Woman ordered to remove flag from condo EAST WINDSOR, Conn. (AP) _ Even though she risks a fine of 25 dollars a day, a Connecticut woman says she has no intention of removing the American flag that flies outside her condominium.
Teresa Richard says it's a link to her son, who is serving in Afghanistan.
But the Stoughton Ridge Condominium Association in East Windsor says flying the flag violates ``common area'' rules.
The East Windsor Veterans Commission has written to Richard's condo association on her behalf. Commission chairman Warren Wenz says the American flag should be flown any place, any time, without restrictions.
The condo association adopted the rule in 2004. But one resident told The Hartford Courant that after he threatened to sue, the association didn't raise the issue with him again, and he continues to fly his flag on his front lawn.
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The Board of Directors at an East Windsor condo community is threatening to fine one its residents $25 a day if an American flag isn't removed from their property.
Theresa Richards, a resident of Stoughton Ridge Condo Community, recently put an American flag in her yard to show support for her son, a Connecticut Guardsman serving in Afghanistan.
A member of the board of directors told Eyewitness News that the board is asking Richards to remove her flag. Click here to find out more!
In January 2005, the condo association changed the rules and regulations governing what is and is not appropriate for a resident to have in their yard.
According to the association, residents can hang flags from poles attached to the front entrance, wood or trim or deck rails. The association said free-standing flag poles are banned. Residents that had stand-alone poles installed before the new regulations will be allowed to keep their flags.
"I think they've become little tin dictators. The power has gone to their head. I see no problem of flying the flag," said Gene Doering, Richards' neighbor, who has his own flag in his yard. "I mean, it's not hurting anything and it's the American flag. With all the people getting killed all over the world, you'd think people would take a second look at it."
Watch this link! This guy said it all. He will pay her $25 a day fine, saying that, "in an era where desecration of the flag is allowed, flying it is not?" (Paraphrased...)