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Injured Vet Now Being Allowed To Fly Her American Flag As-Is
CBS13 ^ | July 30, 2013 | CBS13

Posted on 07/30/2013 10:03:51 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey

CITRUS HEIGHTS (CBS13) — An injured veteran of the war in Afghanistan who was told to take down the American flag she has flying from the balcony of her apartment is now being told it can stay.

Jen Elliot was shocked when she found a notice from her property management company on her front door last week asking her to remove the flag from her balcony, ..."

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We should all be shocked dismayed and OUTRAGED...and thankful she was able to right this travesty!
1 posted on 07/30/2013 10:03:51 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey
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Sorry, but I happen to believe that the person/company that OWNS the property should have the final say in what is and isn’t allowed. Don’t agree with the rules of the owner of the property? go buy your own place.


2 posted on 07/30/2013 10:07:58 AM PDT by qwerty1234
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But the lease she signed stipulated that a correctly flown American flag was permitted.


3 posted on 07/30/2013 10:10:05 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: qwerty1234

Actually, she has a type of ownership. It’s called a leasehold. The landlord has the title. The bank probably has a lien and the government can tax it. So who owns it?


4 posted on 07/30/2013 10:10:53 AM PDT by Mercat
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To: qwerty1234

I am on the fence with this. I understand your point.

However, how offensive is an American flag?

There must be common sense somewhere.


5 posted on 07/30/2013 10:10:53 AM PDT by llevrok (Hint: The Constitution is not written in cursive, Obama)
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To: 9YearLurker

Then I have no problem with it, the lease is negotiated between the owner and the renter, if that’s the case this isn’t really a news story at all.


6 posted on 07/30/2013 10:11:18 AM PDT by qwerty1234
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Michael Newdow owns the place?

Reasonable use...is I think included in the price of a rental.

What that might constitute would have at one time been a matter of what we used to call “common sense”.


7 posted on 07/30/2013 10:12:18 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey (Macabre Crumpet of Caucasian Ethnicity)
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To: qwerty1234

Pretty simple-minded way of looking at things, I’d say. One size fits all usually doesn’t fit any.


8 posted on 07/30/2013 10:12:20 AM PDT by beelzepug (if any alphabets are watchin', I'll be coming home right after the meetin')
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To: qwerty1234

And the property owner’s property is within the US

If she doesn’t like that she can go to Costa Rica and tell people on her property not to fly the US flag.

Till then, if she enjoys the benefits of living here she can realize her owned property is inside of a bigger entity

And so can you


9 posted on 07/30/2013 10:13:12 AM PDT by stanne
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Our Complex has a state flag and national flag at the entrance along with a small garden area. Very nice. Very respectful. And lighted at night.

I put a sticker flag in my apartment front window....on my car, wear a pin on my lapel.....

10 posted on 07/30/2013 10:13:18 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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There must be common sense somewhere.

The form of thought formerly referred to as “common sense” is in exceedingly rare supply or use...these days.


11 posted on 07/30/2013 10:14:12 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey (Macabre Crumpet of Caucasian Ethnicity)
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To: qwerty1234

Amen to that. That’s why my brother and in-law bought their own place and escaped’ a Gestapo-style condo complex.


12 posted on 07/30/2013 10:16:17 AM PDT by max americana (fired liberals in our company after the election, & laughed while they cried (true story))
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To: qwerty1234

Seems she had a bunch of hanging junk and the flag was NOT hung properly.


13 posted on 07/30/2013 10:17:57 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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By the looks of the flag in the article it was not what some might consider Out Of Scale or dangerously mounted

A 20 by 40 foot Flag might be out of place in such environs.

Making decisions based on what was formerly referred to as common sense is strikingly rare in these post modern times.


14 posted on 07/30/2013 10:18:49 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey (Macabre Crumpet of Caucasian Ethnicity)
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Doesn't flag etiquette require that the flag be lighted at night? If so, the lady was not following such etiquette as the lease requires.


15 posted on 07/30/2013 10:29:33 AM PDT by Former Fetus (Saved by grace through faith)
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To: qwerty1234; All
Sorry, but I happen to believe that the person/company that OWNS the property should have the final say in what is and isn’t allowed. Don’t agree with the rules of the owner of the property? go buy your own place.

I agree. Our constitutonal freedoms only protect us from federal laws, and to a lesser extent state and local laws.

I'm glad that this situation turned out well for the vet. But potential problems with displaying the flag should be a question that prospective renters ask a landlord before actually renting from that landlord imo.

16 posted on 07/30/2013 10:33:24 AM PDT by Amendment10
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To: qwerty1234

She had the flag hung exactly as the leased specified.


17 posted on 07/30/2013 10:35:00 AM PDT by rockabyebaby (We are sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo screwed!)
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To: MeshugeMikey

Saw her on local news last night. Couldn’t but help notice her large tattoos.


18 posted on 07/30/2013 10:36:55 AM PDT by Retired Chemist
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If you are offended by the flag maybe it is you that should leave the country. Do you think that a land owner can make his tenants use drugs also? Do you think that the government should not fly flags on government property? I am 100% disabled and have 2 Purple Hearts, Two Army Commendation medals with V device and 5 unit citations along with other decorations. I will fly my flag which is my right even if it is on your property or Government property or even the moon if I got there because I have earned the right!!!!!!!!!!!!


19 posted on 07/30/2013 10:43:13 AM PDT by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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What has not been taken into consideration is now all the rainbow flags can be flown.


20 posted on 07/30/2013 10:44:48 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (The reason we own guns is to protect ourselves from those wanting to take our guns from us.)
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