[Towertalk] ABC Home Owners Assoc Expose

Richard M. Gillingham rmoodyg@concentric.net
Sat, 20 Apr 2002 21:13:11 -0400


Hmmm...  In the USA freedom of speach ends with the advocacy of 
the'violent' overthrow of the government...
Dunno if my use of English is correct there, but what the hey...

W4PJI

Chris BONDE wrote:

> I think Joe said what I wanted to say but better.  See his comments 
> below.  Mine are as follows:
>
> From my understanding of law (which is little and that is the way the 
> lawyers want it), that is the law of contract.  The only thing that I 
> know of that canot be contracted is something illegal and under duress.
>
> Building from that what great litigatious lawyer would defeat all 
> those CC&R contracts that are bordering on the illegal of ursurpering 
> your rights and to live there put you under duress?  Why does the 
> individual have to give up so many rights in order to have a home?  
> Look to what is said in you Freedoms thing.
>
> I am sure that in the USA the same thing happens as what is in Canada.
>
> JUDGES under pressure of rich lawyres make  laws, what you say, only 
> legislature can make laws.  Hey, judges can interpret the laws they 
> way they see fit.  I have observed such in Canada, and the USA, in my 
> humble opinion, is more litigation bound than any country that I know 
> of.  Money talks and big money talks big.
>
> I donot know what to do short of a revolution that was done long time 
> ago in the USA when the laws were too oppresive.
>
> WOW, what did I say?
>
> Chris opr VE7HCB
>
>
>
> At 11:25 AM 2002-04-20 -0400, Joe Subich, K4IK wrote:
>
>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Paul Christensen
>> > Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2002 10:34 AM
>> > To: Brian Hemmis; towertalk@contesting.com
>> > Subject: Re: [Towertalk] ABC Home Owners Assoc Expose
>> >
>> > Reform is a legislative issue, not a judicial issue regardless of
>> > the number of attorneys who sit in Congressional seats.  This is
>> > the reason why the FCC correctly deferred the ARRL's recent
>> > preemption petition to Congress...precisely where it belongs.
>>
>>
>> Paul,
>>
>> You're only partially correct (if I may argue with a lawyer on a legal
>> issue).  If the laws concerning Homeowner Associations (or private
>> contracts) permit actions which are unconstitutional ... limit
>> free speech (First Amendment) , due process (Fifth Amendment) rights
>> or are subject to federal preemption, e.g. interstate commerce (Article
>> 1, Section 8), then the reform becomes a judicial issue and the law(s)
>> in question must be struck down.
>>
>> While I support reasonable homeowner association rules, I believe anti-
>> antenna CC&Rs should be struck down as violative of (1) free speech
>> rights, (2) due process rights, and (3) improperly intruding into an
>> area of federal primacy (interstate/international commerce).
>>
>> There is a reason to call the judiciary (and thus the lawyers) to task
>> for allowing the homeowner association mess to continue unchecked.
>>
>> 73,
>>
>>    ... Joe, K4IK
>>
>>
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