law suite against condo trustees is over

deduke1907 · #1 10-19-2009, 08:03 PM

well after all most 5 years i have reached a deal with the condo trustees over a dispute over my 20ft flag pole and the lien they put on my property. i was order to take down my 20 foot flag pole or face legal action. i refused and they hired a attorney who sent me a letter saying i had 10 days to lower my flag pole to 6 feet or they would fine me $100.00 a week fine. i lowered the flag pole to 6 feet. at the time my wife was suffering with kidney cancer from which she has since recovered from. then the trustees had the nerve to send me a nice size legal bill for the attorney writing the letter. they said you have 10 days to pay the bill which i refused. they then put a lien on my property and every month with interest the bill grew. at this time i filed a law suite against the condo trustees and when their attorney received his copy he bailed out because he didnt do court cases. after 3 years in the court system a settlement was reached. my flag pole with go back up to a height of 14 feet 5 inches. the lien will be removed at no cost to me. the legal fees and interest they tried to make me pay will be paid by the condo budget.
so i thought this was a good deal.

R-Tex · #2 10-19-2009, 08:08 PM

Way to go, deduke1907!

Congratulations!

gunsmith11 · #3 10-19-2009, 08:12 PM

remind me to never buy a condo

CAJUNLAWYER · #4 10-19-2009, 08:16 PM

Sounds like a GREAT deal. Not many people would stick it out like you did, I don't think I would. I salute you-you had the cojones to stick with your convictions, a trait sorely lacking in today's society. WELL DONE

jframe · #5 10-19-2009, 08:17 PM

Everybody says you can't beat the system. deduke, you've proved them wrong. With time and patience, even the mightiest will cave in to what's right. It's a damned shame that this ever came to this in the first place. If I were you, I'd probably look for another condo, and tell this bunch of sorry oxygen thiefs to stuff it. Way to go!

C/O · #6 10-19-2009, 08:20 PM

I will never buy into a HOA.

Jim Shugart · #7 10-19-2009, 08:26 PM

Congratulations Mike! It's awesome that you saw this through to the end.

Nice when the good guys win one!

-Jim

HAWKEYE10 · #8 10-19-2009, 08:27 PM

Nice job, you stood your ground. Don

pawncop · #9 10-19-2009, 08:31 PM

I want to commend you for standing up for your rights.

That is not an easy task in this day and age. It is far easier to give in, and allow your wants and desires to be dictated by those in power.

You are demonstrating the true American spirit in a time when so very manhy have forgotten what the real American spirit is really all about.

It is a sad commentary on how we have allowed small minded, stupid, pea brained administrative types to have so much power when they are truly incapable of thinking, only following stupid rules that they decide without input nor common sense.

I salute you and your spirit.

deduke1907 · #10 10-19-2009, 08:33 PM

[QUOTE=CAJUNLAWYER;1141659]Sounds like a GREAT deal. Not many people would stick it out like you did, I don't think I would. I salute you-you had the cojones to stick with your convictions, a trait sorely lacking in today's society. WELL DONE

[/QUOTE

thanks caj this means a lot coming from a person who knows how long the legal system can take.

i stuck with it for our troops in combat who are puting their lifes on the line for us back home

gizamo · #11 10-19-2009, 08:46 PM

Tell those SOB's that you fly that flag for those that fight under it. The ones that are sometimes shipped home with one on their coffins....

Tell those *** that that soldier who served and died under that flag, ~ is the one that insures their rights to make jackasses out of themselves, in court...

Well done Sir...

giz

oldfella · #12 10-19-2009, 08:56 PM

Great news, Duke - Pretty much the way it turned out with the fireman who refused to remove the flag from his locker, and got fired because of his refusal - The bosses and the city caved in under the national pressure and reinstated him and changed the stupid policy to read, remove every thing except the flag... don't mess with our flag!

Pete

elcruisr · #13 10-19-2009, 08:59 PM

Good for you! I'm glad you stuck it out.

tom turner · #14 10-19-2009, 11:03 PM

Great job! I'm proud to live in a country with men like you!!!

T.

tennexplorer · #15 10-19-2009, 11:34 PM

Hurrah! Hurrah! Hurrah! and Hurrah! Too bad you couldn't get them to let you put the head of the condo association president on the top of the pole.

jcliff1956 · #16 10-20-2009, 12:32 AM

Way to kick condo association butt.

samIam · #17 10-20-2009, 01:23 AM

Way to go deduke

ect1222t · #18 10-20-2009, 04:46 AM

I thank God that we still have men such as yourself. Way to go!!!

Babalooie · #19 10-20-2009, 04:58 AM

I remember this from the beginning. Glad you stuck it out and beat them at their own game.

Keep 'em flying!!!

66TAS · #20 10-20-2009, 05:58 AM

I too have been following this story. AWESOME outcome!! I admire you for sticking to your ideals and am glad it has worked out this way. How dare folks try to take down a proud and patriotic mans flag and then try to bully him into paying the lawyer bill for being done wrong!! Score one for the good guys!!

BarbC · #21 10-20-2009, 07:34 AM

Settlement? Sounds like a win!!

Good for you and congratulations on sticking to your principles!

Belfastman · #22 10-20-2009, 07:56 AM

Good for you mate served under same flag and I am proud of fellows like you.It is pretty sad that we have to go through things like this.I was born in United States and I thank God everyday

roarindan · #23 10-20-2009, 08:11 AM

great news!! thanks for being a real American and standing up for our Flag.

tyusclan · #24 10-20-2009, 08:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by C/O

I will never buy into a HOA.

I will never buy property with restrictions or covenants, period.

Congratulations, deduke, on sticking it out.

n4zov · #25 10-20-2009, 09:52 AM

Great job and hopefully the condo association got enough negative publicity from your fight that they will think twice before tackling another patriot!

paladin42 · #26 10-20-2009, 10:21 AM

I have to ask - why 14 feet 5 inches?

deduke1907 · #27 10-20-2009, 02:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by paladin42

I have to ask - why 14 feet 5 inches?

because i squeeze every inch i could out of the sob. (no really it has to do with the gold ball on top of the pole which is 5 inches)

PALADIN85020 · #28 10-20-2009, 02:14 PM

Duke,

Way to go, buddy. One man in the right makes a majority, and you stuck to that principle. We're proud of you!

oldRoger · #29 10-20-2009, 02:24 PM

Great work deDuke;
The shame in these cases is that payment of ALL of the costs isn't confined to the condo officers who blundered in the first place then kept up the nonsense. Instead all the homeowners get to share the cost.

bummer · #30 10-20-2009, 02:37 PM

Put it on a 5'7" base.

TACC1 · #31 10-20-2009, 08:55 PM

GOOD FOR YOU!! And it's also good as a precedent to other
"hate-America-first-ers.
Thank you for standing up. TACC1

VM · #32 10-20-2009, 09:00 PM

Congrats deduke!

mjr · #33 10-20-2009, 09:07 PM

Nice going, deduke!

RonJ · #34 10-20-2009, 09:20 PM

Congratulations Mike, Duke would be proud!

Rikkn · #35 10-20-2009, 09:34 PM

Nice job Duke.

mwtdvm · #36 10-20-2009, 11:30 PM

I think I suggested you got a BP cannon or Carbide cannon and at 4:30 did the "retreat ceremony".

YouTube - 1700 Local. Retreat.

notice that the korean flag lags slightly behind the American.

Will gladly contibute to the carbide/blackpowder cannon costs!

These "individuhals" need a daily reminder of their lack of moral character!!

Just my 0.02$ worth