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New York Post
4 days ago
- General
- New York Post
Heartless HOA orders woman to remove ‘nuisance' Memorial Day display honoring fallen Army vet brother
It's downright un-American. An Arizona homeowners' association has ordered one resident to remove a Memorial Day tribute to her fallen US Army soldier brother — telling her that the patriotic exhibit was 'a nuisance.' Kendall Rasmusson placed flags and banners on her front lawn, and a large poster of her brother, Sgt. John Kyle Daggett, on her garage door in Surprise, Arizona, to remember her sibling during national holiday, AZ Family reported Monday. Advertisement 4 Kendall Rasmusson, right, with her brother, US Army Sgt. John Kyle Daggett, who died in 2008. FOX 19 NOW 4 Kendall Rasmusson said she decorates her Arizona home during holidays to honor her fallen US Army brother. FOX 19 NOW But that didn't sit well with the company managing the local homeowner's association, Rasmusson told the TV station. Advertisement 'My brother really loved his country, and I've very proud and that's really the point,' she said. 'It's been interesting navigating life without him.' 4 Kendall Rasmusson said the management company for her homeowners association ordered her to remove her display FOX 19 NOW She said the HOA management company called the display an eyesore in the neighborhood. 'They put it in comparison with dead plants, dead trees and bushes,' Rasmusson said. 'And it was kind of offensive to have it be in this comparison of what they're calling a nuisance.' Advertisement She posted her objections on a local neighborhood group page and received a follow-up email from the management company, telling her their decree wasn't meant to 'overlook the significance of the display.' But the result was the same. 4 The managers of Kendall Rasmusson's homeowners association called her honor to her brother 'a nuisance.' FOX 19 NOW Rasmusson told the outlets that she's been pestered over her display before, and was fined $500 by the previous management company in 2018 before being granted a 'grace period.' Advertisement She said she assumed the new company would honor that. She said she posts the display during holidays, primarily Memorial Day, Independence Day and Labor Day for her brother, who died in 2008 after being mortally wounded in a rocket-propelled grenade attack in Baghdad. The management company was not publicly identified in the local news reports.
Newsweek
5 days ago
- General
- Newsweek
HOA Orders Woman Remove Memorial Day Display in Honor of Veteran Brother
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. A Surprise, Arizona, woman remains locked in a dispute on Memorial Day with her current homeowners' association (HOA) management company over a tribute to her beloved brother killed in Iraq, according to local news station Arizona's Family. Kendall Rasmusson faces new demands to remove patriotic decorations from her property, including a magnetic poster honoring U.S. Army Sergeant John Kyle Daggett who died in May 2008. The homeowner previously encountered a similar dispute with a former HOA in 2018. Newsweek reached out to the Arizona Association of Community Managers via email and Rasmusson via LinkedIn on Monday for comment. Why It Matters Approximately 75.5 million Americans live in a community that's governed by an HOA, representing more than 30 percent of the U.S. housing stock, according to the Foundation for Community Association Research. The dispute raises critical questions about community governance limits when personal tributes intersect with aesthetic regulations. What To Know Daggett was 21 when he died in May 2008 after a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) struck his Stryker vehicle during combat operations in Iraq, according to his family. For over a decade, Rasmusson says she has maintained various tributes at her Desert Oasis community home, including a garage door poster reading: "Freedom is not free, Remembering my brother, Sgt. John Kyle Daggett. Sept. 30, 1986, to May 15, 2008. US Army Airborne Ranger." The current dispute mirrors a 2018 battle with the previous HOA management company, which initially fined Rasmusson $500 for the same display. After an online petition garnered over 1,100 signatures, that company eventually permitted the memorial during multiple patriotic holidays including Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, and Veterans Day. The arrangement allowed Rasmusson to maintain displays within a grace period system between approved holidays. However, on May 7, 2025, a new HOA management company sent Rasmusson a letter classifying her tribute as a "nuisance," comparing it to "dead plants, dead trees and bushes," Arizona's Family reported. The management company claims the poster has been displayed for several months, categorizing it as a permanent exterior feature rather than temporary holiday decoration. Current HOA rules permit decorations 30 days before holidays and require removal 10 days after. What People Are Saying Homeowner Kendall Rasmusson told local station Arizona's Family: "My brother really loved his country, and I'm very proud, and that's really the point. It's been interesting navigating life without him." Neighbor and Suprise community member Bob Miller said he supports Rasmusson's display, telling Arizona's Family: "I think they should be able to keep it up and honor the person that they have." In a follow-up email sent to Rasmusson on Friday, the HOA management company said their intention was: "Not to cause frustration or overlook the significance of the display" after she posted about the dispute on a neighborhood group page on social media. STOCK IMGE: HOA - Homeowner Association. House Owner Community STOCK IMGE: HOA - Homeowner Association. House Owner Community Getty Images What Happens Next? The resolution likely depends on whether current management will honor the 2018 precedent that allowed the display during patriotic holidays, or if Rasmusson will need renewed community advocacy to maintain her brother's memorial. Rasmusson maintains she regularly takes down and replaces displays between approved holidays.
CBS News
27-04-2025
- Health
- CBS News
The fight over giving undocumented Minnesotans health insurance
This is the first year Minnesota is providing undocumented workers with the state health insurance known as MinnesotaCare. Republicans at the State Capitol say they want to end the program, in large part because of the cost to taxpayers. But Democrats — as well as hospitals, doctors and nurses — are lobbying to keep the benefit. Republicans at a news conference this week said the numbers of undocumented residents signing up for state health care is way more than expected So far, 17,000 undocumented residents have signed up. The original projection was 5,700. And the estimated cost will be more than $600 million over four years — $400 million more than the original projected cost. State Sen. Jordan Rasmusson, R-Fergus Falls, was a guest on WCCO Sunday Morning at 10:30 a.m. "We have seen the number of illegal immigrant enrollees triple what the Democrats estimated back when they were looking at the program starting," Rasmusson said. "This is a program that unfortunately is incentivizing illegal immigrants to come here to Minnesota because of these benefits." But supporting health care for the undocumented are the influential Minnesota Hospital Association, the Minnesota Medical Association and the Minnesota Nurses Association. They argue undocumented residents pay $222 million in taxes each year, and having the undocumented insured means hospitals and doctors get reimbursed. It also means less undocumented residents will have to postpone medical care until it's an emergency. The law's author, Sen. Alice Mann, DFL-Edina, is also an ER physician. "To take care of someone who is ill is somethng that could have been taken care of two months ago than it is when they showed up in the emergency department. So the health care cost of treating something further down the line is much more expensive," Mann said. She also argues that the Republican numbers are inflated, and so far this year the undocumented have submitted $3.4 million in claims, with an estimated cost to taxpayers of $112 million over four years. With just over three weeks left in the session, and with Democrats in control of the Senate, Rasmusson's bill to eliminate funding for undocumented health care is unlikely to pass. But the debate over undocumented workers is certain to continue both in Minnesota and across the nation. You can watch WCCO Sunday Morning with Esme Murphy and Adam Del Rosso every Sunday at 6 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.
CBS News
27-01-2025
- Politics
- CBS News
Vote for motion to expel Sen. Nicole Mitchell fails at Minnesota Senate
ST. PAUL, Minn. — A vote for a motion to expel embattled DFL Minnesota state Sen. Nicole Mitchell failed in the chamber on Monday. State senators voted along party lines, with 33 DFL senators voting against the motion and 33 GOP senators voting in favor of it. Republican Sen. Jordan Rasmusson of Fergus Falls introduced the motion to expel Mitchell, who last year was charged with burglary. Rasmusson said, in addition to the burglary charges, Mitchell has "abused her position in the Senate to force a delay in a trial that would provide closure and justice for a real victim." Earlier this month, a judge granted Mitchell's motion to delay her trial until after the legislative session. The trial was set to begin on Monday, but it will now start within 60 days of May 19, court records state. Mitchell pleaded not guilty to first-degree burglary in August and has denied wrongdoing. According to the criminal complaint, Mitchell admitted to police she broke into her stepmother's home in Detroit Lakes last April to retrieve some of her late father's personal items, including his ashes. A similar expulsion vote against Mitchell failed last year, though the DFL did remove her from her committees and caucus meetings. Rasmusson said that action means Mitchell has "forfeited her ability to effectively represent her constituents." Before the vote, DFL Sen. Nick Frentz spoke in support of Mitchell and asked Senate President Bobby Joe Champion to find Rasmusson's motion out of order. "This member of the Senate has not had her day in court," Frentz said. Because of a vacancy caused by DFL Sen. Kari Dziedzic's death, the balance of power in the Senate currently stands at a 33-33 tie. Dziedzic's seat will be filled in a special election on Tuesday. The district — 60, in northeast Minneapolis — favors Democrats. Note: The video above originally aired Jan. 17, 2025.
