility to the entire community to require conformity to the rules despite the temptation to give into special examples.
The community is a representative republic, just like the Constitution of this country that this man defended in his war involvement. Now relatives, community members, and the media supports breaking the rules because of a higher morality....respect for an outstanding military record. The argument is that some should be above the law because of their special circumstances, and just think of where that type of thinking will take us.
This is not the spirit or intent of the community to which he belongs. This is the tyranny of the masses, not the rule of law.
His situation can be addressed by an amendment to the bylaws, which can be instituted by the majority of the community acting through the board of directors. Law vs. anarchy??
HOAs are all -eventually- controlled by stupid, busy-body, communist control freaks, no matter how wonderful the original intentions were when the HOA was formed.
Yes and no.....My first year in my condo assoc. I was talked into joing the board.
Everyone on the board was cool except for one old fart who was probably a nazi......He would complain about everything. Fortunately that was his last year on the board, nobody voted for him the following year.
All it takes is one busybody who has nothing to do but drive around the complex day in and day out looking for violations and the board has to take appropriate action as defined in the association bylaws.
Personally, I don't have any problems with a homeowners association and believe the benefits far outweigh the negatives.
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