Petty dictators
Power corrupts. Even the power of citizen democracy corrupts: Home Owners Association demands ex-marine scrape semper-fi sticker off his car or else…
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. ~myfoxhouston.com
This might be funny if it weren’t a less frequent story. There are numerous examples of this kind of Home Owners Association abuse all across the country.
- A Homeowners Association in Scottsdale, Arizona is prohibiting a Vet from flying the American flag in front of her home
- Subdivision bans peace sign Christmas wreath. Homeowners association threatens to impose $25-a-day fine
- Judge rebukes lawyer in HOA foreclosure
- a homeowner whose association tried to force her to replace the trim on her house AFTER they approved it..at a cost of nearly $18,000
What is more important is the example it sets for us in how ‘citizen democracy’ could look in our near future. Progressives and the left seem particularly enamored of the idea of citizen boards and committees dispensing progressive democracy and governing all aspects of our lives.
There is no shortage of zealots willing to take on the burden of governing the unwashed masses. We are already seeing the ‘grassroots’ organizations that could be controlling our lives in order to ‘combat’ urban sprawl and provide social justice. Groups like ACORN are being funded with billions of dollars by Obama and the Democrats. Something like the communal councils in Venezuela. You know, ‘Reconfiguring democracy‘. Sounds like transformation to me.
Petty dictators…
Power corrupts. Even the power of citizen democracy corrupts: Home Owners Association demands ex-marine scrape semper-fi sticker off his car or else………