When the inmates (liberals) run the asylum, nothing is safe - or sacred. Just ask these guys. Married couple Amy and Chris Cooke, as well as their neighbor Terri Collins, were threatened with $100 fines last week if they did not remove Old Glory from outside their houses in San Marcos, San Diego County. They claimed the HOA has been on a rampage since President Trump was reelected in 2024, harassing them for flying the banner on the quiet street where houses average just under $1 million.
The Cookes and Terri said they were furious and willing to suffer the consequences, but noted others in the area had buckled under the pressure from Ambiance Owners’ Association and removed them.
In an astonishing letter from before the 2024 election, the HOA board argued the flag represented a “political or affiliative view” which will “degrade the common area.”
Amy, 62, told the California Post: “We are outraged, if you want to fly your flag fly it, this is America. We are the land of the free and home of the brave, this is crazy.” She added: “The American Flag is a symbol of freedom, we know where their brain is at.”
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How is it that the flag is not to be flown in any setting. If you cant fly a flag, vote those HOA bitches out.
ReplyDeleteHang it as if it was a curtain in your front window.
ReplyDeleteI was pretty sure HOA are not allowed to block the American flag. Quick Googling found:
ReplyDeleteThe Freedom to Display the American Flag Act of 2005 establishes a federal right for homeowners to display the U.S. flag on their residential property, prohibiting condominium associations, cooperative associations, and residential real estate management associations from enforcing policies that completely restrict this display. However, this right is not unfettered; associations retain the authority to enforce reasonable restrictions regarding the time, place, or manner of display if necessary to protect a substantial interest, such as property values, provided these rules do not conflict with the U.S. Flag Code.
As a Brit, the whole idea of HOAs strikes me as absurd. Thank goodness there's nothing like that here.
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