Homeowner: Only bureaucrats worried about Flintstone statues
Posted April 11, 2019 7:00 am
HILLSBOROUGH, Calif. (AP) - The owner of a San Francisco Bay Area home adorned with fanciful Flintstones characters says meddlesome bureaucrats are the only ones concerned with her Barney and Betty Rubble sculptures and other people derive joy from them.
Florence Fang spoke to the media for the first time Thursday as she filed her response to the city that is seeking to force her to remove the unpermitted installations.
City of Hillsborough officials have sued, calling the display a public nuisance and eyesore.
Hillsborough attorney Mark Hudak says residents are required to get a permit before installing such sculptures, regardless of the theme.
At the end of her news conference, Fang linked arms with her attorney and the home's original architect, exclaiming, "Yabba dabba do!"
Florence Fang, center, sits with architect William Nicholson, left, and her attorney, Angela Alioto, right, during a news conference outside the Flintstone House Thursday, April 11, 2019, in Hillsborough , Calif. The San Francisco Bay Area suburb of Hillsborough is suing the owner of the house, saying that she installed dangerous steps, dinosaurs and other Flintstone-based figurines without necessary permits. The owner and her attorney say they will fight for the rights of property owners and Fred and Barney fans everywhere. Nicholson is the original architect of the house. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
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Florence Fang, center, yells out "Yabba Dabba Doo!" while raising arms with architect William Nicholson, left, and her attorney, Angela Alioto, right, at the end of a news conference outside her Flintstone House Thursday, April 11, 2019, in Hillsborough , Calif. The San Francisco Bay Area suburb of Hillsborough is suing the owner of the house, saying that she installed dangerous steps, dinosaurs and other Flintstone-based figurines without necessary permits. The owner and her attorney say they will fight for the rights of property owners and Fred and Barney fans everywhere. Nicholson was the original architect of the home. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
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Florence Fang sits in a sunken room she calls the "Happy Place," at her Flintstone House Thursday, April 11, 2019, in Hillsborough , Calif. The San Francisco Bay Area suburb of Hillsborough is suing the owner of the house, saying that she installed dangerous steps, dinosaurs and other Flintstone-based figurines without necessary permits. The owner and her attorney say they will fight for the rights of property owners and Fred and Barney fans everywhere. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
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A statue of Fred Flintstone stands near the front entryway of the Flintstone House Thursday, April 11, 2019, in Hillsborough, Calif. The San Francisco Bay Area suburb of Hillsborough is suing the owner of the house, saying that she installed dangerous steps, dinosaurs and other Flintstone-based figurines without necessary permits. The owner and her attorney say they will fight for the rights of property owners and Fred and Barney fans everywhere. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
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The Flintstone House is seen before a news conference with the owner and the home's original architect Thursday, April 11, 2019, in Hillsborough, Calif. The San Francisco Bay Area suburb of Hillsborough is suing the owner of the house, saying that she installed dangerous steps, dinosaurs and other Flintstone-era figurines without necessary permits. The owner and her attorney say they will fight for the rights of property owners and Fred and Barney fans everywhere. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
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