Marine’s Parents Sued Over Displaying a Sign Supporting Their Son (Blaze Interview)
- Posted on July 25, 2011 at 7:55pm by
Mike Opelka
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Corey Burr is a Marine fighting in Afghanistan. Corey’s parents, Timothy and Jodi Burr, are also involved in a fight back home in Louisiana. Mom and dad are battling the neighborhood association over this sign posted in their front yard.
Shortly after L Cpl Burr was deployed to Afghanistan last winter, his parents posted the above sign in their front yard of their home in The Gardens subdivision of South Bossier, LA. Almost immediately the neighborhood association delivered a letter telling the Burr’s that they were in violation of a local rule stating “no signs of any kind shall be displayed to the public view.” (Real Estate signs are excluded but also carry a 2×2 size restriction.) Instead of removing the banner, Timothy and Jodi requested an exception be made to the rule. They wanted to keep the sign on display until their son comes home. (Corey is slated to return in March of 2012)
In February, the Burr’s started sending formal requests to the head of the association, but those letters went unanswered until the media got involved. Jodi and her husband even sent requests for a meeting with the homeowners association via certified mail, but those letters went “unclaimed.”
In an interview with The Blaze, Jodi Burr wondered if this is a case of “selective enforcement” of the rules. As she states, “There are all kinds of signs in other yards; School booster signs, signs for pro teams, fence company signs and security company signs.” Jodi also claims that her family has lived in the same home for six years, with several signs posted on their lawn in the past, all without a single complaint from the association. Jodi wonders why nothing was been said about “the three other signs she has displayed for years.” Signs like:
“Welcome”
“The Burr’s – Established 2005″
and
“Blue Star Mom”
The family also displayed lawn signs when Corey was playing sports for the local high school teams, a banner stating “Home of a Parkway Panther” with Corey‘s number was frequently seen on the Burr’s property. Again, nothing was ever said.
A local school teacher, Jodi Burr stressed to The Blaze that she and her husband Timothy are “law abiding citizens” and “would not think of breaking the law, but we have not even gotten the chance to present our case for an exception to the covenant.”
The homeowners association has filed a suit, and the Burrs have responded, thanks to the help of two lawyers doing “pro bono” work on their case. Lawyers representing the homeowners group are not commenting on the suit as this is an ongoing matter. A judge has been assigned to handle the complaint but no court date has been set.
Jodi Burr said that she has heard the suit might make it on the court’s calendar in the end of September and she is “not taking down the sign until a judge tells me to, or my son comes home.”
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Comments (190)
sWampy
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 8:40pmhoa’s suck.
Report Post »PATTY HENRY
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 8:42pmagreed IN ONE NOW…never ever again. I don’t care if the house next to me is painted pink with purple polka dots…never again on HOA !!! That’s not even democracy..it’s total cr@p!!!
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 9:25pmMaybe they’ll get a real judge who will postone setting a date until the son comes home.
Report Post »B_rad
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 9:33pmMy little street of 9 (yes 9) houses tried to start an HOA a few years ago. Failing that, they tried to amend the covenants that do govern our street. They (meaning one guy who’s wife works for a judge) like to leave nasty notes on our doors about anything that crawls up their butt. His proposal included such things as no more than 4 children per house, no fences, and no outside pets. I got a copy of our existing covenants (regular stuff like how far the house was to be to the street) and wrote a counter proposal. I walked to each of my neighbor’s doors and had a conversation with them, giving them each copies of what we had at the time. My suggestion was instead of 27 separate new rules (instead of 6 old ones), we just treat each other like nieghbors, and talk to one another. Everyone is now happy……except one. Bummer for him. Bottom line, most HOAs just plain suck.
Report Post »jzs
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 9:55pmI’m sympathetic but they signed a contract. They could go to the HOA meeting and asked to be exempted from the contract with regard to this sign. Or they could move.
Report Post »thegrassroots
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 10:08pmContact that HOA, America! Tell them to BACK OFF! YA DON‘T DISRESPECT AMERICA’S HEROES!
Report Post »dealer@678
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 10:11pm8 out of 10 people in America call themselves Christians. Its time to get off the couch and NOT be afraid .Use your power to stop this crap
Report Post »Jediusetheforce
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 10:20pmHomeowner Associations are a bunch of bull. When you by a house don’t buy one where you are tied into homeowner association fees. They make you pay for the pool and have a bunch of rules and regulations that you must abide by. Another crap shoot of taking your money. I wouldn’t take the sign down no matter what, judge or no judge. I stand my ground to the end or death whichever comes sooner, unlike the pansies we breed now a days.
Sincerely, Peace Loving Fools
Report Post »mikem1969
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 10:36pmTrue, HOA’s suck, I will never live in one. Now to the part where the HOA never said anything when they displayed signs supporting their son’s sporting events or local school, and then caused a big stink when they display patriotism. Hmm, me thinks the HOA is a left leaning bunch of morons. Keep the sign up.
Report Post »touch
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 10:37pmHOA’s Suk BIGTIME!
Looking forward to the day when all military members coalesce and go to Washington DC to have a fireside chat on behalf of America and American families who are standing firm for what truly made and continues to make America great!
Report Post »valricoslash
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 10:37pmFirst, as a retired AF officer I support this sign. I am president of a HOA in Florida and although we have a similar no sign covenant, our HOA Board has been very lenient with regards to signs. As long as they are not advertising or some other commercial sign or something offensive, we ignor it. Sometimes you have to have a little common sense and be neighborly.
Now for HOAs in general. People know what they are gettng into when they buy a house in an HOA. The rules are meant to keep property balues up by preventing homes from going to seed due t lack of maintenance,etc., parking on lawns, doing major auto repair inthe driveway or inthe street, etc. Most rules are reasonable if understood befre you prucahse the house. Don’t move in thinking you are going to ignor the rules because you are “special”, or challenge by doing what you want and using the “I spent $3000. ” approach when ordered to remove that shed. Personally, I don’t like some of our rules but I would much rather live in a nice neighborhood than one where my neighbor has a boat with weeds grwoing up around it and six cars up on blocks in the front yard.
Report Post »PATTY HENRY
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 12:47amHERE‘S THE REAL DEAL ON HOA’S. THEY ARE A SCAM. Designed by attorney’s and backed by some horrible Property Management scam artists…their who deal is to control who gets the money. That’s right. They get to the first people in, they get on the Board… I’ve seen some money “disbursed” (you know “income distribution” ) and you can never get the books, get someone off the board…oh, and they have an attorney who also has a mortgage foreclosure department of separate company. They do things like tell little old ladies “Sorry, but since you didn’t reply to your broken mailbox (her mail box was not broken) 6 months ago, we’ve had to incur $ 30,000 in legal fees and you will have to either pay or give up your home (seriously this was all over the news). IN CA there are 50,000 (count ‘em) 50 thousand HOAS….it’s a licensed to steal…who benefits? Developers, Attorneys and some CROOKED PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANIES who do not (get this) do not even have to have a REAL ESTATE LICENSE if they work only in Residential. They would not know an escrow account if they fell over it. They peaked about 1998 and it’s been a huge brew ha ha since…now most people realize that they are cr@p. GOOD laws in the cities that people get behind and enforce are much better than these CLIQUES what rip off all the rest of the people…and I love how that one blogger handled those creepy people…”LET’S TRY TO BE NEIGHBORS”..wow..what a novel idea!!! Works for
Report Post »G3L
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 1:31amScrew the HOA, keep up the sign and our prayers are with your son. Thank you for his service. As for the HOA get the Marine Corps League to plan a pancake breakfast at the families home and support this MARINE! HOA what a joke. GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!!!
Report Post »geonj
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 1:58amit isn’t the hoa that sucks. it is the petty little people who need to be on the board who suck.
Report Post »old white guy
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 6:47amto hell with the hoa and with any judge.
Report Post »chazman
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 7:56amMakes me want to beat the he!! outta somethin’! I Hate Little Nazi HOA!
Report Post »one years food ration like glenn says
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 9:14am“I’m not taking the sign down until a judge tells me to, or my son comes home.”
I wouldn’t even take it down then.. I’d rather go to prison to stand up for my beliefs..
Report Post »Carl McPherson
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 9:32amFind an HOA and I’ll show you Gastapo thugs thriving alive and well in our very country. I love in an HOA, I have several friends, and fellow employees that live in HOAs…. we are turning a blind eye as a country to facisim right here within our borders.
Report Post »I can’t wait until my lease is up and I can move. Problem is…. where are all the houses for rent? In other HOAs.
Carl McPherson
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 9:36amI love in an HOA….
correction:
I live in an HOA.
Now that’s a humorous typo. :)
Report Post »Dismayed Veteran
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 9:40am@JZS
Please read the story one more time. They asked the HOA in writing for an expemption. They sent a certified letter to HOA committee for a meeting. None of their actions recieved a response from the HOA committee.
I live in a HOA governed development with a sign rule. We have formally exempted signs supporting our troops. We have a lot of veterans and active duty Guard and Reserve in our HOA. Since Nebraskans love the Huskers, we exempted game day signs.
I guess our HOA is progressive. Oops, liberal, Oops, sensible that rules do have valid exemptions.
Report Post »American Soldier (Separated)
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 9:51amWhile I have always stated that I hate HOA’s but you have to follow the rules, if it is true that several signs from the owner, and around the neighborhood, had gone unchallenged in the past, why is this sign being challenged?
Perhaps it‘s due to how long it’s been sitting out there. How long were the other signs out on the lawns (whether their own or their neighbors?) I can see most neighbors being OK with a sign for a few weeks, maybe a month at the most. Especially one the size of this one, it was pretty big. And it’s been out there for the past 7+ months with another 8+ months left to go. Might be a problem.
My last question is, how is this Marine deployed for 15+ months? That sounds more like an Army deployment than a Marine deployment….
Report Post »coshively
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 10:11am@patty henry i dont know what state you are saying that you dont need a real estate license to manage residential properties but here in Pennsylvania you do have to. As a property manager I have to say that HOA have their benefits and weaknesses. Also as a property manager I dont live in a HOA and I probably never would. Seriously though its not usually property managers that are the problem but some board members that get elected. Sure there is poor managers out there but I take pride in my job to help people and their communities to keep them a beautiful place to live.
Report Post »PATTY HENRY
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 3:30pmGOSHIVLY: IN California. THE Property Management Company was on the receiving end of the $$. Turns out their landscaping company, their road sweeper etc etc etc. got the jobs and they claimed they had 18 bids…but none of those people came out and it was the same list that is used by other
Report Post »places managed by these Property Managers. SCAM. Like everything, there are good and bad, but out here and in the WEST in general, the HOA’S were foreclosing on innocent people for bogus claims and were especially hitting retired people. Then they went too far and now most people are aware of their scams (using their own in-house vendors; hiding extra charges in made-up categories). They even paid off a judge!! But as with all things, it came out and now the BOARDS know that the HOA Owners are paying attention. I will never live in another HOA. I will make sure that the community has decent zoning laws (sound; lights; parking etc) but never – ever in an HOA.
IN CA you don’t have to have a license…they’d solve a lot of problems if they did.
coshively
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 6:16pm@patty henry as a property manager I know that we use the same landscape company for probably 80 of the 140 properties we manage. But its not because of some scandal its because they do good work. Also the board decides who gets what contracts and they see all the bids. The property manager doesnt make those decisions. Atleast not in Pennsylvania.
Report Post »affinnity
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 8:35pmI’m sick of the liberals. It’s time for all conservatives to come home from the Middle East and stop defending the liberals. Maybe if the liberals have to defend themselves they’ll shut up and leave us alone. If the liberals like Muslim’s so much let them be controlled by the sub-human spiritual bastards all by themselves. Conservatives should all move to anti-liberal and anti-Muslim towns and villages. We should also stop supporting liberal schools and causes with our tax dollars.
Report Post »Baberaham Lincoln
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 9:55amWhat does this have to do with the article?
Report Post »Stoic one
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 8:34pmhoa’s are a modified form of UNION. They seem to be an opening for these teenage tyrants we all knew growing up- not popular, nor charismatic , enough to enter politics at any level; so they take over hoa’s. The “dues” are simply another form of taxation.
Report Post »Dougral Supports Israel
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 9:54pm@REDDENBLACK, Somewhere along the line your mother failed to teach you to respect others. What does it hurt you if someone who has a family member in the line of fire puts up a sign supporting their family member in the military? That family and the person serving is making a sacrifice that I am sure you don’t have the guts to make. Can’t you respect their service and sacrifice even if its something you would not do yourself? Put up your sign in non-support of our troops if you must but please let it sink in through your thick head that some are willing to risk their life for something bigger than themselves.
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 11:05pm@DougralSupportsIsrael
Report Post »Red in Black says, “I will gladly offer to play any of the HOA legal fees if it ever comes to that”.
Notice that he says play instead of pay. Red in Black is just another nobody who can’t even spell the word “pay” because he is always on the receiveing side of things. He’s just another unemployed Union worker collecting SSID for having no spine. Pay no attention to these fake people who only collect unemployement compensation for being “too” lazy to work. AFL-CIO stands for “another fu**ing liberal- collecting insurance offerings”. These fat as* people will sit at home, drink their Billy Beer and praise BHO for being the new Jimmy Carter.
dianna9490
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 8:34pmIF this OFFENDS ANYONE then they need to GET THE HELL OUT OF THE USA! AND DO IT NOW!
Report Post »ICANHANDLETHETRUTH
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 8:30pmMaybe someone could post the names and e-mail add. on here and we [ the blaze peeps ] will let them know how we all feel ??????? Are you with me ????????
Report Post »ReddenBlack
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 8:32pmGood for the home owners association!!!!
I‘m sick and tired of people treating people in the army like the rules don’t apply to them.
If they are dumb enough to go join the army, the get everything they deserve!!!!
I will gladly offer to play any of the HOA legal fees if it ever comes to that
Report Post »affinnity
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 8:37pmHey, ReddenBlack. Screw you. I hope you rot in hell for eternity you piece of ****.
Report Post »ReddenBlack
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 8:50pm@affinity
Since I don’t believe in hell, it doesn’t exist, nice try tho.
“Beware the Military-Industrial Complex.” – Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Report Post »affinnity
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 8:57pmYou know what ReddenBlack? I suspected you were an atheist but I wanted to give you the benefit of a doubt. I guess animals such as yourself are immune to any ethical, moral or spiritual arguments so I’ll move on. Bye Bye.
Report Post »UlyssesP
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 9:21pm@redenblack “I don’t support the troops, the war, or the army.”
Report Post »Be glad they have fought for you to have the freedom to express that very opinion. If you do not believe that, then you’re welcome to be ignorant. They fought for that too.
Please for your sake be careful who you call coward. It’s safe enough to do so on this website, but in person is another issue. You may end up going from redenblack to blackenblue.
loriann12
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 9:28pmYea, if I say I don’t believe in Lions, but one is coming to devour me, does that make me safe?
If it weren’t for the military, we’d all be speaking German right now, and there wouldn’t be any illegal aliens trying to get into our country. it wouldn’t be worth the trouble to come across an open border.
Report Post »hifi74
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 9:52pmRedenblack, I do not fear loud mouth punks like you. You have your opinion and that’s ok. But just remember the next time you run that meely little mount of yours, that someone in the Army (my prior service), Marines, Navy, and Airforce put their *** on the line for your right to do so. We had a saying in the Army “lead, follow, or get the **** out of the way”, it sounds like it’s time for you get out of the way and let the real men and women of this nation do what you are apparently to scared to do. Run along choad.
Report Post »QHgirl
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 10:47pm@Reddenblack, Don’t worry, we may not like you, but if it came down to it, I’m sure most (perhaps not all) military members would still save your sorry hide. Even the ones that, as you so eloquently put it, are stupid enough to join the army.
Report Post »looseyloo
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 3:13amREDDENBLACK: Ha, Ha. You don’t have any money.
Is that why you said you would “play” the legal fees? When somebody posts the bill, you will say”No, no..I said I would play…never said pay”
The HOA already has legal fees on this, so call them up and arrange the payment. Or “play”ment, I guess. You are not an internet poseur, are you?
Report Post »momprayn
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 8:30pmI’m just as patriotic as one can get, but I must say that HOA’s have a right to make rules. If they are there when you buy the house & signed off on it, then you should obey them. If you don’t like those rules, either don’t move there or try to change them. The problem with this case is that it seems the HOA haven’t enforced these rules before or with others & not answered their requests. That’s what gives them the right to complain.
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 9:32pmI believe the problem was the selective inforcement of the rules. They allowed other signs, and suddenly got sticky on this one. If they can allow (or look the other way) when it’s a sign that supports the school, why not let this one pass too? And they wouldn’t even meet or acknowledge the request for a meeting to discuss a waiver.
Report Post »hifi74
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 9:55pmThey did try to change the rules, the problem being that the HOA has avoided addressing the issue by not responding to the home owners requests. The homeowner even went as far as to send certified letters and they were ignored.
Report Post »stevoschmidt
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 8:29pmeveryone go to gulagbound.com and educate yourselves on leon panettas communist ties and now hes our head of dept. of defence. im afraid for our stretched out military theyre being walked into a most horrid situation. may righteousness prevail.
Report Post »Dougral Supports Israel
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 8:25pmI don’t like the idea of an HOA. Its one more pinhead group that can tell you what to do. I have lived in my current home for 25 years. I get along with my neighbors. A couple of them have annoyed me occasionally but not nearly enough to wish for an HOA. If I was really bugged I could knock on their door and discuss it with them like reasonable people. I would not be offended in the slightest if one of my neighbors put up a sign like the Burrs did. It would remind me that some people sacrifice more than others for this great nation we live in.
Report Post »godhatesacoward
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 8:23pmstevo is right. Afix the sign to your home and there is nothing they can do.
Report Post »stevoschmidt
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 8:22pmwe have a duty as americans to not follow unconstitutional and down right immoral laws or were just as guilty as the legilators passing these burdensome regulations and restrictions on us.
Report Post »paulusmaximus
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 8:22pmHOAs are the reason I have to mow a large yard, take care of a piece of woods and have a long driveway. Built outside a allotment rather then put up with all the stupid rules the associations have around here.
Report Post »Hickory
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 8:50pmI’m with you. I moved from that crap in S FL to another state. I bought a good amount of land with my house set right in the middle of it. All of my neighbors did the same from other states. We don’t bother each other and have room to do as we please. It also means that I cut over 5 acres of grass and trim a lot of trees. But what the hell, it’s mine and I like it. Have you heard the expression “I wish I had enough privacy to pee off the front porch?” My wife wouldn’t like it but I could if I wanted to.
Report Post »hechafteth
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 8:21pmI hate homeowner associations, but the rules are the rules. If this was a case of the banner that’s been used since WWII to identify households that have family members deployed (white with a red border and blue star for each member, and gold star for KIA/MIA) getting denied, THEN I would tell the HOA to pound sand.
Report Post »MidWestMom
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 8:33pmI respect their sign and thank their son for his service. But, I agree rules are rules. That said, if other signs (outside of signs specifically allowed by the HOA) are being displayed then all bets are off. If displaying a sign is ok for some and banned for others, then the HOA is at fault. And the sign should be allowed to remain.
Report Post »freedomisasfreedomdoes
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 8:21pmHow awful is it that someone’s son (or daughter) is serving in the military for freedoms like being able to live your life without tyrannic intrusion and it happens in your own yard? Have these individuals that make up this home owners association or local government no shame? How disrespectful! It would be different if they posted something extremely offensive, harrassing, rude, controversial even. How is it we are the freest nation in the world, that touts freedom of expression but condemns cheering on encouraging the brave men and women fighting for our very freedoms?
Report Post »stevoschmidt
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 8:19pmwhen i was a child my father built me and my friends a clubhouse in our backyard. then the civic association cracked down on us and got a court order forcing us to tear it down. i came home from school and couldnt believe my dad demolishing my clubhouse me and my freinds just started crying.
Report Post »19RANDY59
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 8:26pmIt’s amazing, how many anti-American, Americans there are!!!
Report Post »ReddenBlack
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 8:34pm@Randy
It’s not anti american, it’s anti millitary industrial complex. It is BAD for people to join the millitary. IT IS BAD!!!
You should not respect someone just because they chose to join the army.
Report Post »affinnity
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 8:49pmReddenBlack. You are 100% right – it’s extremely bad to join the military to protect the rights of ungrateful pieces of **** like you.
Report Post »johnsell
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 8:55pmREDDENBLACK is a perfect example of a Liberal who wants someone else to give their life to protect his freedoms and wants a nanny state to take care of him the rest of his life………I wonder if he has a job?
Report Post »cous1933
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 9:22pmWhile Reddenblack is correct that the Military-Industrial Complex is bad – his disparaging of the soldiers or of joining the military is misplaced. It is absolutely true we owe our freedom (or at least what’s left of it) to the many soldiers who died to establish this republic and subsequently to protect it. Many young men who join the military today do so to serve their country and be part of the proud tradition of American soldiers. Unfortunately they are not even aware of the Military-Industrial Complex and how it perpetuates wars for profit, at the soldiers (sometimes ultimate) expense. I respect those soldiers who enlist for patriotic reasons but I’m disgusted that they may be the unwitting victims of the greed of the MIC.
Report Post »demsaredumb
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 9:35pm@REDENBLACK
When they come to cut your head off you will probably be the first one crying where is the military that is suppose to protect me?
I am a ex military person and people like you are sickening. YOU want all the freedoms and benefits but not pay any of the price.
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 9:37pmJonsell, no Redenblack doesn’t have a job…sounds like some 12 year old who got a hold of his parent’s computer for a few hours. Mom and Dad must have gone out to dinner.
It amazes me how they think they got the right to say things like this. And it amazes me that I don’t hear any of the liberals calling in to Rush anymore…I guess they got tired of being proven wrong with facts.
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 10:49pm@Reddenblack,
Report Post »That explains everything: You’re limosine liberal. Why don’t you donate half your income to reduce the national debt?
The-Monk
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 12:31am@REDDENBLACK
Report Post »Your time is over. You have about 2 more days to post and then you are gone. Bye bye!
Looking forward to figuring out your new stupid logon name and canceling it also. You have
no idea who you are dealing with. STFUYMFSDASCMAH!
patriotforlife
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 8:19pmPatriotic is not permitted unless it’s pro odumbo.
Report Post »stevoschmidt
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 8:17pmstart flying planes with the message like the ******** on 4th of july. you can count on my donation
Report Post »stevoschmidt
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 8:15pmdue to distressed liberty and property my flag flies upside down at my house. i get alot of crap for it. but get what they havent spent a day in my shoes fighting the state tooth and nail ive spent over 100k over the past 5 years battling the state of delaware on several occasions of unconstitutional laws and regulations. i say make the sign 50 x 50 and put it on top the house then it wont be in the yard case resolved attach it to a vehicle or the house and your in the clear
Report Post »rustytracks
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 6:57amSaw your comment about your flag, I know how you feel, check this out. Belleville, Ohio. American Legion Post, refused a military honor guard for Dave Garber, a Navy Veterian, ( Their reason) he had flown his flag upside down( because America is in disstress), he was a member of our Tea Party, and he had requested donations be sent to anyone running against Obama. Now I ask you, ” Is this any reason to leave a soldier behind and hurt his family more after Dave’s death”?
Report Post »kentuckypatriot
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 8:11pmHOA’s are pathetic. I should know, I live in a community run by an HOA. I wish the hell I didn’t. If it’s not breaking the rules to fly Old Glory, it’s something else. Stand strong Mr. and Mrs. Burr!! God Bless you and your family!!
Report Post »Hickory
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 8:43pmWhen I lived in Florida, some tried to set up a HOA in our neighborhood. I and some of my friends fought it and defeated it. But, every few years, the controllers crawled out of their holes and tried it over and over. The last time they came to my house for membership, I brought out a membership application to the NRA. They got up and left and never bothered me again.
Report Post »PeachyinGA
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 8:09pmThank you Burr family for your sacrifices for our nation. My experience is that these homeowner associations form, then elect neighbors that love to sit in judgement of others and get punch-drunk on their own appointed power. The rest of the neighbors are just going to work and don’t have time to bother with stupid meetings to supposedly manage the maintenance to the entrance to the subdivision. Their attitude is ‘bigger government.’ Sound familiar?
Report Post »quinteastwood
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 8:09pmIt’s time for the American People to take back our Country and stop cowering in fear.Posting without action will get us nowhere.Are we so worried about losing our material things?Are there not citizens out there that will put something on the line to stand against this tyrannical government and the Dictator we have in office.
Glenn Beck said that we must be prepared to give up everything.I see a very small amount of citizens ready to do that.
If the people who post here are genuinely fed up with BIG BROTHER telling us what kind of light bulbs we can buy,how much energy we can use the time to act is now.
This farce in DC about the debt ceiling talks is worthy of an Academy Award.The lies they told to the American public that there would be a World Wide financial collapse if the debt ceiling wasn’t raise by 4:PM on Sunday.Yea how did that prediction turn out…lol.Now Obama is going on TV to tell the American People MORE LIES.If you really want to make a difference and kick out this tryrannical government go to http://youtu.be/zbL-zpOkaCI and let’s make a difference people.
As Glenn Beck said “ you must be prepared to give up everything” Stand UNITED against tyranny.UNITED we are strong DIVIDED(which they want) we are weak.
God Bless all the Patriots who answer this call.
Report Post »Fina Biscotti
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 10:53pmWhat is the date for “The MARCH for FREEDOM”?
Report Post »Mimi24
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 11:08pmWill look into. Thanks.
Report Post »oldfashionamerican
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 8:06pmThe fact this is on The Blaze tells me these fine folks will be able to keep their sign.
Report Post »Too much backlash will happen in this neighborhood if they are forced to remove it.
olddog
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 8:05pmIf the association has not enforced its rules with other signage they can not enforce the rule on you..You should counter sue the association…
Report Post »bitter clinger
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 8:04pmHomeowners associations make home ownership a drag. I have more freedom renting than I did before losing the house.My suggestion is sell that place to a wellfare family and buy one without an HA.
Report Post »chips1
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 8:14pmA really nice home near me is for sale and when I inquired, the owners brought up the Home owners association. Dead end. They said it’s almost impossible to sell it even though they reduced the price to well under its reduced worth. Oh, well.
Report Post »cosette
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 8:07amWelfare family! LOL! You got that right. Those types are all too happy to relinquish their individuality and freedoms in order to become subservient to the state. They don’t have the capacity or the desire to be self sufficient and, like children, look to authority to conduct their affairs.They are PERFECT candidates for this lifestyle!
Report Post »Liberty1791
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 8:04pmSemper Fi — SCREW THOSE LIBERAL COMMIES
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 8:19pmSupport the marines and our armed forces indeed!!!
Never a can of raid, or an Abrams around when you need one is there?
Report Post »llotus
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 11:02pmChips1…….in some cases the buyer is unaware of a covenant. We did as we wished and nobody said anything. We didnt do anything that they would have complained about but it was plain old underhanded to not mention the covenant. Realtors blow me away, so do car salesmen. Lotus.
Report Post »JQCitizen
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 8:00pmHold your ground! Do not give in! These American haters are mixed in aroung good folk everywhere, but I am sure they are in the minority!!!
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