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Im solidarity of rainbow porches everywhere we should all start painting our porches rainbow. Who is with me?
Prisoner 1: "Mmm... what're you in for?"
Prisoner 2: "Plastic yard dragons and a rainbow porch railing!"
Prisoner 1 turns to the cell door and forcefully shakes at the bars.
Prisoner 1: "Get me outta here!" >

"What'd you get, keeid?"
And I said "I didn't get nothin', I got fined fifty dollars and had to pick up the garbage."
"What are ya in for, keeid?"
And I said "Litterin'," and they all moved away from me on the bench and gave me the hairy eyeball, and I said "And causin' a nuisance," and they allll moved back. >

You can have anything you want... >

The meanest father-raper of them all >

Whoever claimed that children are scared of a giant dragon statue has clearly never spent any time with kids.  The people complaining are probably doing so because they're tired of their kids asking to drive by the house and asking to get their own lawn dragon. >

It's just people searching for a sympathetic argument for their own objections.
It's like people who hate fireworks who's go to argument is about vets since that gets more sympathy than some random Karen. >

Yeah but dogs get even more sympathy online, which is probably why that's most of the argument against fireworks on Facebook >

The wildlife makes out pretty bad too. Fireworks aren't really good but they are pretty. >

New Years fucked over the air quality so bad. People were setting off masses of ground level fireworks for a solid 5 mile radius, and not just at midnight. It was from like 6pm - 2am.
It literally seeded clouds. Fog hung around until the next morning, and it's never foggy here. It was so bad at midnight the visibility dropped enough to be concerning on major roads and it just smelled like sulfur everywhere. Bats were flying into shit, gf had an asthma attack. Fireworks are cool and all, but not really that cool. 
Give us a crescendo then call it done. Lighting the 24th Ladyfingers of the night is just compulsion. >

Yard dragons are a bitch to get rid of. They keep burning the grass and you've got to hire a ragtag band of misfit reluctant heroes to go slay them, then they divvy up the horde and you're left with half a dragon corpse and a bunch of rebuilding to do. >

Trogdor the Burninator strikes again >

Burninating the lawn >

Burninating the lawn Gnomes🎵 >

Carry the TWOOOOOOOO >

Well no wonder she needs a dragon to protect her, all her neighbors are cunts! >

She has the chicken of power on her yard to protect her too! Badass mofo. >

It's Ohio, just be glad its not 300 yards of hand painted particle board with frenzied messaging about jesus, sin, and abortion. There are multiple installations of these along state routes and have been there my whole life. Vague but pointed signs about how people who live near by are terrible sinners are not uncommon either.
Whimsical yards are always a welcome sight, I don't get people like this at all. >

Hell
Is
Real >

Hell is other people. >

Hell is the state of Ohio. >

Things to do in Ohio:
1). Leave >

As someone who lives in Ohio (and not all that far from Chardon) I can tell you I'd rather see this than a bunch of "Impeach Biden" and "FJB" signs that I get to see every day. >

I was going to say: If what she is doing is illegal, then there's about 50,000+ political signs that need to come down too. >

That's mentioned by her in the article too.  She says she's seen political signs from 2020 still up. >

How depressing is that. >

How about a man holding a rally in 2023 and referring to an election he lost in 2020 and repeatedly declaring he won said election. THAT would be depressing. Of course my example's ridiculous, nothing THAT depressing would happen in real life. >

I assumed this was an HOA.  It’s absolutely insane that this is the city sending her to court with misdemeanors.  
What the fuck. >

Land of the free, yeah?
I'm dealing with something similar. Obnoxious neighbor complained about my trailer while I'm back home with my family. City is telling me it's a code violation to store it on my own property if it's not in the backyard behind a fence.
Debating submitting complaints about the other 50 trailers parked in the same way in this neighborhood, including the ones who took the time to pour concrete for their own trailer pads. Not as a petty "if I can't have it nobody else can" sort of way but as a "this law is bullshit and if more people were affected by it there would be pressure to change it" >

She seems cool.  Her neighbors and the town she lives in, not so much. >

She should go and start reporting any comparable anything in other people’s yards. Nativity? Eye sore. Plastic deer? Eye sore. Concrete duck? Eye sore. Take everyone down with her until it’s dropped. >

They would ignore those reports, and likely hit her with another bullshit violation. 
You have to realize that these people do not care about their own rules.  They are merely tools of control that they use to hurt people they hate. >


You have to realize that these people do not care about their own rules.  They are merely tools of control that they use to hurt people they hate.

Please, they prefer to be called "conservatives". >

Bullshit! Who doesn’t have a bunch of yard dragons? >

And a pet rooster? >


Bowman, who weathered a city lawsuit in 2020, which was later dropped, believes the city is unfairly harassing her with violations she believes are being unequally enforced citywide.
“There is a city ordinance for signs, but I think this is art, I don’t consider it a sign," Bowman said. "But they’ve also not had a problem with people who have had political signs up extended periods of time, you only have 30-days, they’re still up from the 2020 election.”

Rainbow colored anything, that's bad. Dragons, no good. Trump 2020 election signs, awesome, keep them up even though it violates a city ordinance. And to top it off city officials refuse to talk to the local media, as is par for the course when shitty politicians can't explain their hypocrisy. Stupid neighbors in a stupid city in a stupid state. >


Stupid neighbors in a stupid city in a stupid state.

Welcome to Ohio! >

What a waste of tax payer money >

I say we start a go fund me so she can buy life-sized dragons. >

Yes please. And to pay for my legal fines? >

what a shithole government, and shithole neighbors too. >

It’s Cleveland, not surprised >

It's Chardon. Not Cleveland >

It's Ohio. There's only one city. >

Come on, we have three whole cities, maybe even four, since we won the Toledo wars >

This Tipp City slander will not stand >

Tipp City is just North Dayton. Technically its own place, but... come on... >

Her neighbors sound vile. I cannot imagine taking someone to court because you're scared that someone else's decorations are going to negatively impact your property value. Americans sure love their freedom to force other people into doing what they want. >

Honestly, I think it's naive to assume it's about property values. Some assholes are triggered by anything even sorta rainbowy. >

The article mentions it was over property values in addition to what you're talking about >

Saw that, pretty sure that's their "how do I argue about this without sounding like a homophobic asshole" excuse. Granted, there are definitely people that petty. >

Yes, nothing brings down property values like -checks notes- freshly painted, maintained porches. >


News 5 also reached out multiple homeowners in Bowman's neighborhood, none of them wanted to be identified for fear of legal retribution

Pussies. 

Neighbors went on to say, "We'll have our day in court, how would you like to live near this?"

I would love it! My neighbors are boring. >

My neighbor has a rainbow fence. Everyone loves it >

I have neighbor who has a camper painted like a ladybug, I am fine with it. >

TLDR: a city counsellor lives 500ft from this house >

Ding. Ding. Ding. >

I have the same metal rooster in my yard, and I will not hear ill spoken of Rudolph the Christmas Cock! 
Her neighbors need to get a fucking life. >

Idc who you are, please marry me (unless you live in Ohio in which case not even Rudolph the Christmas Cock could sway me) >

Maybe they would be willing to move?  Don't throw away your Christmas Cock so easily! >

Christmas Cock is the most festive of the cocks! >

It sounded like there were going to be 12 towering dragons, and even that would've probably been fine. Imagine crying this much over two four-foot plastic dragons in someone else's yard. But then I saw the sign messages and the rainbow porch and pride flag and knew exactly why those people were "troubled". >

Hi there: the dragon is mine AMA >

If you're in an actual legal battle, I would caution you in saying too may things here in a public forum.  Also I love your username. >

I really wouldn't want an oscillator telling me what to do. >

An "oscillator" that is critically damped approaches equilibrium at the fastest possible rate without any oscillations at all.  Nice try though. >

Her neighbors sound like twat waffles. It's her property. She should be able to do whatever she wants with it. You can bet those hypocrites would have a shit fit if someone told them to take down their Trump signs. I hope she fights it in court as a First Amendment case, because it is. >

I swear some people hate fun. >

What they really hate is anything that reminds them that gay people exist, or that they should feel safe, wanted, or loved. >

Dragons and roosters are gay?  
Yeah the porch is pure homophobia, but the lawn art is just neighbors being assholes. >

They are complaining about the lawn art because of the rainbows, and because of the specific message sent by the owner.  This isn't complicated at all.
People can lie about their intentions, and in cases like this one it's really not hard at all to see through those lies. >

Ohio is giving Florida a run for worst most backwards state in the union. >

Half of Florida is former Ohio residents >

I really think that's intentional, too.
Lots of Buckeyes come to the Carolinas because it's nice, but the real assholes make the effort and go all the way south. >

Sorry, I don't want to see the video, what dragons are those in her yard? Is she with the Greens or the Blacks? >

That dragon is fucking rad. >

Hmmmmmmm… wonder how much that painted front railing plays into her neighbors’ hate? >

Look, If a person can paint the entire side of their barn with a mural of Donald Trump riding a red, white, and blue tank, this lady can have her dragons.
There's also a house near my old bosses house that had a statue of a dinosaur. Shit was tight. >

The sign is a bit of an eyesore IMO. I'd probably offer to help build a nice one out of purple heart or some other nice colorful wood (purple heart stands up to the elements pretty well). If she said no, well it is her property. I don't like it that is a me problem and I can move.
All the rest though gives the area character. I'm so tired of cookie-cutter neighborhoods. I'll take the weird lady with the rainbow house and giant chicken in the front. >

What is Purple Heart? Come build me one! >

I sincerely hope that some day, my life is so completely devoid of strife that a lawn chicken is the worst part of my day. >

I’ll take 10 of her as a neighbor over the people that display their culture war and politics in their yard. >

Conform or be cast out. Everyone is the king of their own insecure little castle. How dare anyone have to look at dragons?!