former marine, mike merola, in dispute over \'official\' flagpole display
Mike Mora put up a 20
Shortly after he moved into his current home in March 2009, he stepped on the flagpole in his backyard.
Merlot, 60, a Marine, has been flying the US flag for years from 1969 to 1977, usually replacing it twice a year to maintain its appearance.
But now, in Cypress, Texas, 40 minutes northwest of Houston, the Association of homeowners in Melora says he and his wife Sylvia need to stop.
Last month, the company filed a complaint saying that its rules limit the height of the pole to 6 feet, allowing only the installation of the pole height in the home of residents. With an ex.
Soldiers fought crazy with some of his neighbors.
\"Because I have served this country for eight years, I feel like every American citizen who has served it, and others who want to pay tribute to those who have paid the final price, we should be able to hang melola.
\"I have nothing but praise for this.
HOA is the only one with a problem.
\"Although his application for the flag was rejected, Merlot was doing so anyway.
However, the Lakeland Village Community Association did not back down.
It has filed a complaint with the Harris County District Court for Merola to remove the \"permanent injunction relief\" of the flagpole \".
Merlot and his wife were entertained in December.
A response was also provided on January. 11.
The association asked the court to pay $10 a day for illegal and legal fees.
Date of hearing has not yet been set.
Nina Tran, a lawyer representing the Lakeland Village Community Association, said her client encouraged residents to fly the American flag, but had enacted regulations that were consistent with members.
\"If you have a separate flagpole, someone may end up wanting a 50-or 100-
\"Foot,\" said Tran.
\"Everyone supports the display of a separate pole.
But what if someone wants to show the Nazis?
Things in the future may offend one person and be supported by others.
\"Merola believes that the association\'s flag guidelines do not apply to his case, as they are for the frontcourt.
He added that these rules violate the United States Flag Act of 2005, which prohibits the residential property management association from adopting or implementing \"any policy\" or entering into any agreement, restrict or prevent Association members from showing signs.
However, Tran said the Freedom Act to display the American flag allows the homeowner association to regulate the time, manner and place of the display, including the flagpole.
Lee Thweat, counsel for Merola, did not see the difference.
\"In our view, the display of the flag and flagpole is intertwined,\" Thweat said . \".
\"You can\'t have a flag without a flagpole.
Thweat added that some residents asked him if there was a way to limit or limit the cost of the homeowner association that might fund the association\'s case.
\"Of course, Mike and Sylvia want to know, \'Why are our dues used to sue us when no one complains, \'and 4x6 the freedom to show the American Flag Act gives them protection?
\"Thweat said he was a former Marine and represented Merolas for free.
Sylvia Mela says the cost is about $915 a year.
\"This is quite a lot,\" she said . \".
\"The cost of the other house we live in is about $300.
\"Some of Melora\'s neighbors said there was no problem with his flagpole.
\"I think it\'s ridiculous that the flag can\'t fly,\" said Jim King, Merlot\'s neighbor . \".
King says his home with Merola is by the lake and there is a sidewalk in the backyard.
\"You won\'t even notice the flag,\" said Kim, who signed a neighborhood petition in support of Melora.
\"I think they should change the rules if there are rules against them.
But Tran said the association rules require the board to vote for a change of regulation by a 80% majority, a mix of current residents and developers.
\"There must be a democratic process in trying to decide what kind of rules and regulations to safeguard your pole property,\" Tran said . \".
\"For each owner, there is a ticket for each property.
This is because you don\'t want to change the rules and regulations because of a sudden whim of a person.
\"Since he and his wife moved into their home in November 2009, the king has not heard of any dispute with the homeowner association.
King, who used to be the chairman of the homeowners association at his former residence, said he liked to live nearby and praised Lakeland for managing the maintenance of the development.
\"I think HOA did a good job of keeping the market segment.
\"As president of a country, I know it\'s very easy to let things slip away and ignore it,\" Kim said . \".
\"But I don\'t see any problem with this flagpole.
The King said his wife had a knee injury.
On January 2010, a senior statue of a saint was asked by the Association to dismantle it.
He said he agreed with his wife and put it in their backyard.
\"No one noticed the flagpole, no one noticed the statue, but with the statue, one could forget carried so, put everything in front,\" Kim said . \".
Satish Kalra, another neighbor, says he doesn\'t mind showing as long as it doesn\'t interfere with the value of his neighbors and property.
\"They all have good intentions,\" Kalra said . \".
\"This should be addressed for the benefit of HOA and the flexibility of the homeowner to ensure that the property values are maintained.
\"According to Roberto Blanche, disputes between the residents and the homeowners association are common, and he is in zigerfried, Rivera, Rena, de la Torre and soberA. in Florida.
\"These kinds of complaints are very typical,\" Blanche said . \"
Florida has a specific flag regulation that allows homeowners to erect a flagpole of no more than 20 feet, and the American flag of no more than 6 feet.
\"The basic premise is that lawmakers don\'t want to stop people from flying the flag, as long as it\'s hanging in a proper respectful way,\" Blanche said . \".
Roy Johnson under the flag.
A dispute with his association of homeowners in Newnan, Georgia. in 2006.
Counsel for the Avery Park Community Association and their law firm Weinstock & Scavo met with Johnson and finally allowed his 20-
The flagpole that did not file a lawsuit in court.
\"They wasted time and money and gave up because they wouldn\'t get anything out of it,\" Johnson said . \" He lived in that house from 2006 to 2008.
Weinstock & Scavo did not want to comment on their client\'s behalf as there was no public record of the case.
A small flag does not follow proper traditions, such as flying half a flag, Johnson said.
Staff of the national tragedy
\"Somehow these fools in Washington have to come up with some rules where you can\'t interfere with the people who are showing the American flag
Shortly after he moved into his current home in March 2009, he stepped on the flagpole in his backyard.
Merlot, 60, a Marine, has been flying the US flag for years from 1969 to 1977, usually replacing it twice a year to maintain its appearance.
But now, in Cypress, Texas, 40 minutes northwest of Houston, the Association of homeowners in Melora says he and his wife Sylvia need to stop.
Last month, the company filed a complaint saying that its rules limit the height of the pole to 6 feet, allowing only the installation of the pole height in the home of residents. With an ex.
Soldiers fought crazy with some of his neighbors.
\"Because I have served this country for eight years, I feel like every American citizen who has served it, and others who want to pay tribute to those who have paid the final price, we should be able to hang melola.
\"I have nothing but praise for this.
HOA is the only one with a problem.
\"Although his application for the flag was rejected, Merlot was doing so anyway.
However, the Lakeland Village Community Association did not back down.
It has filed a complaint with the Harris County District Court for Merola to remove the \"permanent injunction relief\" of the flagpole \".
Merlot and his wife were entertained in December.
A response was also provided on January. 11.
The association asked the court to pay $10 a day for illegal and legal fees.
Date of hearing has not yet been set.
Nina Tran, a lawyer representing the Lakeland Village Community Association, said her client encouraged residents to fly the American flag, but had enacted regulations that were consistent with members.
\"If you have a separate flagpole, someone may end up wanting a 50-or 100-
\"Foot,\" said Tran.
\"Everyone supports the display of a separate pole.
But what if someone wants to show the Nazis?
Things in the future may offend one person and be supported by others.
\"Merola believes that the association\'s flag guidelines do not apply to his case, as they are for the frontcourt.
He added that these rules violate the United States Flag Act of 2005, which prohibits the residential property management association from adopting or implementing \"any policy\" or entering into any agreement, restrict or prevent Association members from showing signs.
However, Tran said the Freedom Act to display the American flag allows the homeowner association to regulate the time, manner and place of the display, including the flagpole.
Lee Thweat, counsel for Merola, did not see the difference.
\"In our view, the display of the flag and flagpole is intertwined,\" Thweat said . \".
\"You can\'t have a flag without a flagpole.
Thweat added that some residents asked him if there was a way to limit or limit the cost of the homeowner association that might fund the association\'s case.
\"Of course, Mike and Sylvia want to know, \'Why are our dues used to sue us when no one complains, \'and 4x6 the freedom to show the American Flag Act gives them protection?
\"Thweat said he was a former Marine and represented Merolas for free.
Sylvia Mela says the cost is about $915 a year.
\"This is quite a lot,\" she said . \".
\"The cost of the other house we live in is about $300.
\"Some of Melora\'s neighbors said there was no problem with his flagpole.
\"I think it\'s ridiculous that the flag can\'t fly,\" said Jim King, Merlot\'s neighbor . \".
King says his home with Merola is by the lake and there is a sidewalk in the backyard.
\"You won\'t even notice the flag,\" said Kim, who signed a neighborhood petition in support of Melora.
\"I think they should change the rules if there are rules against them.
But Tran said the association rules require the board to vote for a change of regulation by a 80% majority, a mix of current residents and developers.
\"There must be a democratic process in trying to decide what kind of rules and regulations to safeguard your pole property,\" Tran said . \".
\"For each owner, there is a ticket for each property.
This is because you don\'t want to change the rules and regulations because of a sudden whim of a person.
\"Since he and his wife moved into their home in November 2009, the king has not heard of any dispute with the homeowner association.
King, who used to be the chairman of the homeowners association at his former residence, said he liked to live nearby and praised Lakeland for managing the maintenance of the development.
\"I think HOA did a good job of keeping the market segment.
\"As president of a country, I know it\'s very easy to let things slip away and ignore it,\" Kim said . \".
\"But I don\'t see any problem with this flagpole.
The King said his wife had a knee injury.
On January 2010, a senior statue of a saint was asked by the Association to dismantle it.
He said he agreed with his wife and put it in their backyard.
\"No one noticed the flagpole, no one noticed the statue, but with the statue, one could forget carried so, put everything in front,\" Kim said . \".
Satish Kalra, another neighbor, says he doesn\'t mind showing as long as it doesn\'t interfere with the value of his neighbors and property.
\"They all have good intentions,\" Kalra said . \".
\"This should be addressed for the benefit of HOA and the flexibility of the homeowner to ensure that the property values are maintained.
\"According to Roberto Blanche, disputes between the residents and the homeowners association are common, and he is in zigerfried, Rivera, Rena, de la Torre and soberA. in Florida.
\"These kinds of complaints are very typical,\" Blanche said . \"
Florida has a specific flag regulation that allows homeowners to erect a flagpole of no more than 20 feet, and the American flag of no more than 6 feet.
\"The basic premise is that lawmakers don\'t want to stop people from flying the flag, as long as it\'s hanging in a proper respectful way,\" Blanche said . \".
Roy Johnson under the flag.
A dispute with his association of homeowners in Newnan, Georgia. in 2006.
Counsel for the Avery Park Community Association and their law firm Weinstock & Scavo met with Johnson and finally allowed his 20-
The flagpole that did not file a lawsuit in court.
\"They wasted time and money and gave up because they wouldn\'t get anything out of it,\" Johnson said . \" He lived in that house from 2006 to 2008.
Weinstock & Scavo did not want to comment on their client\'s behalf as there was no public record of the case.
A small flag does not follow proper traditions, such as flying half a flag, Johnson said.
Staff of the national tragedy
\"Somehow these fools in Washington have to come up with some rules where you can\'t interfere with the people who are showing the American flag
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