Anyone who’s ever lived in an area with an HOA knows how even a little bit of power can turn normal people into psychos. Case in point: The government of St. Peters, Missouri, which appears to have spent four years specifically targeting a man who wants to grow sunflowers in his front yard.

Local outlet FOX 2 Now says that a man named Chris Bank planted sunflowers as a hobby. Soon thereafter, he was told that he was violating a local ordinance requiring he have a ratio of at least 50 percent grass on his lawn. Bank said he met this standard and tried to fight it, but the case was dropped.

After that, the city tried *again* to stop his sunflowers, first by changing how the city measured 50 percent, then by passing another law classifying sunflowers as a “crop” and limiting them to just 10 percent of yard space. Bank says he will be taking this issue to court.

Let me just say what we’re all thinking: Let my man have his flowers!