update to "HOA fence problem"

Hi,
Today while driving through the neighborhood I found another house in
exact same brick with fence in exact same stain. Is this going to help
us at all? I'm posting my earlier message below for those who don't
know the context.

TIA.

> Hi,
> Please help us in our new 'situation'. Our HOA is giving us grief over
> our fence color. We painted our fence a light oak color stain TWO AND
> HALF years ago. The HOA sent us a notice yesterday saying the color is
> unacceptable. Our brick color is gray. They said the color of the
> fence should go with the color of the brick. And they suggested GRAY
> color for our fence.
> 
> I think this is ridiculous. First of all, why should I paint my fence
> gray and make it look hidious.
> 
> We painted it oak color because that matched the original color of the
> wood closely and we liked the way it looked against our brick. We
> already told them why we chose the stain but they still want us to
> change the stain to gray.
> 
> Can they wait until two and half years to complain about the stain
> color of our fence? Do we have any rights over this? There are dozens
> of houses in our neighborhood that didn't stain their fences and let
> them rot for years. I don't know why the HOA targeted us. We are very
> quiet people and never butt in anyone's business.
> 
> Please suggest what we should do. Thanks.