http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/5715930/

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" Upset with town, Cary man spray-paints own home Cary, N.C. — A Cary man says he has been done wrong by the town, and he wants everyone who drives by his house to know it. David Bowden spray-painted his message – with words that some might find offensive – on the front of his 305 SW Maynard Road home last week. "It's been cleaned up a lot," Bowden said. "That's not what was planned to go up there." He claims a recent widening project on Maynard Road has left his once-arboreal yard void of trees and with a steep slope that funnels rain water into his home. Bowden, who's lived in the house since 1992, says he has complained for a year now to the town about water damage underneath his house but was told the drainage issue is with his gutters. "You don't have to be an electrical engineer or a construction engineer to know water runs downhill," he said. Bowden has gotten the town's attention. It has cited him for being in violation of the town sign ordinance. He faces fines for each day the message remains on his house – $100 for the first day, $250 for the second and $500 for each day afterward. “The sign will come down when (the town) buys my house," Bowden said. "If the sign comes down, the attention’s gone.” When reached for comment Monday morning, a town spokeswoman said she was looking into the situation. "I'm sorry if I offended anyone, but I don't know any other way to get my point across," Bowden said. "

8/3/2009 3:22:38 PM

Why the hell is there a comma in that sign?

8/3/2009 3:24:14 PM

I thought this was going about that guy with the signs.

8/3/2009 3:24:24 PM

at $500 a day i bet he folds soon.

8/3/2009 3:25:53 PM

haha

^^yeah that guy is strange.

[Edited on August 3, 2009 at 3:26 PM. Reason : he lives on high house though]

8/3/2009 3:26:20 PM

test of willpower

8/3/2009 3:26:43 PM

You don't have to be an electrical engineer to know water runs downhill.

8/3/2009 3:27:23 PM

holy shit motherfucker

you live in fucking CARY

what in the holy hell did you expect?

8/3/2009 3:27:48 PM

I definitely did not know water runs downhill until EE 332.

8/3/2009 3:28:02 PM

I find it funny that they are blaming his gutters for water problems when the grade is so steep in front of his house you can hardly see the front door.

8/3/2009 3:30:29 PM

Cary will fold first, because this guy is the type to go down in a blaze of glory.

8/3/2009 3:31:10 PM

I bet they try to take his house.

8/3/2009 3:31:29 PM

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"I definitely did not know water runs downhill until EE 332. "

ahahah win

8/3/2009 3:33:19 PM

i mean, really, why would you buy a house somewhere that you can't even paint whatever the fuck you want on the side

y'all come on out to the country. if you don't like how the water runs, you can get you a backhoe and a bulldozer and make it go where you want.

8/3/2009 3:35:58 PM

The Town of Cary will run blood red until this man gets his water right.

Just fix it Cary, or suffer the wrath of purple messages...

This is your last warning.

8/3/2009 3:37:41 PM

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"f you don't like how the water runs, you can get you a backhoe and a bulldozer and make it go where you want."

Amen. There's a driveway off NC43S that has 80 loads of Greene St. bridge. Fact, rebar is a motherfucker to cut with a sawzall.

8/3/2009 3:38:16 PM

Jaime, is that your neighbor's house?

8/3/2009 3:39:06 PM

^hahah no, but our neighbor did get his truck repo'd last week ya know that god awful orange and black Harley Davidson truck??

i think there's a comma because it used to say more, but he whited out the more "offensive" words. at least, the article says it says less than it did when it first went up.

the house is on maynard though, in the stretch between kildaire and old apex...that's the part they recently (within the last year) finished widening from 2 lanes to 4 lanes.

[Edited on August 3, 2009 at 3:40 PM. Reason : .]

8/3/2009 3:39:13 PM

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=305+SW+Maynard+Rd,+Cary,+NC+27511&ie=UTF8&split=0&gl=us&ei=Jjp3SufIF82wtgfSuNGWCQ&t=p&layer=c&cbll=35.771505,-78.788163&panoid=1HUc-4-Gqt9poqINPfTm6A&cbp=12,216.92,,0,5.31&ll=35.771517,-78.78828&spn=0.0164,0.037766&z=15&iwloc=A

That's the first time I;ve tried to link to google maps, but it's not as bad as the WRAL pic makes it look. Maynard slopes down from his house towards 300. It's not like they built him into a valley.

8/3/2009 3:39:30 PM

View Larger Map

[Edited on August 3, 2009 at 3:42 PM. Reason : not nearly as bad as that pic makes it look]

8/3/2009 3:41:49 PM

I work over there and I'm pretty sure that google picture was taken before the road was widened.

8/3/2009 3:42:47 PM

That looks pre-construction to me...

8/3/2009 3:42:51 PM

that picture is from BEFORE the widening. notice how there are only 2 lanes.

some of those houses got really screwed during the widening, i'm kinda inclined to agree with this guy.

8/3/2009 3:43:02 PM

maybe tdub could finally do a good service which could lead to positive publicity.

i say we openly support this man and his cause. make it be known that they are at fault and demand they take responsibility for their actions instead of extorting the man.

8/3/2009 3:43:13 PM

d'oh

i think someone needs to go by and take more pics at better angles for us

TWW action gopher, where are you????

[Edited on August 3, 2009 at 3:44 PM. Reason : adfs]

8/3/2009 3:43:48 PM

Also, Cary sucks. The politics are nasty and the people are awful.

8/3/2009 3:44:19 PM

Yeah, those houses were already kinda down in a hole and widening the road at least makes it look much worse.

8/3/2009 3:44:23 PM

This old Cary dude just wants some respect from these elitist Cary douchebags in Town Hall.

8/3/2009 3:47:18 PM

Just drove by there today. That guy got fuxored.

8/3/2009 3:49:54 PM

I'm out in Cary - if I head that way I'll take pics

8/3/2009 3:50:57 PM

Yeah, I'd be pissed too. I don't know that I'd be spray paint a message on my house mad, but I'd be mad.

8/3/2009 3:51:16 PM

^^please do

[Edited on August 3, 2009 at 3:52 PM. Reason : get out and get some good ones. i'm sure the guy won't care. he needs ppl behind him]

8/3/2009 3:51:35 PM

After verification, who can type up the best form letter for everyone to print, sign, and mail?

8/3/2009 3:55:09 PM

how bout one of the girls on here who works for a lawyer's office. i know there's a few.

8/3/2009 3:55:59 PM

we really do need someone elected to run this shit.

i don't know why, but every bone in my body says it needs to be

BobbyDigital

8/3/2009 3:57:14 PM

yeah, he's a homeowner with some fucking common sense.

[Edited on August 3, 2009 at 3:58 PM. Reason : pssst i don't think we're gaining much traction here]

8/3/2009 3:57:53 PM

Add the WRAL story to your twitter. Also digg it, submit it to fark, post to your facebook, etc.

Get this story some national exposure.

8/3/2009 3:59:40 PM

8/3/2009 4:01:46 PM

By the power of the internets... TWW will make "area man's" problem... an international crisis.

8/3/2009 4:03:05 PM

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"at $500 a day i bet he folds soon."

Nah... I agree with Stimwalt -- this guy's going for broke...

8/3/2009 4:03:30 PM

this is what it used to look like before construction ramp up.

a major difference.

8/3/2009 4:03:45 PM

We could recruit some /b/tards to ruin the lives of the people of the Town of Cary.

8/3/2009 4:04:06 PM

fuck cary

8/3/2009 4:05:22 PM

This is our cause. For once WRAL and TWW join forces like the US and USSR in WW2.

we can set aside our petty ideological differences for one just cause.


The city's actions and lack of foresight has negatively impacted the structural integrity of his home and is using the resources at their disposal to bully him rather than admit their mistake. if we can't trust our local municipalities to have accountability then what hope is there for greater government?

[Edited on August 3, 2009 at 4:07 PM. Reason : has]

8/3/2009 4:07:29 PM

Does anyone have a preexisting fark.com account? This is perfect fark fodder.

New accounts must wait 6 hours before they can submit content.

And I already tweeted the WRAL link.

[Edited on August 3, 2009 at 4:07 PM. Reason : .]

8/3/2009 4:07:30 PM

I drove by this house this past weekend. He did get screwed. Basically the road is right beside the second floor of his house.

8/3/2009 4:09:08 PM

heh. this guys lives reallly, really close to me.

might take a run down there later this week....if its still up.

8/3/2009 4:09:52 PM

David Bowden stands victorious over the Goliath-Town of Cary, with a little help from TWW.

8/3/2009 4:13:50 PM

If he takes down his painting for economic reasons I say we stand on his lawn with signs saying the same thing as well as some other better versed and well pointed commentary.

perhaps take a tww lawyer with us for back up for when the man inevitably comes and tells us we can't stand on his yard with signs although we have his permission.

[Edited on August 3, 2009 at 4:19 PM. Reason : the man.]

8/3/2009 4:18:58 PM

SET EM UP

8/3/2009 4:19:12 PM