Look at these pics, pretty nice for Memorial Day, quite representative of our fallen, right?










Well, that's not how leftists see it.



CHELMSFORD (CBS) – The town of Chelmsford says a flag display has gone too far. The issue is their location.

"On Saturday we came out and we lined this with 200 flags in support of our deceased veterans and all the people who have served," says Jon Crandall who works at Laer Realty in Chelmsford.

He's talking about small American flags planted in front of that business for Memorial Day. When he went to work Friday, there was a surprise. "There was a note in the door from the building department stating we had a violation, a flag violation, excessive flags," he says

The problem? There's a town bylaw that says you can't use flags for "commercial promotion."

"This is a commercial establishment located at a busy intersection. It was in the front lawn of that particular property, and in the opinion of our code enforcement officer, the building commissioner, it was a violation," says Michael McCall Chelmsford's Assistant Town Manager.

The town wants the real estate company to take down some of the flags and leave up only what they call "a reasonable amount," but hasn't said how many that is.


"We feel this is a patriotic act. It's not about our business. It's about supporting our troops, supporting veterans," Crandall says.

So Friday, they actually added flags to the display. There are about 500 now. "I think the flags speak for themselves. I don't think we need to get into a fight with city hall," says Crandall.


Video at link.

http://boston.cbslocal.com/2018/06/01/chelmsford-flag-display-town-violation/

Quote from: Solar on June 03, 2018, 07:52:04 AM
Look at these pics, pretty nice for Memorial Day, quite representative of our fallen, right?










Well, that's not how leftists see it.



CHELMSFORD (CBS) – The town of Chelmsford says a flag display has gone too far. The issue is their location.

"On Saturday we came out and we lined this with 200 flags in support of our deceased veterans and all the people who have served," says Jon Crandall who works at Laer Realty in Chelmsford.

He's talking about small American flags planted in front of that business for Memorial Day. When he went to work Friday, there was a surprise. "There was a note in the door from the building department stating we had a violation, a flag violation, excessive flags," he says

The problem? There's a town bylaw that says you can't use flags for "commercial promotion."

"This is a commercial establishment located at a busy intersection. It was in the front lawn of that particular property, and in the opinion of our code enforcement officer, the building commissioner, it was a violation," says Michael McCall Chelmsford's Assistant Town Manager.

The town wants the real estate company to take down some of the flags and leave up only what they call "a reasonable amount," but hasn't said how many that is.


"We feel this is a patriotic act. It's not about our business. It's about supporting our troops, supporting veterans," Crandall says.

So Friday, they actually added flags to the display. There are about 500 now. "I think the flags speak for themselves. I don't think we need to get into a fight with city hall," says Crandall.


Video at link.

http://boston.cbslocal.com/2018/06/01/chelmsford-flag-display-town-violation/

A prime example of MA liberalism.

Quote from: supsalemgr on June 03, 2018, 09:14:15 AM
A prime example of MA liberalism.

This is very much a carbon copy of the town of Folsom, Ca where I had one of my gyms, the city council had a ridiculous sign ordinance, meaning anything, flags included, had to get preapproval from the council with a minimum of one month wait.
If you put up a yardsale sign without preauthorisation, you were fined, no appeal, but council members turned a blind eye to other council members that broke the ordinance.
When election time rolled around, 4 of my business allies ran for a seat and won, and gutted this stupid ordinance.
Nothing but a bunch of leftist NIMBY'.

Liberals make things insane.

A couple of flags is ok. They have a problem with any American symbol. So we have to go overboard to prove our point.

If Liberals would relax, they would only have a few flags displayed. Haven't they learned yet on things backfiring?

Quote from: Sick Of Silence on June 03, 2018, 10:28:33 AM
Liberals make things insane.

A couple of flags is ok. They have a problem with any American symbol. So we have to go overboard to prove our point.

If Liberals would relax, they would only have a few flags displayed. Haven't they learned yet on things backfiring?

According to the video interview, it was a representation of our fallen, not an "In Your Face" move, they've been doing it for sometime now and some little leftist took offence.

Quote from: Solar on June 03, 2018, 11:37:01 AM
According to the video interview, it was a representation of our fallen, not an "In Your Face" move, they've been doing it for sometime now and some little leftist took offence.

The adding of flags was an "in your face" move, and rightfully so to counteract Liberal's attack on patriotism.

Like everything else, we can be pretty sure that they have been planting those flags for years and only now Liberals have a problem with it.

Quote from: Sick Of Silence on June 03, 2018, 11:57:04 AM
The adding of flags was an "in your face" move, and rightfully so to counteract Liberal's attack on patriotism.

Like everything else, we can be pretty sure that they have been planting those flags for years and only now Liberals have a problem with it.

Oh, that's what you meant. Yes, that was definitely a defiant, in your face, I dare you, move.