Friday, September 12, 2003
 
Homeowners' Collective Overwhelms an Individual, Again

Drudge linked to this story about a home owner in Florida whose house is being stripped from him because he violated the local home owners' collective by putting up a flag pole. Now that the court wrangling is done, it's time for some house rustling to pay for the bills.

Whereas everyone else seems to be focused on the "damn commies took away his flag!" aspect, it might be worthwhile to note the deeper erosion of human rights, that is, a property rights. To quote the self-satisfied snake from the home owner's collective:
    West Palm Beach attorney Steven Selz, who represents the homeowners association, said the ruling makes sense.

    "There has to be a way to give the association a right to enforce its claims on the property," he said.
Remember, the homeowners' collective only has its freedom to infringe upon a man's land only until the municipality decides your puny property taxes are no match for big box sales taxes, werd, and then you, too, get to ride the slippery slope from the recognition of individual property rights into statist security.

- posted by Brian J. @ 7:38 PM
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