EVERETT, Wash. – Being honked off doesn't give you a right to honk on, a judge told a woman who vented at a neighbor by leaning on her car horn at 6 a.m. Helen Immelt of Monroe, Wash., expressed her anger in 2006 because the neighbor had complained to their homeowners association about her having chickens against the association's rules.

She parked in front of his house at 5:50 a.m. the next day and leaned on her horn for 10 minutes straight. He called the police, but she repeated the honking two hours later.

Immelt was cited for a noise violation but appealed on free-speech grounds.

Judge Richard J. Thorpe ruled Monday that "Horn honking which is done to annoy or harass others is not speech."

She should have read the dang associate rules!! She could have been charged money and lost her home if chickens and noise were in the rules.

I see that you read your news on yahoo as well..

they should have gotton roosters and set the light on a timer to wake it up to start up with its **** a doodle doing at about 5am




just a thought

but hey

what do i know

Sounds right to me....

job well done, judge!