'HOA tries to get a restraining order against my donkey': HOA sues resident on grounds that his emotional support donkey is decreasing the property value

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Aug 10, 2024 2:00 PM EDT

"That'll do, donkey. That'll do." Those immortal words spoken by Shrek captured the memorable bond between those two fictional characters, a bond that this homeowner shared with his own emotional support animal, also a loving and loyal donkey. 

Unfortunately for this Redditor, his neighborhood's makeshift homeowner's association started to take issue with any little thing that could earn them more money, and eventually, the dude's donkey was next on the list of unfortunate victims. The "wannabe HOA," as the Original Poster (OP) liked to refer to them,  argued that the presence of the emotional support animal and the incessant braying was contributing to bringing down the property value and was harming the attractiveness of the neighborhood as a whole. Now, OP calculated his donkey's daily braying for his defense and it was quite clear that the HOA was highly exaggerating. Can this man just enjoy his donkey in peace?

Keep scrolling below for the fallout. For more HOA drama, here is a story of a resident's vengeance on a male Karen HOA board member.

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    "Now they're after my donkey"
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    Wannabe HoA tries to get a restraining order against my donkey and steal a neighbor's land
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    They started out as a utility improvement district, but have always acted like the usual HOA b. They no longer maintain any utilities, especially since they are dumping way beyond EPA levels of sewage into our lake.
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  • 04
    The sewage system and roads were the main jobs of the improvement district, now they only manage a ... golf course? And harass neighbors.
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    They have: screamed in the face of my terminally ill neighbor in front of her child, because her deck she had their permission to build to see the sunset for the last of her time was too big. She had to deal with moving during her pain. She is not the first to move away because of this acting HoA.
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    A board member also tried to steal his neighbor's property by building on it without the owner's consent. They even laughed about this at public meetings. I stopped that by informing the owner.
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    Now they're after my donkey. First they tried to threaten me with a lawsuit.
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    Then they showed up at both of my replats, neither of which were about my donkey, and cried about how it would cost them legal expenses if the replat cleared. How I was hurting their property value (the now head board member owns a rental accross the street from my land.)
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    They talked at their meetings about how they want to make it illegal for women to be tOless after I got the law here changed.
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    They have now begun their discriminatory lawsuit. See, my donkey is an official assistance animal for my disabilities. I also have the county's approval for her to be here; my land met all the requirements even prior to the replat. The replat was for my shed, as they were informed repeatedly of at both replat hearings.
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    The trial isn't until next April, so to try to get my donkey taken from me sooner, they asked the judge for a restraining order against my donkey.
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    Their reasoning? She brays. How often do donkeys bray asked the judge. Their lawyer stumbled out the word "periodically."
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    She brays from my data a mean of 1.9, mode of 0, median of 1.5, and a range of 6 times a day. These last about 3-8 seconds each. In other words, almost never, and when she does, it is because she is happy to see me and the weather is nice. She won't bray if it has rained recently or is raining, if it is too windy, etc.
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  • 14
    Meanwhile one of their bees stung me the other day. You don't see me trying to get a restraining order against their bees.
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    I thought you all would get a laugh at their actions. Edit: Their actions are so foolish people think this is fake. It is not. Here is one example of them going on about my donkey and their property values at my first replat hearing; https://m.youtube.com/watch? v=fIMVMRMT1f0&t=1431s&pp=2 AGXC5ACAQ%3D%3D
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    FriendlyDonkeh OP 2h ago
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    UnusualFerret1776 2h ago I can't imagine being a judge and a restraining order for a donkey comes across my desk.
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    MadManMorbo 2h ago • i'm assuming you've contacted your states wastewater board concerning the amount of untreated sewage they're dumping?
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    Trubtheturtle • 3h ago Should have gone with an emotional support alligator.
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