SEMINOLE - Days after a Pinellas County homeowers' association sent out notices to people without brick mailboxes, someone set off an explosion destroying the HOA president's mailbox.
The incident happened today around 1:45 p.m. No one was hurt.
The home is in the Wind Tree Oaks subdivision along the 10100 block of Windtree Blvd in Seminole.
According to the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office, the management company of the Wind Tree Oaks homeowners' association sent out notices to people they say were not compliant with a requirement to have a brick mailbox.
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Looks like someone didn't take kindly to the notice and responded by using an IED on the HOA president's mailbox.
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Baghdad has weathered invasion, occupation, sectarian warfare and suicide bombers. But now it faces a new scourge: tastelessness.
Iraqi artists and architecture critics who shudder at each new pastel building blame a range of factors for Baghdad’s slide into tackiness: including corruption and government ineptitude, as well as everyday Iraqis who are trying to banish their grim past and are unaccustomed to having the freedom to choose any color they want.
“It’s happening because Iraqis want to get rid of the recent past,” said Caecilia Pieri, the author of “Baghdad Arts Deco: Architectural Brickwork 1920-1950.” “They see the colors as a way of expressing something new, but they don’t know which colors to use. The Arab mentality is that you have to be the owner of your building, and you do what you want with it. But there are no government regulations like in Paris or Rome. It’s anarchy of taste.”
For decades, Saddam Hussein’s government ruled over aesthetics in Iraq’s capital with the same grip it exercised over its people. A committee of artists, architects and designers approved the color of buildings as well as the placement of shrubs. With many beige brick buildings, and color used sparingly — most often on mosques — the city’s appearance was uniform and restrained.
- "As Baghdad Erupts in Riot of Color, Calls to Tone It Down"
New York Times. May 14, 2011
So what's the reaction from the folks who believe that the purpose of the right to keep and bear arms (RKBA) is to resist tyranny and oppression?
Does their philosophy justify armed resistance to privatized corporate governments, such as HOAs?
priceless comment from Fark:
2011-10-01 10:07:30 AM
That broken mailbox is an eyesore and not compliant with deed restrictions. Also, I see litter in the street. I hope somebody fines the HOA president to send a message that this careless attitude will not be tolerated.
While searching for other stories about this, I came across this comment at a Cal Guns discussion thread about last year's Michael Clauer case by someone posting under the screen name "Chaparral."
http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/showthread.php?t=317133
06-30-2010, 1:05 PM #16
Assuming everything in the story is true, the Cap'n might find an opportunity to apply some of the skills and techniques he saw over in the sandbox.
An IED by the HOA president's mailbox would be hilarious! Not that lil' old me would advocate something like that of course...I'm just sayin'
According to a 2007 survey by Service Magic, 19% of H.O.A. residents "have been in what they call a 'war' with their HOA."
That's over 10 million people (out of 60 million HOA residents).
What is your opinion of homeowners associations?
* They’re great 8%
* They’re okay 16%
* Minor annoyance 21%
* Major headache 48%
* No opinion 7%
"19% have been in what they call a 'war' with their HOA."
"54% of respondents said they’d rather live with a 'sloppy neighbor' than deal with an HOA."
"78% of those responding to the poll said they might consider NOT buying a home because it would be under the jurisdiction of an HOA."
7 years ago, on July 14, 2004, after an HOA secretary was shot to death, Evan McKenzie made a prediction regarding HOA-related violence:
"Horrible as it is to say this, I expect more of this sort of thing. It is getting harder to live outside CIDs because of the tremendous market dominance of common interest housing in new construction. Of course, nothing a condo board does would ever justify or excuse this sort of violence, but they often do things--rightly or wrongly--that send people into a flat spin. With millions of people getting conscripted into a style of life they don't understand and accept, the law of averages says that conflict, and often serious conflict, will result. Most of the time it is just cold stares and lawsuits. Occasionally something like this happens."
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