Green Bay Landlord Forces Tenants To Remove Bears Decorations

By Samantha Abernethy in News on Aug 27, 2012 8:30PM

Jonathan Lurie

A landlord in Green Bay wanted to evict his Bears fan tenants because they lied on their application about their team of choice, but instead he settled for the removal of Bears paraphernalia from the house's lawn.

According to NBC, the landlord posted a question on a landlord forum to get advice on his homegrown rivalry issue. Here is what the landlord posted on the Landlord Protection Agency website:

I know you guys will laugh and call me a "troll", but here's my very real situation.

I own a home in Green Bay, Wisconsin. My job took me down Lake Michigan a ways towards Milwaukee, but I do plan on living back in Green Bay when I retire in a few years, so I am renting the place out as I do not want to sell it. As you can imagine, people are VERY fanatic about the Green Bay Packers there. My new tenants lied to me on my application and are actually Chicago Bears fans! They have made this known by putting out Bears crap all over the front lawn (flags, lawn gnomes, placemats, etc.). This has pissed off my neighbors something fierce as they do not want to live next to such blowhards.

Can I evict them based on their lying to me on my application about being Packer fans? I would never have rented to them if I knew they were not as my house is located within walking distance of Lambeau field. I'd rather take a loss and stay there the 8 times a year I go a Packers game instead of renting to some Bears fans.

Any help you can give would be appreciated.

The commenters got pretty rough on the guy. Sure, he's a Packers fan, but he's also a human. Responses generally fall into one of the following categories:

• "That's beautiful. You're stuck cheesehead! I hope they keep their bear stuff out all year long. Long live Mike Ditka. Forrest Gregg's an asshole!"


• "I can't stand the Bears, the ownership, or the management! They suck. I have a great suggestion. Paint the house green and gold. End of problem."

Via NBC Chicago, via USA Today, via Reddit.