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MTI · #61 05-29-2009, 09:23 PM

Apparently the HOA President's name has been "outted" online.

Hatterasguy · #62 05-29-2009, 10:00 PM

Two things:

1. Another reason I would buy a house with a HOA over my dead body.

2. If they didn't send those letters to every resident with a bumper sticker on their car than thats selective rule enforecment or whatever you want to call it. I would sue them, sounds like a perfect case for the ACLU.

Hatterasguy · #63 05-29-2009, 10:09 PM

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Originally Posted by JollyRoger

Most of Texas does not have zoning, everything works off of home owner's associations which set the rules on what the aesthetic values are for the neighborhood. When you buy a house, you sign a contract that explicitly states what the rules are, and you agree to fines and even foreclosure on your home if you violate them. One of the more irritating kooks we have here in Texas is the "abortion nut" and the "relgious kook", both of whom festoon their cars with bumperstickers of warnings of damnation for service to the Anti-Christ, they are the worst examples, but we also have the "save the whales nut" on the Left who festoons his VW microbus with stickers proclaiming planetary love. It is because of these kooks, who park these eyesores in our neighborhoods, and being the self-centered pricks that they are, always seem to park them where everyone can have it imposed on them, that we have these rules. My guess is this guy is one of these nuts, whose love of the Mighty Corp causes him to cover his car with Semper Fi graffitti to the point his neighbors, who probably all patriotically love the Mighty Corp, have found it to be an eyesore. If the guy doesn't like it, he is free to move to another neighborhood that has a homeowners agreement that allows kooks to fly their flags and cover their trucks with pictures of dead fetuses. Most of those are outside of town, just turn at the first trailer on your right.

Up here in New England we don't need them. We just do it with stares, being generaly very cold to outsiders, and very, very high property prices.

Still their is always one on the street, but I'd rather have that than a HOA.

Also hippies can't afford to live here, so they drive there whale sticker covered VW vans up to Vermont.

Emmerich · #64 05-30-2009, 12:45 AM

Nowhere does it say he signed anything. And the original article mentions "advertisements" which would need to be defined anyway. If you had a bumper sticker that said "I love my dick" is that an ad for anything?

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Originally Posted by JollyRoger

How does a "right" overrule a signed contract? When I sign confidentiality agreements with my clients, can I ignore it's terms under a claim of "Free Speech" ? How about an enlistment contract with the Army? Can I fly a communist flag from my tank? Contracts define what your rights are in a given situation, most of the time you are signing your usual rights away when you sign one. These aren't "zoning laws", they are legal contracts between you and the Home Owner's Association. They keep out people who park old refrigerators out on the porch or who want to paint a swastika on their lawn. It's a good way to do it, you can pick and choose the kind of neighborhood you want to live in. This guy signed a contract prohibiting advertising on his vehicles. He needs to abide by it or go to court, the idea someone is "violating his rights" is ridiculous, he has a right to go live somewhere else where his behavior doesn't bother his neighbors.

aklim · #65 05-30-2009, 08:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Emmerich

Nowhere does it say he signed anything.

When you buy a house in an area with a HOA, you either sign it or you don't buy it. If you live there, you signed it.

Da Nag · #66 05-30-2009, 01:55 PM

How timely...

Just saw this linked to from another site...I just about bust a gut.

Without a doubt, the best response to an HOA demand I've seen.

mgburg · #67 05-31-2009, 12:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Da Nag

How timely... ... Just saw this linked to from another site...I just about bust a gut. ... Without a doubt, the best response to an HOA demand I've seen.

That was FAH! I would have said the dogs were "pending meals" and not pets at all...