[biker1]

Since enforcement of the deed restrictions is complaint driven, unless you invite someone into your home and they see the third fish you are probably good to go ;-)

Originally Posted by Rapscallion St Croix

Should interpret my deed restrictions to mean that I really can only have two fish in my aquarium and comply, or should I be a scofflaw and sneak a third one in under the radar?

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by dbussone

I don't have a cross in my yard. Mine is in my home & heart.


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We don't either. We have three very small ceramic gecko's hidden on a ledge under a bush that were made by our resident artist Helene. The real gecko's sit on them...

until the snake comes. I think there is a religious allegory there somewhere.....

[Challenger]

Originally Posted by dbussone

I don't have a cross in my yard. Mine is in my home & heart.


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The more appropriate location.

[New Englander]

Originally Posted by Challenger

The more appropriate location.

I agree.

[quietBern]

I notice this thread is about placing various articles in the landscaping in the front of the house. Do the same rules apply to the rear of the property? What about if the back of your house faces the street?

[EnglishJW]

Originally Posted by Kazmi

Instead of depending on the complaint system just level the playing field by enforcing this across the board. We signed our deed when we bought. Stick to the deal you willingly signed. Do I mind a cross - absolutely not. Do I mind metal birds, etc. Nope. I do mind though the petty bickering and lawn ornament police. Just make it fair and stop pitting neighbor (or non-neighbor) and against neighbor who can't stick to the rules.

I would love to see it work this way too.

[Challenger]

Originally Posted by EnglishJW

I would love to see it work this way too.

Yes

[graciegirl]

The Villages have tried to stay out of these kinds of situations where THEY are left to decide what is bothering people and to levy fees and fines. AND...If this was a manned job..then it would require remuneration to the hunter of restriction rule breakers...and his/her riding around in a car and that my friends is where all those taxes get raised or fees get heisted up and that is when the real bitching begins. If you are annoyed report them. Anonymously. They shouldn't have done it and if they figure out you dropped the dime. Well, there you are.

Gracie the fiscal conservative.

[Barefoot]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

If you are annoyed report them. Anonymously. They shouldn't have done it and if they figure out you dropped the dime. Well, there you are.
Gracie the fiscal conservative.

with Gracie.
Fine to say "enforce this across the board", but I think residents would be incensed by an increased amenity fee to enforce this.
68 posts later and I don't think any poster has YET convinced another poster to switch sides. An impasse.

[Bavarian]

This fight over the small White Crosses is what started the Lutherens, of which I am not, in Frankenmuth to start the campaign.

Want to see Burgas, go to Bad Toelz, only one so far. We sent them to Fr. Merkel.

[Chi33]

Be respectful, just shape a hedge into a cross.

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by Bavarian

This fight over the small White Crosses is what started the Lutherens, of which I am not, in Frankenmuth to start the campaign.

Want to see Burgas, go to Bad Toelz, only one so far. We sent them to Fr. Merkel.

Lutherans. I think it was more than that.

[dbussone]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

Lutherans. I think it was more than that.

Shhhh! (he's German GG, don't get him upset) And please don't let him know he misspelled Lutheran.

But I admit he does make fine cars.


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[John_W]

There was one time about 1986 I saw a cross and it was scary. I was driving into Chapel Hill, NC about 10:00 at night. I was to pick up a bicycle I had ordered from Performance Bikes. After you get off I-95 it's just 2 lane country roads until you get to town. Just a couple of miles before Chapel Hill, home to a huge university, I saw about a 10' tall burning cross. I didn't slow down to take a good look. I caught the news that night on TV and it was the KKK having some fun. It was scary to me, I hate to think what a black person felt like.

[Edjkoz]

Originally Posted by gordon82

it doesn't matter one bit if you find it offensive, or what most people prefer. If you want to take the deeds argument, then fine. All yard art should be removed. Short of that, a small white cross is not different than anything else that identifies someone as being part of a group (a patriots fan, a wisconsin resident, etc.). Your idea of what is in good taste, or my idea of what is in good taste, is not at issue. We're talking about a one foot high white cross, which is much smaller than most other things found in people's front yards in the villages.

I'm glad you see defiance. I don't have one of those crosses, but if i did i would refuse to remove it. I'm tired of people thinking they have a right to not be offended at someone else's beliefs or opinions to the point of casually throwing away the right of free speech and expression. Should people with a cross on their driveway or lamppost sign be forced to remove those because you are offended? Apparently so, since you don't want to see anything religious when passing someone else's property.

Again, if the villages wants to take the deed restriction to 100% enforcement, that is fine. But it is not fine to selectively enforce it against yard art that is religious in nature.

bravo!