Private Road, Public Dispute

They used my private farm road for their Christmas light show, so I shut the entire

thing down. A few days before Christmas, I came back to my farm and immediately

knew something was wrong. The gravel road I built years ago for tractors and

hay trucks was packed with cars, brake lights glowing in the dark, music blasting,

people waving like they were at a fair. That’s when I realized the new HOA neighborhood behind my land had

turned my private farm road into the main entrance for their Christmas light drive-through.

They never called me. They never asked permission. My cattle fence

had been cut, the road was torn up by traffic, and sitting in my mailbox was a cheerful