Colonel Van T. Barfort needs our help

[Badd]

This was post on Pirate4x4 . I thought you guys might like to see it .

Colonel Van T. Barfort, 90, from Richmond VA is being ordered by his homeowner association to remove the flag pole on his property.
Did you miss it? Look at the Colonel’s picture again. See what’s hanging around his neck? Yep.
The Congressional Medal of Honor.
“The decorated veteran of three wars, now 90 years old, raises the American flag every morning on the pole, then lowers and folds the flag at dusk each day in a three-corner military fashion.”
You pissed yet? If not. Leave. Immediately.
From the Richmond Times Dispatch:
In a priority mail letter, the Coates & Davenport law firm in Richmond is ordering Barfoot to remove the pole by 5 p.m. Friday or face “legal action being brought to enforce the Covenants and Restrictions against you.” The letter states that Barfoot will be subject to paying all legal fees and costs in any successful legal proceeding pursued by the homeowner association’s board.
Barfoot lives in the Sussex Square community in far western Henrico; its board of directors rejected a plea from Barfoot in July to approve the pole, disallowing the fixture on aesthetic grounds.
You can read the entire article from the Richmond Times Dispatch here.
So here is what all of us need to do for Colonel Barfoot. It is the very least we can do for him in return for his heroic service, sacrifice, and patriotism for us all.
Call and or fax Coates & Davenport, the law firm representing the home owner association.
FLOOD THEM WITH CALLS!!
Coates & Davenport
5206 Markel Road, Suite 200
Richmond VA 23230
Toll Free: (800) 450-8311
Local Phone: (804) 285-7000
General Fax: (804) 285-2849
Real Estate Fax: (804) 285-3426
You can also visit their site and send them a message http://www.coateslaw.com/CM/Custom/Contact.asp.
Please spread this around like wildfire!
If anyone has the contact info for the homeowner association please put it up and I’ll put it in the post directly.
In closing, I’ll leave you with a quote from the Colonel’s daughter Margaret:
“Dad sort of feels like this is the end.”

 

[JeepinOR]

Message sent to the law firm...but why aren't we contacting the HOA? The firm is just doing the job they were hired to do. It's those asshole-advisors at the HOA that need to be beat. What's their contact info?

EDIT: here's where you can contact the Sussex Community, where he lives: http://www.richmondvatownhouses.com/contact.aspx
EDIT EDIT: supposedly, the link I listed for "the Sussex Square Community is not affiliated to the Sussex Square HOA in anyway." Hmmm.

 

[Badd]

Message sent to the law firm...but why aren't we contacting the HOA? The firm is just doing the job they were hired to do. It's those asshole-advisors at the HOA that need to be beat. What's their contact info?

No one has posted that info in the thread on Pirate . Here is a link to the thread on Pirate . http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=842292


Edit: After reading the thread there is some info on the HOM in the thread .
Sussex Square Services is the HOA.

Here are the officers per public records:
GLENN WILSON PRESIDENT
11800 N Downs Sq
Henrico, VA 23238-3474
(804) 741-9160

ANN WILLIAMS SECRETARY
MARTHA G MIDDLETON TREASURER
EVELYN L WILSON DIRECTOR

Ann Williams:
11801 Sussex Square Dr
Richmond, VA 23238-3434
Henrico County
804-741-0881

Martha G Middleton:
11808 ROCHAMPTON SQ
RICHMOND, VA 23238-3433
HENRICO COUNTY
804-750-1925

Evelyn L Wilson –– spouse of Glenn the director:
11800 N DOWNS SQ
RICHMOND, VA 23238-3474
HENRICO COUNTY
804-741-9160

 

[Duuuuuuuude]

Message sent to the law firm...but why aren't we contacting the HOA? The firm is just doing the job they were hired to do. It's those asshole-advisors at the HOA that need to be beat. What's their contact info?

EDIT: here's where you can contact the Sussexx Community, where he lives: http://www.richmondvatownhouses.com/contact.aspx

Fawkin' HOA's. Buncha Nazi's...:evil:

 

[rugerboy]

Message sent to the law firm...but why aren't we contacting the HOA? The firm is just doing the job they were hired to do. It's those asshole-advisors at the HOA that need to be beat. What's their contact info?

EDIT: here's where you can contact the Sussex Community, where he lives: http://www.richmondvatownhouses.com/contact.aspx

Leave messages with both places - it's quick and easy and they ask for very little info.

:mrgreen: just fired off a polite but nasty note to them...... send it and it said they will respond soon.....:lmao:

 

[C*H*U*D]

EDIT: here's where you can contact the Sussex Community, where he lives: http://www.richmondvatownhouses.com/contact.aspx

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Actually if you look on their home page, there is a link to this:

http://www.richmondvatownhouses.com/richmond-townhouse-news.aspx

Seems like they have recieved quite a few emails already!! I can't find anything else on them.

My question is since they claim aesthetic reasons for removing the pole, who's making the decision on what is, or is not acceptable for viewing? If that was my HOA, I'd contact every neighbor under the HOA and get them to demand the lawsuit be terminated. HOA board members are voted in by the people in the HOA (that's how it works for mine). The way I see it, they serve those people and majority vote wins. Where are this guys neighbors?!?


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[rugerboy]

Fawkin' HOA's. Buncha Nazi's...:evil:

X2 duuuuuuuuuude

I dont have one, but the city of citrus heights is trying to make one and I'm fightin tooth and nail!!!

THE CITY OF CITRUS HEIGHTS!!!

 

[Badd]

check this out
http://www.wric.com/global/video/fl... Flagpole&flvUri=&partnerclipid=&rnd=35273552

 

[constantmotion]

Not to take up for the HOA, but he did bring this on himself. He was advised that erecting the pole was against the rules. I agree there should be an exception placed just b/c he is a Medal of Honor War Hero and 90 yrs old.

A Richmond law firm, Marchant, Honey & Baldwin, offered yesterday to represent Barfoot at no cost.

 

[JeepinOR]

check this out
http://www.wric.com/global/video/fl... Flagpole&flvUri=&partnerclipid=&rnd=35273552

Hmm. I wonder if that's true. Either way, the HOA is going to hear about it. :mrgreen:


Thanks for the other info as well, Badd. "thumbsup"

 

[montana.matt]

Fawkin' HOA's. Buncha Nazi's...:evil:

X3...... Fawkers

 

[Duuuuuuuude]

My question is since they claim aesthetic reasons for removing the pole, who's making the decision on what is, or is not acceptable for viewing?

His HOA's rules may be different, but I know alot of the ones in the Phoenix area had a rule that if it wasn't in the builders/landscapers plan, its not allowed.

A few years ago there was a story that actually made front page in the newspaper there about somebody who put a sitting bench just off of thier front porch. The HOA Nazi's came down hard on them with a rediculous amount of fines. His neighbor had one just of of his porch, but since it was in the build plan there was no problem.

Some even regulate your landscaping in the front yard. If the house was build with X amount of trees or bushes and X amount of sq ft of grass or rock, you couldn't change it without getting fined.

Some will go as far as what you do in the back yard as well. I was helping my bro-in-law sod his back yard when the head of the HOA came by and asked if he had a permit to be doing that. :shock:

HOA's in some developements can also evict you from your own house if you leave your fines unpaid.

 

[HomerJ]

After reading the Federal law on it linked in the pirate thread, I think he's going to be just fine. Having said that though, Homeowners associations can be both a blessing and a curse. They are implemented to keep out the stupid stuff like Bubba bringing in a car and setting it on blocks in his front yard in a nice neighborhood. But also, they can be fawkin horrid when the idiots become the ones in charge of it, or someone collectively disliked by the members of the assoc. does something that even skirts the rules. They are designed to protect the look of a neighborhood, but more often than not, they seem to cause more drama than they solve... :|

 

[BLOODBANE]

He is a CMoH winner. He should be able to fly the flag(of any size) any way he sees fit. His blood(and the blood of his generation) are coloring the flag:evil:

 

[constantmotion]

UPDATE:

The Home Owner's Association has dropped the request from him to remove it.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,579773,00.html

 

[procraft98]

UPDATE:

The Home Owner's Association has dropped the request from him to remove it.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,579773,00.html

AWESOME TO SEE "thumbsup"

HOA's are becoming too liberal like our government! I say unless they are paying your morgate.....tell them to F* off!!!!

His picture, along with many others, needs to be put next the definition of a REAL FAN OF AMERICA!!!! God bless him!! I love driving to work every morning and seeing the American Flags flying high!!! Does our constitution not mean anything to anyone anymore???!!!

Life liberty and the pursuit of happiness!!! I'm glad he gets to stay happy and raise and lower one of the symbols of AMERICA!!!

 

[team3six]

Not to take up for the HOA, but he did bring this on himself. He was advised that erecting the pole was against the rules. I agree there should be an exception placed just b/c he is a Medal of Honor War Hero and 90 yrs old.

A Richmond law firm, Marchant, Honey & Baldwin, offered yesterday to represent Barfoot at no cost.

Well thats good that they dropped the case, too bad I didnt read it at the end because I immediately emailed the attorney's

All I have to say it this. it doesnt matter if your a Rep. or a Dem. This man is a Medal of Honor War Hero.
He can take a dump on my livingroom floor and I will let him do it for what he edured to get that honor of having that medal presented to him. End of story!

 

[procraft98]

All I have to say it this. it doesnt matter if your a Rep. or a Dem. This man is a Medal of Honor War Hero.
He can take a dump on my livingroom floor and I will let him do it for what he edured to get that honor of having that medal presented to him. End of story!

Well said!!!!!!!!!!!! "thumbsup"

 

[team3six]

BTW, I dont think he is a Col. maybe that was dressed up for the article, but according to his record he retired a Second Lieutenant.

read away
http://www.cmohs.org/recipient-detail/2625/barfoot-van-t.php

 

[JeremyH]

That's good to hear. I will never purchase a house with an HOA...