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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Thu Jun 3, 2021, 12:01 PM Jun 2021

Homeowner Refusing to Remove 'F*** Biden,' Pro-Trump Flags Faces $500-a-Day Fine [View all]

A woman who has decorated the outside of her home with profanity-laced anti-President Joe Biden flags is refusing to remove the paraphernalia despite being issued a notice of violation and drawing the ire of residents.

Andrea Dick argued the six flags, three of which include the words "F*** Biden," hanging on the fence of her home in Roselle Park, New Jersey, are protected under the First Amendment.

However, the borough's code enforcement department disagreed, saying the colorful display breaks a local ordinance that prohibits signs containing "obscene, pornographic or lewd messages," NJ.com reports.

Code enforcement officials sent a "notice of inspection" by mail on Wednesday citing the ordinance and requesting for the signs to be taken down. If Dick does not remove the display from the property, she will be issued with a summons and the matter will be referred to the municipal court, the publication said citing town officials.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/homeowner-refusing-to-remove-f-biden-pro-trump-flags-faces-dollar500-a-day-fine/ar-AAKFJ8r

So is the orange blob worth $500 a day?

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I hope it's worth $500 a day to own the libs. louis-t Jun 2021 #1
The taxpayers will bear the cost of her ultimate legal victory. n/t PoliticAverse Jun 2021 #13
If she chooses to fight this and work it up through the courts, some group out there will take up In It to Win It Jun 2021 #28
One such group has a name: the American Civil Liberties Union. mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2021 #79
She is going to lose. Demsrule86 Jun 2021 #68
Highly doubtful. MarineCombatEngineer Jun 2021 #71
I think the borough is going to pay through the nose for violating MarineCombatEngineer Jun 2021 #25
Yep, never heard of a borough code Mr.Bill Jun 2021 #59
Could Be One of Those... ruet Jun 2021 #73
Yes Dorian Gray Jun 2021 #100
Well if that's the case inthewind21 Jun 2021 #122
Ummm, she's not in an HoA, MarineCombatEngineer Jun 2021 #123
This case isn't happening in an HOA Dorian Gray Jun 2021 #124
Sounds like she just needs to take the Biden signs down jimfields33 Jun 2021 #2
She'll win. mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2021 #3
Yes, she will. The Supreme Court has already ruled on this. rsdsharp Jun 2021 #5
I guess I'm just an old fashioned liberal ripcord Jun 2021 #89
You're right, and yet here we are once again at DU, with people just not understanding what mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2021 #91
Which is what the Court ruled. In 1971. rsdsharp Jun 2021 #92
municipalities all over the country have code restrictions regarding signs iemanja Jun 2021 #111
They have code restrictions on the size of signs, but they can't regulate MarineCombatEngineer Jun 2021 #114
Do you have a citation? Those restrictions deal with size and height. rsdsharp Jun 2021 #120
You may be right. Chainfire Jun 2021 #6
You're all right. She'll win SpankMe Jun 2021 #54
What a dick ornotna Jun 2021 #4
That's her name!!!!! Grins Jun 2021 #62
It was in the body of the OP ornotna Jun 2021 #70
The town is full of shit on this one Effete Snob Jun 2021 #7
Nope...there are kids that live there and this has been adjudicated. All the battles have been Demsrule86 Jun 2021 #66
Really? MarineCombatEngineer Jun 2021 #69
Do you wear it around children? BlueStater Jun 2021 #107
When I'm doing a delivery, in a store, etc., MarineCombatEngineer Jun 2021 #108
Then that's wrong. BlueStater Jun 2021 #109
Well, that's your problem, MarineCombatEngineer Jun 2021 #110
Pretty selfish and classless, dude. n/t BlueStater Jun 2021 #112
Ok. nt MarineCombatEngineer Jun 2021 #113
"Just because something is legal doesn't necessarily make it right" Effete Snob Jun 2021 #115
+100. nt MarineCombatEngineer Jun 2021 #116
Yeah, I know what the First Amendment is. BlueStater Jun 2021 #118
Bwahahahahahahahahahhahaah Effete Snob Jun 2021 #104
Our city council just passed the sign ordinance FloridaBlues Jun 2021 #8
As much as I hope she has to pay SoonerPride Jun 2021 #9
Wow. I am so hereby owned! dchill Jun 2021 #10
You would think that even a small town in NJ would have access to competant legal advice... PoliticAverse Jun 2021 #11
I, for one, am glad she's self-identifying 0rganism Jun 2021 #12
Build up the fines and then put a lien on her house. ZonkerHarris Jun 2021 #14
Are you kidding me? She should lose her home over some objectional signs? totodeinhere Jun 2021 #17
It's good to be preiodically reminded that it is not just members of the right that are enemies PoliticAverse Jun 2021 #23
Sadly, there are fairly frequent reminders here. Treefrog Jun 2021 #41
+100. nt MarineCombatEngineer Jun 2021 #45
It's also sad UnderThisLaw Jun 2021 #97
One disagreement with your examples: ret5hd Jun 2021 #99
The important thing is to merely reference them as a vague demographic... LanternWaste Jun 2021 #77
No. The lien is how you get her to pay the fines and remove the signs. ZonkerHarris Jun 2021 #56
The town is going to lose badly and she will not pay one cent on those fines, MarineCombatEngineer Jun 2021 #57
A lien is a first step towards repossessing the house. totodeinhere Jun 2021 #129
Yeah, that's not going to happen, MarineCombatEngineer Jun 2021 #27
As much as I disagree with this women's sentiments about President Biden, totodeinhere Jun 2021 #15
No, they wouldn't object at all. More likely they'd applaud. Jedi Guy Jun 2021 #61
She'll win BGBD Jun 2021 #16
+1000 smirkymonkey Jun 2021 #26
+100. nt MarineCombatEngineer Jun 2021 #29
Agree nt Raine Jun 2021 #126
I might be a cranky old curmudgeon too if my last name was Dick. lpbk2713 Jun 2021 #18
Wonder if the officials find the inevitable legal loss worth it Sympthsical Jun 2021 #19
To paraphrase- sarisataka Jun 2021 #20
Less dollars for GOP donations. Please proceed Madame. oasis Jun 2021 #21
It will quite likely be more dollars for GOP donations, MarineCombatEngineer Jun 2021 #30
Her surname says it all. I have a feeling that she's Progressive Jones Jun 2021 #22
Personally speaking, no flags are worth this amount of trouble. I enjoy my peace much more than In It to Win It Jun 2021 #24
Going broke just to own the libs. Initech Jun 2021 #31
How do you figure that she is going to go broke just to own the libs? MarineCombatEngineer Jun 2021 #32
$500 a day is going to add up pretty quickly. Initech Jun 2021 #35
She's not going to pay a cent while this winds it's way through the courts, MarineCombatEngineer Jun 2021 #37
Just give her fines to random African Americans. Yavin4 Jun 2021 #33
She looks exactly like what you would expect her to look like. smirkymonkey Jun 2021 #34
If that link doesn't work, try this one: TheRickles Jun 2021 #46
Thanks! smirkymonkey Jun 2021 #49
Oh, great. Now we're attacking her for her looks. mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2021 #81
Sorry, i know that's low. I usually don't ever do this in real life, but for some reason smirkymonkey Jun 2021 #95
Thanks. Really. NT mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2021 #96
Went to link. "Ooops. that page not found." She sounds like a vile *&@t. nt Progressive Jones Jun 2021 #106
She'd win in court, of course, but there's more to this Goodheart Jun 2021 #36
This message was self-deleted by its author Ka-Dinh Oy Jun 2021 #38
I do not support displaying things with profanity. Ka-Dinh Oy Jun 2021 #39
You may not support it, and that is your right under our 1A, MarineCombatEngineer Jun 2021 #42
So how about graphic images? They are considered free speech but are regulated. bucolic_frolic Jun 2021 #47
I have a mask that says Fuck Trump with an extended middle finger, MarineCombatEngineer Jun 2021 #50
Google "anti-abortion protestors graphic signs" mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2021 #82
I kind of worded it wrong. I should have said I really do not like. Ka-Dinh Oy Jun 2021 #48
Absolutely, MarineCombatEngineer Jun 2021 #52
It makes me sick when I see trump flags flying but I have no problem with them having free speech. Ka-Dinh Oy Jun 2021 #58
And you may lecture people on the obvious... and that is your right under our 1a LanternWaste Jun 2021 #78
And again, MarineCombatEngineer Jun 2021 #93
These words would quickly lose all their offensive impact if we just allowed them Goodheart Jun 2021 #72
I worded it wrong. I should have said I dislike. Ka-Dinh Oy Jun 2021 #75
If she is in an HoA Jerry2144 Jun 2021 #40
Exactly!!!!!! nt MarineCombatEngineer Jun 2021 #44
Depends on the state. NJ for example has limited the ability of HOA's to restrict political signage. PoliticAverse Jun 2021 #53
There are signs like that around bucolic_frolic Jun 2021 #43
Utility poles are owned by someone, and it's not the person putting the signs on the poles. mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2021 #83
Herein lays the problem, she is a Dick. Historic NY Jun 2021 #51
DUzy of the day. MarineCombatEngineer Jun 2021 #55
She's just pissed her husband is nicknamed "Tiny". n/t Whiskeytide Jun 2021 #74
Put up a rainbow flag across the street Grokenstein Jun 2021 #60
I agree Traildogbob Jun 2021 #65
It's been done. mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2021 #85
Restrictions on political speech are subject to the strictest of strict scrutiny Azathoth Jun 2021 #63
It's only a couple words. Get over it. This is not the fight. cayugafalls Jun 2021 #64
Anti-Biden? Really? Jimvanhise Jun 2021 #67
It's an interesting free speech issue Silent3 Jun 2021 #76
She's just looking to get attention from Trumpy Catherine Vincent Jun 2021 #80
About 1/2 mile from my house Tree Lady Jun 2021 #84
So much for the lie about Tr*mp's "working class" supporters Withywindle Jun 2021 #86
I predict she will pay exactly $0 in fines to the city. NT mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2021 #87
She's not going to pay one penny in fines, MarineCombatEngineer Jun 2021 #94
It's yet one more thread at DU that makes me proud to say I went to George Mason Elementary School. mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2021 #88
Three big Trump flags isn't enough? RegularJam Jun 2021 #90
Seems like there's an effective response UnderThisLaw Jun 2021 #98
That would be libelous. mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2021 #101
And yet UnderThisLaw Jun 2021 #102
Biden is a public figure. Much different standard. NT mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2021 #103
She has consented to at least two UnderThisLaw Jun 2021 #105
Actually, no. Elessar Zappa Jun 2021 #117
Actually, this is an improvement over some of the other Trumpian conduct Jersey Devil Jun 2021 #119
Seems to be a shared trait among Trumpers Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2021 #121
That's what Dicks do Stinky The Clown Jun 2021 #125
Years ago my neighbor put up an ugly hateful sign about John Kerry Raine Jun 2021 #127
This message was self-deleted by its author dweller Jun 2021 #128
Update: MarineCombatEngineer Jun 2021 #130
Let her keep them up. BlueStater Jun 2021 #131
+100. MarineCombatEngineer Jun 2021 #132
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