Flag flap: limits on flags in Halifax (MA) challenged

[MaineDem]

HALIFAX, Mass. (AP) A convenience store's decision to put up 32 American flags and the town's order to take them down has ignited a star-spangled controversy.

Town officials say there are limits on the numbers of flags that can gallantly stream at businesses because local bylaws consider flags to be the same as signs and there are limits on the number of signs so the town doesn't become a garish eyesore.

But Karen Peck, who wants the town to exempt flags from those bylaws, said, ''My feeling is the American flag is far above being a sign.''

''It really gets me going. It just makes my adrenaline run when someone tells me I can't raise my American flag. It was something that I was brought up with. It's a sign of pride. It's a sign of our country,'' said Peck, who currently has nine flags flying as a protest at her business, the Country Club of Halifax.

http://www.boston.com/dailynews/124/region/Flag_flap_limits_on_flags_in_H:.shtml

I've seen the flags at Cumberland Farms (not this one specifically.) It's gone way beyond patriotism. The parking lot was encircled by the flags.

[Political_Junkie]

1. Yep, same here.

Can't even get myself to go to Cumbie's since they put up all those flags!

[izzie]

2. I have seen that also.

One town around here puts flags on every pole. They have been doing it for years. We should all just take a flag with us and wear it all the time. It is really getting sort of silly, to have grown people act like this.

[hannah]

3. Halifax?

OMG, I use to live in Kingston Ma. Not far from Halifax. Also, worked at the Cumbie headquarters in Dedham Ma.

So, how are you guys?