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Thank you Senator Dillard
I hung my United States flag from my back porch this afternoon. Within 3 hours I received an email from the president of our 12 unit Condo board (I notice he has removed the anti-war posters from his windows) telling me "someone" complained and I had to take the flag down - that he didn't think it would be an issue if I put it inside my house in my window.
Thankfully Illinois State Senator Kirk Dillard sponsored and passed a law protecting people such as myself - people who don't hate the U.S. It's also worth noting that Barack Obama co-sponsered the bill before leaving for D.C.
posted by Edward at 10/28/2006 05:57:00 PM
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I find it very absurd that anyone could be offended with a U.S flag being hung on U.S. soil. I can most definitely understand how ridiculous it is when Mexicans fly their flags thinking that they are back in their country. God Bless America.
Ed the next apprentice?
Find this article at:
http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/11/01/trump.flag.ap/index.html
Donald Trump cited for 80-foot flag pole
PALM BEACH, Florida (AP) -- Donald Trump's display of patriotism is apparently too flamboyant for this chic oceanside town.
Palm Beach officials cited Trump for hoisting a large American flag atop an 80-foot pole at his lavish Mar-a-Lago estate and club.
Town officials said the real estate mogul has violated zoning codes with a flagpole taller than 42 feet and for erecting it without a building permit and permission from the landmarks board.
Trump has until November 27 to apply for approvals or face a December 21 code enforcement hearing that could result in $250-a-day fines.
"You don't need a permit to put up the American flag," Trump said Tuesday. "The day you need a permit to put up the American flag, that will be a sad day for this country."
Lee Hanley, vice chairman of the town's landmarks commission, previously said the 15-by-25-foot flag makes the town look like "we have an Okeechobee car dealer," referring to a strip of auto dealerships along Okeechobee Boulevard in West Palm Beach.
Trump responded in a letter last week saying that "anyone who objects should not, in my opinion, hold a public office of any kind -- at least not in this country."
The flag first appeared outside the estate October 3.
Copyright 2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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