Marine vet ordered to remove American flag from his yard.

[powderman]

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/03/29/marine-veteran-ordered-to-remove-american-flag-from-his-yard/?test=latestnews
 
         Marine veteran ordered to remove American flag from his yard 
Published March 29, 2013
FoxNews.com   A U.S. Marine has been ordered by local officials to remove an American flag and flagpole that he installed outside his Florida home after returning home from serving in Iraq.
Gregory Schaffer told WPTV.com that he received a citation from the town of Hypoluxo, Fla., listing the flagpole as a violation of the town's permitting code.
 
"It's sad. It's sad that we have to go through that just to fly a flag," Schaffer told the station.
The 24-year-old Marine said a neighbor filed a complaint with the town within days after he installed the flagpole in his yard.
"It's disgusting that anybody should have to go through that. I fought for the flag, now I'm paying for the flag," Schaffer told the station.
 
A town building department official told WPTV.com that the flagpole is considered a structure and must be removed since Schaffer does not have a permit.
Schaffer told the station that because he is renting his property, he would have to hire a third party contractor to apply for the permit, which could cost up to $1,000.
The building department official said the town will try to work with the veteran to help him with the permitting process.
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[briarpatch]

These things come up ever so often and I am all for flying a flag anywhere in this Country.. BUT...
If you dont get involved with who you elect as HOA, CITY, COUNTY, STATE, and gooberment leaders this is what you have.
It sounds as though they are trying to work with him however laws are laws.
My suggestion would be, get involved and change the laws or go lay on a couch and pour his a&& full of alcohol then whine a lot.

[Spirithawk]

That's why I live out in the country. I'll be danged if someone is going to tell me what I can or can't do on my own property!

[ChungDoQuan]

Sounds like the local capitalist overlords are more interested in the flag pole than the flag. Check zoning laws.

[Gun Runner]

Maybe using the pole to hoist up somebody trying to take it down might make them think twice about their Stupid law.

Gun Runner

[Ranger99]

sad. . . . .

[Brett]

I got two words for the neighbor who complained about the flag pole. They start with the letters A and H. 

[williamlayton]

Let's get together in Texas--tell Hood and Bliss to get out and build a fence around the whole damn state and kick everybody out that is illegal or wants to live in the USA.
Blessings

[mechanic]

Let's get together in Texas--tell Hood and Bliss to get out and build a fence around the whole damn state and kick everybody out that is illegal or wants to live in the USA.
Blessings

Sounds like a plan.
 
I live in a "refurbished" neighborhood in Ga.   A local outfit got grants from the local and state gov's to "refurbish" it.  They have bought up properties and fixed them up and resold them.  They have also refurbished for a fee for those that live in the area.  All this comes with a cost.....their rules.  My house while geographically in the area, has never belonged to them, nor have I allowed them to have anything to do with it.  It has been in my wife's family for almost 50 years.
 
On more than one occasion they have stopped by to remind me of the "rules" as I was doing work on the house.....more than once I have explained about trespassing and the dangers thereof.....
 
One of the last incidents was a fella' telling me I couldn't have the flagpole...against the rules and not in keeping with the overall plan.....I told him to move it anytime he felt froggy....just be sure his ins. is paid up and he leaves a number for the next of kin.....
 
Ben

[powderman]

BEN. Good for you. Here we have planning and zoning. I'd love to have the money to build a new house back by the  woods WITHOUT their permission. POWDERMAN. 

[Ranger99]

having property out in the sticks
can be a double-edged sword.
some i'd looked at some time back
was interesting until i looked a bit
closer and did more footwork. there
was folks living in buses and shacks
with junk everywhere, but out of sight
of the road. meth head city.
 no codes or zoning can
bite you if you are unaware.

[dakotashooter2]

Some areas just love thier little communist worlds...............................

[vabeachman]

I would take down flaw pole and then paint house, sheds, vehicles the red white and blue.