College student told to remove American flag from apartment balcony

[Suburban_Guy]

College student told to remove American flag from apartment balcony - 10News.com KGTV ABC10 San Diego

A local college student contacted Team 10 after he said his apartment complex managers told him he needed to take down his American flag.

Brad Smith moved into the new Boulevard 63 Apartments last month. The property is not owned or operated by San Diego State University.

A couple days ago, he received a notice to remove the American flag hanging from his balcony.

Smith asked the apartment community managers why.

"We were then told that it was for political reasons and that the flag could offend foreign people that live here, foreign exchange students," Smith said.

[Soviet]

Whatta crock'o'crap. "Offend foreign people*"? What are those "foreign people" doing in the United States of America, then?!

*As my username states, I am also a foreign person who is proud & happy to be able to live in the United States of AMERICA!!!

[jaypee]

The rules do say "no signs or other personal property may be kept outside the premises" and management determines what is "permissible and acceptable."
However, a representative with the apartment complex owner later said something different.

Melanie Flaherty, the vice president of marketing for Carmel Partners, said, "We allow state and country flags."

She said there was a "misunderstanding" between the tenant and the community managers and the rules will be changed.

Team 10 informed Smith about the change. He said that is what he was hoping to achieve and believes the flag should continue to hang proudly.

It's a non-story.

[Ceece]

Even an American flag can look trashy hanging from an apartment balcony, which is probably the main reason people might not like the idea.

[tijlover]

Perhaps the real reason: the building permitted no smoking in the apartments or the premises!

We owe our freedom from the British due to tobacco.

The 50 signatories to the Declaration of Independence were all involved in the tobacco trade, so was George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.

Maybe that's the reason! A building like that should display the British flag?

[Troyfan]

Tell the complainer to take it down himself, if he's man enough.

[thefragile]

Why contact a news station? Talk about trying to get his 15 minutes of fame.

[thatguydownsouth]

Im sure that's the story the student made up. The REAL story is more likely the fact that every apartment complex Ive heard of has a policy of "No hanging objects, towels, etc off of the balcony."

[mr bolo]

it's better not to have any flags hanging over apartment balconies, this isnt the United Nations building, it's a privately owned property

waving the US flag everywhere you go looks improper in my opinion

but if it was at your own private property or house you can do whatever you want

[HappyRider]

What if REMOVING the flag offended foreign people?