Homeowner’s association doesn’t want WWII veteran to have flagpole
Let me be very clear from the beginning: I hate homeowner’s associations–hate them. They are a small, local form of communism. Two types of people support and/or run them: liberals and hypocritical, snobby Republicans who, in every other facet of their lives, advocate individual freedom and liberty, yet they approve of homeowner’s associations because they supposedly help maintain property values.
OK, with that out of the way, feast your eyes on this:
90 year-old Colonel Van Barfoot has until Friday to remove the flagpole from his yard.
Barfoot lives in the Sussex Square community in western Henrico County. He moved there in July, and was ordered to remove the flagpole from his front lawn when he flew the flag on Labor Day, and again on Veterans Day.
The homeowner’s association doesn’t explicitly forbid flagpoles but they must be “aesthetically appropriate”. Short flags are allowed on porches, but Barfoot says that’s not the way he was raised to respect the flag.
Family members say he’s the most decorated American combat veteran alive. Barfoot has been awared more than 20 medals, including the Medal of Honor, The Silver Star, the Legion of Merit, The Bronze Star, and three Purple Hearts.
Wounded in combat three times, Barfoot fought in World War II and in Vietnam.
Meanwhile, the Sussex Square Homeowner’s Association issued a statement saying in part, “This is not about the American flag. This is about a flagpole… We are a neighborhood of patriotic Americans, many of whom have served our country in the military as Col. Barfoot has done..”
I expect this fro liberals. After all, liberals want to control us. But I will not listen to these damn country club Republicans preach freedom and individual liberty while they live in a community that dictates what they can and can’t do to their own property.
I fully support the Col. and thank him for his service to our country. He should be able to place 10 flagpoles in his yard if he so pleases.
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