A Marine will always find a way
Jun 30, 2021 13:35:17 #
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Jun 30, 2021 14:17:57 #
I can see the HOA Gestapo raising a stink about this.
--Bob
--Bob
tramsey wrote:
I wonder how much help he had. I see two ladders
Jun 30, 2021 14:18:59 #
Jun 30, 2021 16:18:35 #
My parents bought a parcel of land right across from the high school where my Dad taught. It was on an 8 foot elevation and on a corner. After they built a house, my Dad put a flag pole on the elevated corner. At the top flew the American flag and just below it the M (Michigan) flag, both of which meant so much to him. He did 7 1/2 years active duty, from before the war until aferwards and finished his 20 in the Reserves. Michigan got him out of the coal mines because he could play football. He always said if it weren't for Michigan and football he would have been a coal miner. So hooray for the freedom to fly flags, wherever you are.
Jun 30, 2021 16:21:36 #
ELNikkor wrote:
I count 4 ladders, but there IS another side to the house...
I got curious and did an image search. I found this house on at least three sites listed as one of the winners for a "Forth of July" decoration contest - oldest I found was 2013.
Why did I look it up? The style is way too old to be in a pre-built neighborhood that had an HOA to hassle someone about a flag.
Jun 30, 2021 17:41:22 #
rmalarz wrote:
I can see the HOA Gestapo raising a stink about this.
--Bob
--Bob
I used to live in the ranks of a HOA. What a bunch of dictators. I sold the house and moved far away. If he does live within a HOA we should be able to hear the stink where ever we are. I hope he doesn't 'cause he doesn't have a chance
Jun 30, 2021 18:24:36 #
HOA’s can certainly be obsessed with their power and enforcing arbitrary picayune rules; but consider what would happen to your home value when your next door neighbor decides to decorate the outer walls of his home with murals of scantily clad women pole dancing, or if his painted flag of preference includes the Soviet hammer and sickle or Nazi Swastika. The rules aren’t so much for people with reasonable judgment but rather for those with no judgment. Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.
Jun 30, 2021 18:45:38 #
robertjerl wrote:
That was my first thought; this "story" is not real. The purpose of the tweet is to provoke an emotional response (aka knee-jerk reaction) and get people all riled up - as if we don't have enough in real life to upset us ...The style is way too old to be in a pre-built neighborhood that had an HOA to hassle someone about a flag.
Jun 30, 2021 19:22:39 #
If the neighbors have the authority (HOA?) to tell him he can't fly a flag year round, I'm surprised they don't have the authority to limit how he could paint his house.
Jun 30, 2021 19:23:28 #
SteveR wrote:
...hooray for the freedom to fly flags, wherever you are.
JohnSwanda wrote:
The tweet is nonsensical and untrue. See Snopes link in my next comment.If the neighbors have the authority (HOA?) to tell him he can't fly a flag year round, I'm surprised they don't have the authority to limit how he could paint his house.
Jun 30, 2021 19:26:09 #
[quote=Linda From Maine]That was my first thought; this "story" is not real. The purpose of the tweet is to provoke an emotional response (aka knee-jerk reaction) and get people all riled up - as if we don't have enough in real life to upset us [/quote
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Jun 30, 2021 19:44:19 #
More info from SNOPES: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/house-rules/
"The American flag house is located in Cambridge, Maryland, and its owner, Branden Spear, gave it that distinctive paint job after being angered that his restored Victorian property was declared by building inspectors to be non-compliant with historical code"
"The American flag house is located in Cambridge, Maryland, and its owner, Branden Spear, gave it that distinctive paint job after being angered that his restored Victorian property was declared by building inspectors to be non-compliant with historical code"
Jun 30, 2021 20:25:23 #
Linda From Maine wrote:
The tweet is nonsensical and untrue. See Snopes link in my next comment.
How many times, though, have we seen the right to fly the flag limited by HOA's. So, my statement stands.
Jun 30, 2021 20:46:27 #
SteveR wrote:
Quote: The "Freedom to Display the American Flag Act of 2005" makes it illegal for an HOA to restrict owners from displaying a U.S. flag. Your HOA can, however, reasonably restrict the time, place, and manner of your flag display (provided the restrictions are to protect a substantial interest of the association).How many times, though, have we seen the right to fly the flag limited by HOA's. So, my statement stands.
The law regarding freedom to display the U.S. Flag: https://www.congress.gov/bill/109th-congress/house-bill/42
As I said, the tweet was designed to get people riled up over inaccurate and/or false information.
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