Posted on 10/13/2009 6:22:31 PM PDT by CitizenM
Jim Clausen was "shocked" when the manager of the Oaks Apartments in Albany told him he could face eviction if he did not remove the American flags that fly from his Jeep and motorcycle when they are parked at the complex.
Barb Holcomb, who manages the Oaks Apartments at 1440 Geary Circle S.E. for owner Stan Keller, said Clausen is correct.
She is requiring that tenants take off any flag that flies from their vehicles, and that includes the Mexican flag and college team flags.
Political and religous signs at a tenant's unit also are not permitted.
"I'm trying to avoid any conflict," Holcomb said. "I have a problem when tenants' rights to free speech come into contact with other tenants' rights of peaceful enjoyment. This policy is not a violation of anyone's civil rights.
"We're a diverse community here, and we've had previous problems with this sort of thing," she said.
Jann Carson, the associate director of the ACLU of Oregon, agreed that Clausen and other tenants' civil rights are not being violated under the new policy
SNIP
Holcomb said she wanted to implement the flag policy earlier but the previous manager would not say anything to the tenants.
"We have a new manager who is taking care of this," she said. "It's a small housekeeping problem we want to take care of."
(Excerpt) Read more at democratherald.com ...
“It’s the owners property, the owner makes the rules.”
Yes, that is true. However, if the owner has entered into a signed lease agreement with the tenant, then the owner can’t simply evict a tenant for breaching some new rule they just made up. If the rules weren’t part of the signed lease, then the owner won’t be able to use the courts to enforce them on that particular tenant.
Right on, right on.
Can you say, “Class action law suit!”
From the response all over the net, this rule will be changed quite quickly.
As someone pointed out in the comments of one of the original stories, Oregon’s veteran’s license plate has an American flag on it. Is the owner of a car with veteran’s plates supposed to remove them?
Here’s the management company contact info:
I feel a “Levin surge” of calls coming on...
Oaks Apartments
(Keller Development Company*, Oaks Apartments*)
1440 Geary Cir SE
Albany, OR 97322-6823
Phone: (541) 967-1284
Please give them a call: (541) 967-1284.
Then I'd get some inside window tint/screen such as http://www.monstermarketplace.com/Automotive/Landing1936a631.html
Bumper stickers? You bet... Maybe paint the entire car red white and blue.
Then I'd start inundating them with complaints about other people's promoting foreign, un-American cars. Every Honda, Toyoda, BMW, etc. that had a visible company logo... I'd write/email a complaint. If they can't see my flag, I don't want to see their foreign support.
She'll quickly see that what she is trying to do is pointless and doomed to failure.
Diverse community here. Oh, in other words, full of faggots.
Translation: We’ve got ourselves a buttload of illegal aliens living here and they are bound to make trouble.
“48% of America lives under the Stars and Stripes, and 52% live under the big “O” flag.”
43% live under the American flag, 45% live under the Mexican flag, leaving 12% under Obama.
The Lessee has property rights that can’t be violated outside of the contract. Also there is a first amendment issue.
Sounds like this woman needs a lesson taught to her.
Property rights are being lost left and right in this country. See Kelo.
My property is my property, you can exercise your rights on public property or your own. When you're on my property I make the rules.
Anything else is more collectivist crap sweeping the nation from left to right. My property isn't your castle. You fly my castles flag or you leave.
Some great reviews of the Oaks Apartments here...
Particularly like the one comparing the place to a gulag.
http://www.apartmentreviews.net/ratings/Oregon/albany/Oaks-Apartments.htm
Normally I’m against flag burning but.... :-)
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=350246215053&_trksid=p2759.l1259#ht_1056wt_665
I just gave them a piece of my mind. The owners of that aapartment complex is Stankorp at 541-926-5062. I left a message among other things telling them that that b**ch of a manager should be fired.
Your view is also a bit inaccurate. Just because you own something that others rent, does not give you the ability to enact tenant rules that violate state and federal laws, much their the state and federal constitutions. They aren’t lords and their properties aren’t fiefdoms. They can make up regulations in contracts but they can’t make up anything they want and take away people’s rights and liberties that are protected. The flag is a political symbol and is an expression of protected speech.
She will be sued for this and she will lose big time.
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