HOA Drama

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Jonesboro, AR – (JonesboroRightNow.com) – May 24, 2024 – The quiet neighborhood of Ridgepointe on the far west side of Jonesboro has recently experienced some home-grown drama, all stemming from a 6-foot-tall metal chicken.

Ridgepointe resident David Diffine told JRN that he received a text from the neighborhood HOA (Homeowner’s Association) that he needed to remove a bush from the corner of his yard.

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The bush took a beating over the harsh winter and ended up dying. After spring arrived, it never recovered and the complaints about David’s bush continued.

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“Well, last year we got a late winter wind that killed a lot of shrubs in the neighborhood. It was mostly dead, but some parts were trying to grow back, so I thought I’d let it regrow, but I got a text requesting me to kindly remove it. So, I paid a crew to come take it out completely. Which I thought made it look worse, honestly.”

After David decided to trim his bush completely back, he was left with a bare spot in his yard. While speaking with a neighbor, he even expressed the sentiment, “Well, when you trim your bush, you see more of what’s underneath it…”

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While patronizing a local tractor supply store in Jonesboro, he saw a rather large rooster, and decided it would be the perfect lawn ornament to beautify the newly bare corner of his yard.

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People have reportedly been slowing down to take photos, have expressed that he is “being disrespectful” by having the rooster in his yard, and one neighbor is upset because she had to explain to her children what it was.

To that, David said “I told the HOA ‘Why, would they tell the kids anything other than, ‘It’s a rooster!’?'”

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David says he was instructed to remove the rooster from his yard on Wednesday, but he isn’t sure on what grounds.

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He told JRN that there aren’t any regulations in the HOA about lawn ornaments that anyone could point to. They haven’t been able to send him any specific rules stating he can’t have it, so he’s leaving it, for now.

Several neighbors are standing in solidarity with David and Rocky. They’ve mentioned that they’re thinking about getting their own to add to the flock!

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