Retired Marine Told To Remove 'Marine Stickers' From Car...

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YouTube - Retired Marine Told To Remove 'Marine Stickers' From Car

 

[akihabro]

Sick fucking HOA! I hope they find out who complained...sick! Someone needs a big punch in the face.

Does anyone live in a HOA neighborhood? Yes I've heard no individuality there. You need your cookie cutter houses to all look the same, go to sleep at 8 p.m, drive a Prius, have an Obama sticker, keep your grass perfectly green, etc. Sounds like communism to me. I'll be dammed if I live in a neighborhood that threatens your free speech.

I've seen enough of this on the web that I'm sure the inbox is crashed.

 

[Objectivist]

The saying goes "Once a Marine, always a Marine" WHen did that change and who wants to change it?

Semper Fi

 

[0zzy]

I cant watch it all hes no good at interviewing.

 

[Objectivist]

She lies at 2:19 and then Art Bradford lied numerous times, counting the part where he states he didn't know about the letter being sent and then later saying "WE" sent out the letter.

How about that asinine comment about rules? We gotta have dem rules don't ya know?

CNN is trying to hide their bias by showing a rather mundane story about a former Marine, instead of showing the success in Iraq or the soldier that was murdered by a muslim recently. They can say "We do positive stories about military personnel, SEE!"

 

[Brooklyn Red Leg]

Does anyone live in a HOA neighborhood?

Sadly. My parents had to cut down the fence to our backyard (where there is a pool) to 4ft from 6ft due to one of neighbors complaining that it blocked their view of the canal. This despite the fact that there were children in the neighborhood who could climb over a 4ft fence and drown in the pool. This despite the fact that 1 county over there is an ironclad rule that if you have a backyard pool, you MUST have it enclosed with a fence of not less than 6ft to keep children from getting into trouble and drowning in it.

After that, I swore if any neighborhood kid accidentally drown in the pool and my parents were charged with negligence, I would beat the living shit out of the people on that board that voted to make my parents cut down their fence.

 

[angelatc]

Sadly. My parents had to cut down the fence to our backyard (where there is a pool) to 4ft from 6ft due to one of neighbors complaining that it blocked their view of the canal. This despite the fact that there were children in the neighborhood who could climb over a 4ft fence and drown in the pool. This despite the fact that 1 county over there is an ironclad rule that if you have a backyard pool, you MUST have it enclosed with a fence of not less than 6ft to keep children from getting into trouble and drowning in it.

After that, I swore if any neighborhood kid accidentally drown in the pool and my parents were charged with negligence, I would beat the living shit out of the people on that board that voted to make my parents cut down their fence.

Your parents shouldn't live there if they don't like the rules. It is not uncommon for HOA's to have rules about blocking the view of the water.

 

[ceakins]

Home owners rules have been quashed many times, this is a clear violation of the 1st Amendment. My Dad lives in one of these stupid neighborhoods, he's a ham radio operator. They told him he couldn't have antennas. They were trumped by the FCC.

 

[ceakins]

Your parents shouldn't live there if they don't like the rules. It is not uncommon for HOA's to have rules about blocking the view of the water.

An HOA rule isn't law.

The law trumps HOA's.

 

[angelatc]

An HOA rule isn't law.

The law trumps HOA's.

Read it again - the law is one county over, not his county. I made that mistake when I read it the first time too.

 

[angelatc]

Home owners rules have been quashed many times, this is a clear violation of the 1st Amendment. My Dad lives in one of these stupid neighborhoods, he's a ham radio operator. They told him he couldn't have antennas. They were trumped by the FCC.

Thank heavens for big government!

 

[ceakins]

Thank heavens for big government!

So you think it's OK to tell people what to do on their private property? And that we should be able to suppress the constitution?

Not sure why you have a problem with the constitution, maybe China is a better fit for you.

 

[ceakins]

http://www.clickorlando.com/money/18419340/detail.html

Woman Suing HOA Over Marriage Rule
Mother Of 4 Says Covenant Discriminates

ORLANDO, Fla. -- An unmarried mother of four said she is filing a lawsuit against her former homeowners' association whose rules of only allowing married couples to own or rent homes in an east Orange County subdivision forced her out of her dream home.

Keri Holton told Local 6 News reporter Erik von Ancken that she feels the HOA that represents the gated subdivision called Rybolts Reserve discriminates against unmarried people.

"It's not so much about the money, because although it cost me financially, it cost me a lot personally," Holton said. "I want my children to know they were right, and the HOA that they were wrong, and when you're wrong, you have to admit to being wrong."

Holton, along with her four children and boyfriend of six years, moved into a home she rented on Unbridled Drive in January 2007.

"(Neighbors) were surprised that me and my boyfriend were able to live there without being married," Holton said.

"Did you know what they were talking about?" Local 6 News reporter von Ancken asked.

"No. I'm like, 'Why wouldn't we?' I've never had a problem living anywhere. He and I have been together for six years," Holton said.

Holton said they lived in the home for nearly a year before someone apparently went to the HOA and informed it that she was unmarried.

She said letters started arriving in the mail, telling her she had to move out of the subdivision.

"This one is the claim to keep my security deposit," Holton said while holding a letter from the HOA to the homeowner, who sent letters to Holton. "This says my lease was not and will not be approved because a single family consists of a married couple."

Holton said she never hid the fact that she was not married and did not know that the subdivision only allowed married couples to rent homes.

"I was just so frustrated and full of I don't even know what that I would cry and throw things," Holton said. "I started taking depression medication right after that for a couple of months. I started thinking that even in this country, anyone can do anything they want as long as they have more power than you."

The HOA covenanat says, "The word family shall mean one adult natural person together with that person's spouse," which is how the HOA enforces the rule banning gay couples, singles and roommates.

"When you signed the lease, did it say anything about this?" Von Ancken asked.

"No," she said.

Her lease said it was up to the homeowner, not the renter, to get approval from the HOA, but the homeowner did not care, harassing her to the point of embarrassment, Holton said.

Holton and her family left two weeks before the homeowner was ordered to appear for a hearing in front of the HOA.

"It felt like they did it after lying to me. It felt like 'you can come in, come in, now get out,'" Holton said.

Holton said boyfriend left her after the ordeal and she lost $3,000. She said it was hard explaining to her children that she was right even though the HOA was wrong.

"I just want them to understand (that) I didn't do anything illegal with them intentionally, I didn't do anything to mess up their lives intentionally," Holton said. "And everywhere I turn to get help to tell people this is what's going on and they shouldn't be able to do this, everybody was astounded, but nobody could help me."

Local 6 News first reported the HOA rule last month, and real estate agents trying to sell homes in the subdivision said they are losing out on commission, while homeowners are losing out on rent, because of the difficulty in finding qualified married couples.

The HOA refused to talk to Local 6 News, but some neighbors said the rule prevents the neighborhood, which is located near the University of Central Florida, from becoming populated by students.

Holton said she's been told that her only option is to sue the HOA.

"The court can declare the restrictive covenant is illegal or discriminatory or unreasonable, and that would get them the relief they wanted," real estate attorney Sarah Rumpf said.

The manager of the Orange County Division of Housing and Community Development said he will investigate the complaint.

 

[ewizacft]

Well first off, this is stupid.

 

[klamath]

Are HOA rules written into the people deeds when they buy the property? If it is the people were stupid enough to pay for property that didn't give them full rights and signed a contract acknowledging it.

 

[LibForestPaul]

Are HOA rules written into the people deeds when they buy the property? If it is the people were stupid enough to pay for property that didn't give them full rights and signed a contract acknowledging it.

What if the state was denying or blocking requests for development of non-HOA properties? i.e. States letting people choose between a home in HOA development, or rent?

 

[phill4paul]

In this tight market anyone buying into an H.O.A. needs to negotiate. Are their property values dropping because no one is buying? Yes. Liberty minded individuals thinking about buying property that is under H.O.A. rules need to negotiate BEFORE purchase.

My dad, a retired Air Force Senior Master E-9, put up a u.S. flag. Made a nice cement footer. Only 8 foot high. Not obnoxious to any individual that understands where he has been and what he has done. Korea was cold!

A neighbor, who I unfortunately haven't met, is a Viet Vet. Mounted a M.I.A. flag on his house.

Long story,short, they know they will loose. They know the contract is what it is, but who spends the time to read a phone book worth of rules?

Buyer beware!

 

[klamath]

What if the state was denying or blocking requests for development of non-HOA properties? i.e. States letting people choose between a home in HOA development, or rent?

That is really a problem with the state and I would never endorse that. I have always hated the idea of HOA properties but all the people that I know that live there wanted the security and controls. They felt their home values would stay safe from a neighbor painting his house a unattractive color. Ugh!!! just the thought of living in a community like that gives me shivers.

 

[ceakins]

That is really a problem with the state and I would never endorse that. I have always hated the idea of HOA properties but all the people that I know that live there wanted the security and controls. They felt their home values would stay safe from a neighbor painting his house a unattractive color. Ugh!!! just the thought of living in a community like that gives me shivers.

I'd like to see a place that requires you to have a fire arm.

 

[andrewh817]

What the fuck is that HOA guy talking about? I don't think he made a single point that wasn't refuted.......the other cars had 1 Obama sticker, that's beside the point you fucking idiot! No stickers at all, or fuck off.