Censoring my window signs Subject????

So Kerry was that the thread about why there are no political signs in the windows in your area. Is this the one I believe Tim responded at the end it depends on each person locale?

If that is the case the citation of you lawyer free speech was that a link or was that a quote " ........." and where in the thread did you put it. Was it the last posting on the thread?

That thread was pretty mild - considering some past threads that devolved into name-calling, insults, and general nastiness. The only mention I saw of specific beliefs were references to the confederate flag which does represent a particular point of view in many people's minds and could flirt with Fair Housing issues. Those are things that boards need to be aware of and deal with. (I think I mentioned signs that were offensive to persons in a protected class.)

Maybe it's just quieter these days compared with 2020, when we were all nuts as a result of the election *and* a pandemic that was killing millions of people and for which we had no vaccines yet or effective treatments. Wouldn't want to go through that again any time soon ...

It would be helpful if we could find out from the mods why they delete certain posts so that we know what crosses the line. Sometimes they have responded briefly to me when I've reported spam, but they didn't provide any detail. On the other spam, spam is spam - not much nuance there.

Your law says signs. So if the windows will accommodate multiple 3x3 signs, the sign can be split iwotb (VOTE) another (President Name) and a third (VP name).

Here's the CA statute: "Civil Code § 4710. Display of Noncommercial Signs.

(a) The governing documents may not prohibit posting or displaying of noncommercial signs, posters, flags, or banners on or in a member’s separate interest, except as required for the protection of public health or safety or if the posting or display would violate a local, state, or federal law.

(b) For purposes of this section, a noncommercial sign, poster, flag, or banner may be made of paper, cardboard, cloth, plastic, or fabric, and may be posted or displayed from the yard, window, door, balcony, or outside wall of the separate interest, but may not be made of lights, roofing, siding, paving materials, flora, or balloons, or any other similar building, landscaping, or decorative component, or include the painting of architectural surfaces.

(c) An association may prohibit noncommercial signs and posters that are more than nine square feet in size and noncommercial flags or banners that are more than 15 square feet in size."

Here is our Rule: "WINDOWS
1. Signage for sale, lease/rent, or exchange is permitted in windows but limited to one (1) per street frontage, and to 4’ X 4’ in size. They must be removed within fifteen days of the close of escrow or new occupancy, whichever comes first.
2. Only one (1) noncommercial sign or poster not exceeding nine square feet in size, or one (1) noncommercial banner or flag not exceeding 15 square feet may be posted in one (1) window of a residence at any given time.
3. Window coverings’ surface that can be viewed from the exterior must be white, or off white and must be kept in good condition."

The state says a limit of certain sizes so obviously multiple signs of th sign list size are prohibited if the size exceeds the law, Dean. Now, of course, someone could probably post several tiny signs that add up total, but who could read them?

Also, it's not necessarily the last post that causes a thread to be deleted. I think the mods look at the thread as a whole, and something buried in the middle could have made them pull the plug.

No, no Laya. Your post was completely within the rules!! I really appreciated that it stuck with my question!

Sad that the mods are tooooo, um, timid to telll me my alleged violation.

I do have a good memory of my murdered thread, and don't think there was anything anywhere in violation. It IS possible I missed someone else's post that may have broken the rules. Dean seemed quite worked up, as he often is about Cali HOA statutes, even though he's in Ohio

Kerry even the mods on that ND site are brutal. we have a handyman in our community who's first name is shared by a guy occupying
the oval office. Just mentioning ask blank blank blank 3 letters your reply gets flagged for engaging in political discord and of
topics "outside the conversation" Like WHAT THE ACTUAL DUCK!!! the guys name happens to be that guy in DC, grow up and deal with it.

Dean wrote some hyperbole like what if a black family moved in and all other owners put of confederate flags on their windows.?

I hope that no one here feels they must abide by Robert’s Rule unless their crocs or state reunites such for members or for
Board meetings.

That many of us insist an Assocition’s docs must be adhered to is not boring, but, in many states is required by laws.So,e state too, e.g., Calif have very trick meeting notice requirements and agend time requirements. Maybe NJ doesn’t.

I thought, wow Kerry has the inside track, she is able to delete her own posts. Never occurred to me it was deleted for any reason.
As for residents displaying signs in a high rise, maybe it's like wearing a T-shirt; mainly to make the wearer feel better.