Posted on 05/28/2009 7:19:07 PM PDT by Marechal
DALLAS - Frank Larison is a disabled veteran with more than 14 years of service, including more than a year of combat duty in Vietnam.
The 58-year-old former Marine now finds himself under attack by his Dallas homeowners association for displaying seven decals on his vehicle supporting the Marine Corps.
"To me, it's being patriotic, and it shows that I served," the veteran told FOX 4.
The board says the decals are advertisements that violate HOA rules, and must be covered or removed.
Otherwise, the homeowners association for The Woodlands II on The Creek --- where Larimore has lived for eight years --- says in a letter it will tow the car at Larimore's expense. The board also threatens to fine him $50 for any future incident.
Larimore says the decals, ranging from the Marine emblem to Semper Fi slogans, aren't advertisements for anything. "You can't buy freedom," he reasoned.
Some neighbors are outraged.
"That is his identity," said neighbor Mary Castagna. "He goes to a lot of the veteran meetings, and it means a lot to him. Everyone else agrees with it; it doesn't bother anybody."
"He's in the Marines, and he's proud of it, and I don't blame him," said neighbor Paul Hardy. "If I'd gone through what he's gone through, I'd be kind of proud of it myself."
The letter from the board states you can't have any form of advertisement anywhere on your car on your property. FOX 4 cameras spotted bumper stickers for political parties, health causes, and other non-commercial interests on the property as well.
One board member said he was unaware the HOA presidents sent the letter and did not know of any issue with Larimore's vehicle.
"I will be looking into it," said board member Art Bradford. "I didn't know anything about this. I haven't seen this."
The board president was out of town and unavailable. The condo management company did not want to comment.
I’ve argued till I was blue in the face about how they violate all that we hold dear regarding private property. A lot of people don’t care because they delude themselves into believing it protects the value of their house.
I’d tell that HOA that if any of them felt like they were man enough they could come to my house and try and remove those bumber stickers.
Something tells me the HOA is about to receive a lot of negative publicity.
Are they going to also make him take the bow tie off of his Chevy?
They are a blight on America's landscape; it is they who offend.
Can there be any doubt as to the sickness, that is Liberalism? Good Grief, America. . .come to your senses!
Condominiums can be great, so long as Condo-Nazis don’t take over.
he needs to immediately contact his local Marine Corps league
He can get round the clock protection for his car in 6 hours after that.
Also, how many HOA’s have the right to tow vehicles? If the vehicle is parked on the Vets property, I think the vet would be within his rights to protect his property!
Also, a preemptive strike, a letter or injunction against all local tow companies, might be in order here!
Hasn't done a very good job in the last couple of years, has it.
Good to know.
I thought Oba-Hussein might be the reason for the first shot of the new Civil War but it could be the the HOA (sounds the way it should, for a Marine cheer and also a shorter derrogative way to describe the association, too).
Gee, why didn't they go in person?
Wuss bunnies
You should also note that’s a PERFECT opportunity to exercise your right to defend yourself and your property... as you’re cleaning a gun.
Many hard core liberals simply do not understand property rights, self determination and the basic boundries needed by human beings.
I’ve seen some board members over the years go pretty overboard with wanting to enforce “rules” that WAY over way over the line. In most cases other board members check them with a reasonable perspective
In this case, it looks like the management company rep. and the President tried to get cute without board approval. Both should be summarily expelled from their duties and the management company should be disciplined by their state regulatory agencies and condemned by their business associations.
Sadly, everyone in the Association, and perhaps in HOA’s across the state later on, will suffer as a result if this idiot, moronic move.
During the years I was a Realtor, I recommended my clients avoid developments that have HOAs. If they insisted on living there, I insisted they carefully read the HOA by-laws. In VA, they’re required to be in the hands of the buyer within 72 hours of contract ratification.
Liberal totalitarian bastards are hiding under their beds.
Right there with you. The HOA in my area is giving my next door neighbor a hard time over his work truck being parked in his driveway. (he’s an electrician) Its a full sized van with roof racks - doesn’t fit in his garage. It’s a nice truck, I don’t see why anyone complains. If the HOA keeps up, I’m going to tell him to park it in my driveway a couple of nights a week. Then he can tell them it is no longer “permanently” parked in his driveway. They have to allow temporary parking of work trucks or nothing would ever get done. :-)
Nazis all.
I hear you. The subdivision I live in originally began an HOA, but never elected any governing members, and did not develop any charter or other governing rules. That was years before I moved into the area. I had my 5th wheel parked in front of my home for a short period after first obtaining it (I inherited it after my father’s death from a motor cycle accident). We were looking around for place to rent storage, which took a few days. A couple of neighbors got together and tried to force me to move it by putting an HOA letter in my mailbox that threatened me with legal action. I parked the 5th wheel directly in front of her home for most of a day, and then took it to the storage place. She nearly had a cow when she came home to find it in front of her house.
My thoughts exactly...
I would want the HOA rules before I would even consider a purchase.
Here’s your HOA President-not surprising, she’s a DNC contributor. I’m going to give this bitch hell and I encourage everyone to follow.
Woodlands on the Creek II
Royal/Fair Oaks Crossing
104 Homes
President – Darenda Hardy
hardyd4099@aol.com
http://fundrace.huffingtonpost.com/neighbors.php/neighbors.php?type=name&lname=Hardy&fname=Darenda+A
no
no
no
HOO-AH is Army
OOH-RUH! is Marine
That HOA is going to find some OOH-RUH’s going their way!!
Pleasure to see you again today!!
I’ve been doing some research on this Darenda Hardy character. Donates to the DNC. Appears to be a retired attorney. And possibly past President of Continental Airlines Flight Attendant Union during the 70s. Looks like a typical big time RAT.
http://www.nlc.edu/newStudents/Ed_Planning/Narrative_files/SAMPLE%20NARRATIVE.pdf
When I received a threatening letter for moving a bush without their blessing, I started parting out junk cars in front of my house.
Always gone within 48 hours of course...hehehe.
After a few of those, nobody said a word when I landscaped after that.
Effing Nazis.
Banning advertisements on cars means you can’t drive around with a pizza parlor sign on top of your car. If a bumper sticker is an advertisement, I guess they’d better tow all the cars with Obama bumper stickers on them right now.... at the HOA’s expense. Where’s the ACLU??? Aren’t this poor guys civil liberties being trampled? I try to consider myself a moderate but I am SICK TO DEATH of the excesses of mindless liberals.
I will gladly contribute to his legal fees to fight this. If anyone knows him please tell him to contact conservative gear.
Semper Fi
First they came for the Pro-Life Catholics and I did not speak out because I was not a Pro-Life or Catholic. Then they came for the Evangelical Home-Schoolers and I did not speak out because I was not an Evangelicalnor nor did I home school. Then they came for the Veterans and the Gun Owners and I did not speak out because I was not a Veteran and I did not own a gun. They kept coming and soon took away many of my neighbors and I stood by and said nothing, I only worried each time that they had come for me, but they did not. Finally there came a time when they stopped coming and I and the few neighbors who were also spared gathered to discuss how relieved we were that the troubles now seemed to be over and how lucky we were not to have been taken away. And we rejoiced that we had been spared until one neighbor pointed out: “They have no need to come for those who are obedient slaves.”
there are a lot of HOA’s that do not allow trucks or work vehicles in driveways. Its that crazy
I have heard of HOAs that do not allow cars parked in driveways...they have to be in garages. does he have one? can he keep his truck in there? and why should ANYONE have any signs, you can’t just pick on one guy.
I think we should all give her a word or two
I emailed her, called her a fascist
hardy4099@aol.com bounced back at me
Pretty sure this scumbag’s email is full.
What's the only difference between and HOA member a Nazi? Their shoes.
I got an automated reply saying she's away until June 13th. Boy is she going to find a lot of mail when she returns!
Just some two cents worth from a retired USN man. It’s obvious some HOAs are run by power crazed nut cases. Almost always hard core leftists. I think the marine should buy a speaker and attach it to his roof. Then drive over to the mini Hitlers house and blast out the Marine Hymn at max volume. Around 4 AM would be a good start. Two or three times a day should get their attention. Next he should buy a USMC flag and fly it from his house. These HOA megalomaniacs make me want to vomit.
Supporters of so-called homeowners’ associations are anti-American. They are enemies against our Constitution. Approximately 205,000 properties of about 50 million Americans are controlled by HOA gangs. Most of the illegitimate contracts are created by the enemy with new developments—not by owners of properties in agreement with each another.
For most of you, there are only three main choices: unwillingly submitting to the anti-American contracts in order to own property, renting from the typically liberal, anti-American landladies, or doing something to nullify the wrongful deeds of HOAs.
As for the lazy, anti-American gangs against property rights, there are other ways for them to pay others to work for them. They will not continue to use anti-constitutional, criminal methods to control or steal the properties of your neighbors.
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