Post subject: $25 a day fine for peace sign xmas wreath
Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 12:10 am
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Peace on earth? Not in our subdivision!
POSTED: 2:02 p.m. EST, November 27, 2006
DENVER, Colorado (AP) -- A homeowners' association in southwestern Colorado has threatened to fine a resident $25 a day until she removes a Christmas wreath with a peace sign that some say is an anti-Iraq war protest or a symbol of Satan.
Some residents who have complained have children serving in Iraq, said Bob Kearns, president of the Loma Linda Homeowners Association in Pagosa Springs.
He said some residents believed the wreath was a symbol of Satan. Three or four residents complained, he said.
"Somebody could put up signs that say drop bombs on Iraq. If you let one go up you have to let them all go up," he said in a telephone interview Sunday.
Lisa Jensen said she wasn't thinking of the war when she hung the wreath. She said, "Peace is way bigger than not being at war. This is a spiritual thing."
Jensen, a past association president, calculates the fines will cost her about $1,000, and doubts they will be able to make her pay. But she said she's not going to take it down until after Christmas.
"Now that it has come to this I feel I can't get bullied," she said. "What if they don't like my Santa Claus?"
The association in this 200-home subdivision 270 miles southwest of Denver has sent a letter to her saying that residents were offended by the sign and the board "will not allow signs, flags etc. that can be considered divisive."
The subdivision's rules say no signs, billboards or advertising are permitted without the consent of the architectural control committee.
Kearns ordered the committee to require Jensen to remove the wreath, but members refused after concluding that it was merely a seasonal symbol that didn't say anything.
Kearns fired all five committee members.
Copyright 2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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she should replace it with a hanging effigy of george bush or something similar.
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Post subject: Re: $25 a day fine for peace sign xmas wreath
Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 12:30 am
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glorified_version wrote:
Peace on earth? Not in our subdivision! POSTED: 2:02 p.m. EST, November 27, 2006
DENVER, Colorado (AP) -- A homeowners' association in southwestern Colorado has threatened to fine a resident $25 a day until she removes a Christmas wreath with a peace sign that some say is an anti-Iraq war protest or a symbol of Satan.
Some residents who have complained have children serving in Iraq, said Bob Kearns, president of the Loma Linda Homeowners Association in Pagosa Springs.
He said some residents believed the wreath was a symbol of Satan. Three or four residents complained, he said.
"Somebody could put up signs that say drop bombs on Iraq. If you let one go up you have to let them all go up," he said in a telephone interview Sunday.
Lisa Jensen said she wasn't thinking of the war when she hung the wreath. She said, "Peace is way bigger than not being at war. This is a spiritual thing."
Jensen, a past association president, calculates the fines will cost her about $1,000, and doubts they will be able to make her pay. But she said she's not going to take it down until after Christmas.
"Now that it has come to this I feel I can't get bullied," she said. "What if they don't like my Santa Claus?"
The association in this 200-home subdivision 270 miles southwest of Denver has sent a letter to her saying that residents were offended by the sign and the board "will not allow signs, flags etc. that can be considered divisive."
The subdivision's rules say no signs, billboards or advertising are permitted without the consent of the architectural control committee.
Kearns ordered the committee to require Jensen to remove the wreath, but members refused after concluding that it was merely a seasonal symbol that didn't say anything.
Kearns fired all five committee members.
Copyright 2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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i would love to get this associations address and phone #, and Mr. Kearns as well
people are fucking unreal, trying to fine someone for a peace sign?
the funny argument he makes is "some people have children in iraq"...yeah, no shit. so shouldnt they want fucking peace? jackass!
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Post subject: Re: $25 a day fine for peace sign xmas wreath
Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 3:22 am
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my2hands wrote:
i would love to get this associations address and phone #, and Mr. Kearns as well
There is one Robert Kearns listed in Pagosa Springs, Colorado.
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Kearns ordered the committee to require Jensen to remove the wreath, but members refused after concluding that it was merely a seasonal symbol that didn't say anything.
Kearns fired all five committee members.
Look at this guy totally drunk off of his measly little bit of power. He must be about 4'10".
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Homeowners associations, are for lack of a better term, 'a fucking homo'. If you want your cookie cutter house, you best be prepared to pay with your soul.
I read this in the paper and I was pretty disturbed. Well actually that happens when I read the paper most days, so now I like to stick to the History Channel magazine.
If something like this happened in Colorado, I can't even imagine what would happen in Texas
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