[MS.BEHAVIN]

For crying out loud..
What has happened to the heart of America?
This man fights for us, we are lucky he made it back.
Can they not do this one small thing for him?

[FrdmLvr]

A $1400 tree house? When we were kids, we just found some old lumber in our garages and brought it all over to our house from around the neighborhood and built it in our apple tree. That said, WTF? A PERMIT for a tree house? What is this world coming to?

[Shimmer1]

Let the kids have the damn treehouse! Do it for the chirren!

[Sans-Culotte]

He should just tear it down and not get screwed out of any more money. How dare he think he could do something so provocative as build a treehouse? I just hope he does not let the boys open a lemonade stand without a permit!

[scottteng]

Come the revolution there should be a special firing squad for zoning officials and building inspectors.

[Beowulf9]

Guy tries to do something nice for his boys and gets a visit from the 'treeNazi's'.

[truthguy]

Pictures, need pictures of the tree house.

[Clintonfatigued]

Good grief, with all the problems this country faces, some busybodies have nothing better to do with their time than this. Libertarians ought to tell them to mind their own damned business! The treehouse isn’t hurting anybody.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Hey! This is Amerika! Everyone knows you can’t build a tree house for your kids in Amerika!!!

[Professional Engineer]

Fairfax Co. figures. I hate dealing with those idiots.

[Jack Deth]

Chris Plante was all over this story on his morning talk radio show on WMAL 630 AM/105.9 FM late last week.

Sound about par for the course for Fairfax County.

Prince George’s County, MD would have fined the dad into the Stone Age before the first planks were nailed in place.

Hope the dad wins.

Jack.

[NCDave]

They gave him bad info on needing a permit, ergo, YOUR FAULT!!! Leave(pun) the man alone, just leave him alone...

[sarasmom]

A picture of the tree house would be a nice touch, wouldn’t it?
Nothing available at the linked article ...
I wonder why not?

[jwalsh07]

And you thought you owned your property, didn’t you?

[LostInBayport]

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again...liberals hate children, they hate the innocence of childhood and the freedom and wonder it holds.

[terycarl]

I have lived in Waukesha and Milwaukee Wis, Indianapolis and Logansport, Indiana....plus a few other places.I have sided a couple of buildings, built a 60X100 business building, numerous storage sheds, a garage, roofed several buildings, did numerous remodeling (interior) jobs, tore down several out buildings etc. etc. and NEVER applied for a “building permit” I don’t need my community’s “permission” to do anything

[TigersEye]

In the meantime, Grapin has had to pay nearly $1,800 in permits and fees to build the $1,400 tree house.

If they make him take it down they should give back all of his money. But you know they won't.

[org.whodat]

Man, buy a boat, take them fishing.

[LoneRangerMassachusetts]

I live in an overwhelming liberal town in Massachusetts, votes 3 to 2 Democrats to Republicans. There are two tree houses within a hundred yards of me. They have been their for years. No one is demanding they be taken down. What's happening with the rest of the country?