By Connor Simpson | The Atlantic Wire
that sounds like a parody movie trailer. But unfortunately this is a real story based on real things that happened in real life instead of brilliant satire. The Washington Post has an amazing story about how an Obama lawn sign ignited an intense legal battle in a Virginia neighborhood.
Sam and Maria Farran put an Obama
election sign up in their yard leading up to the 2008 election. But
what seems like a harmless political statement allegedly violated the
stipulations of the homeowners association
that governs the sleepy Virginia neighborhood where they live. The
sign, it turns out, was four inches too tall. One particularly
overzealous neighbor filed a complaint with the association and the
Farrans were asked to take it down. Instead, they had a batter idea.
They cut the sign in half. The homeowners association didn't appreciate
the couples' humor, though, and fined them $900 for the infraction.
The association board believed
they were operating within Virgina law, but the Farrans saw this as a
violation of their free speech by a group of proto-communists trying to
run their neighborhood
like 1940s Russia. After the board rejected the couples' proposal for
roof and deck renovations under less than legitimate seeming
circumstances, the Farrans filed a lawsuit against the association. The
battle lines in the neighborhood were drawn. And these people take their legal battles very seriously:
The Farrans said HOA backers told them to move. They found bullets in their yard. Someone implored a priest at their church to prevail on the Farrans to stop the lawsuit. A local real estate agent said the infighting was scaring off some home buyers.What followed is a legal battle that's still ongoing, and a homeowners association that's been left bankrupt because of it. Is this homeowners association fight as interesting or flashy as the one that killed LA's 'House of Davids'? No, but it's still crazy. You can and should read the whole story over at the Washington Post.
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