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I'm sorry this man has lung cancer. But why is he so bitter? The house had problems before the road was ever widened. It was on the book for years that lanes were going to be added. Buyer beware!
Cary has already admitted there is a problem by offering to put a fix in place. But the fix will remove more of the guys yard. That is why he is pushing to just get bought out. Eventually the erosion will get to the point where it's provable in court and Cary will end up paying.
There have been other thread on this forum discussing run off issues and it always comes down to your neighbor may not alter the land to force more drainage on your property. Well apply that logic to this situation.
Some of you posters get SO caught up in irrelevant issues, like the car he drives, how he cares for his home, the signs ect. None of that matters. Look at the issue and don't get side tracked.
The issue as I see it is that he purchased a home on Maynard Rd, a busy/main thoroughfare through & around Cary. He could have and should have known that there was the possibility of the road being altered at some point after he purchased, and further, it was a project that was not a sudden occurrence--he had at least a couple years.
Did he sell his house when he learned there would be a widening of this road? Nope.
Did he allow the Town of Cary to work on the drainage issues as they requested? Nope
Did that home already have some drainage problems before the Maynard Rd widening project? Yep.
Did he inconvenience his neighbors and create an eyesore for his neighbors by spray painting his home? Yep.
I'm not seeing where the Town of Cary should have purchased his home outright, rather than fix the problem, as they offered.
The issue as I see it is that he purchased a home on Maynard Rd, a busy/main thoroughfare through & around Cary. He could have and should have known that there was the possibility of the road being altered at some point after he purchased, and further, it was a project that was not a sudden occurrence--he had at least a couple years.
Apparently NOT stifling free speech is not the same as stifling free speech.
I never thought his speech was stifled. He left the sign there.
Thing is, he would not have been fined for having a sign that followed the sign ordinance.
I'm all for free speech, and he got plenty of press with that neon orange sign. I dunno. I kinda think the town not paying him EXACTLY what he wanted for his house was the only reason he protested and let the fines pile up.
But, I didn't know the man, so I have no clue what he actually thought.
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The state ACLU feller made it all sound like a free speech infringement:
"“This ruling affords the government great deference to regulate private political messages they disagree with,” said Chris Brook, legal director of the state ACLU."
The state ACLU feller made it all sound like a free speech infringement:
"“This ruling affords the government great deference to regulate private political messages they disagree with,” said Chris Brook, legal director of the state ACLU."
You have to love Cary. It spent approximately $300K in legal fees, received plenty of bad press, and considers this the "cost of doing business". I'm not trying to defend David Bowden, who has passed away, but I'm not sure Cary should be celebrating this "victory", either.
I think this was a huge victory for Cary. A town being legally allowed to enforce sign restrictions on private property is a pretty big deal.
I can understand why the TOC pursued it and spent they money they did to set the lehal precedence.
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Cary 1, ACLU 0. Decision to Cary
