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	<title>Comments on: Albany apartment complex bans flags</title>
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		<title>By: Bull</title>
		<link>http://texasfred.net/archives/5168/comment-page-2#comment-21223</link>
		<dc:creator>Bull</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:21:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It is 1:15PM Central time &amp; I just called this apartment complex to give the manager a piece of my mind as an American, a Veteran, and as a 15-year, (&amp; highly successful), apartment manager.

I was answered by a recording from the manager saying &quot;Let me start off by saying &#039;I was WRONG!&#039;...&quot;

It went on from there, but the gist of it was that she thought she would stop one group from speaking their mind or showing a symbol of one form and when confronted by the Fair Housing Act then compounded her error by making a blanket ban which got her in trouble with the Constitution!

Fred, you&#039;re right. She&#039;s an idiot who thought she had a little power. Found out that she had nothing but a few lessons to learn about America!

Bull, out.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It is 1:15PM Central time &amp; I just called this apartment complex to give the manager a piece of my mind as an American, a Veteran, and as a 15-year, (&amp; highly successful), apartment manager.</p>
<p>I was answered by a recording from the manager saying &#8220;Let me start off by saying &#8216;I was WRONG!&#8217;&#8230;&#8221;</p>
<p>It went on from there, but the gist of it was that she thought she would stop one group from speaking their mind or showing a symbol of one form and when confronted by the Fair Housing Act then compounded her error by making a blanket ban which got her in trouble with the Constitution!</p>
<p>Fred, you&#8217;re right. She&#8217;s an idiot who thought she had a little power. Found out that she had nothing but a few lessons to learn about America!</p>
<p>Bull, out.</p>
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		<title>By: Bloviating Zeppelin</title>
		<link>http://texasfred.net/archives/5168/comment-page-2#comment-21186</link>
		<dc:creator>Bloviating Zeppelin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 02:27:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sounds like it&#039;s time to find the proper ATTORNEY.

And they&#039;re out there.

BZ</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sounds like it&#8217;s time to find the proper ATTORNEY.</p>
<p>And they&#8217;re out there.</p>
<p>BZ</p>
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		<title>By: Patrick Sperry</title>
		<link>http://texasfred.net/archives/5168/comment-page-2#comment-21182</link>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Sperry</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:20:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Whew, I started reading this,and almost needed a blood pressure pill! Then I saw Roper&#039;s post and smiled. I thought that the issue had been dealt with in the past.

Then the rest? Well, it&#039;s Wild Turkey time, not blood pressure pill time.

Still gets me pretty damned hot that it happened in the first place...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Whew, I started reading this,and almost needed a blood pressure pill! Then I saw Roper&#8217;s post and smiled. I thought that the issue had been dealt with in the past.</p>
<p>Then the rest? Well, it&#8217;s Wild Turkey time, not blood pressure pill time.</p>
<p>Still gets me pretty damned hot that it happened in the first place&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: TexasFred</title>
		<link>http://texasfred.net/archives/5168/comment-page-2#comment-21181</link>
		<dc:creator>TexasFred</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:30:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ozark Guru, you are quite correct, threats against this mans life are ridiculous, but you&#039;ve got to admit, this Barb Holcomb is a TOOL of the 1st order... 

She&#039;ll check on something the next time she decides to be a total damned idiot I bet.. 

And right about now, she&#039;d be looking for a job if I owned the place! What a dumbass... :evil:</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ozark Guru, you are quite correct, threats against this mans life are ridiculous, but you&#8217;ve got to admit, this Barb Holcomb is a TOOL of the 1st order&#8230; </p>
<p>She&#8217;ll check on something the next time she decides to be a total damned idiot I bet.. </p>
<p>And right about now, she&#8217;d be looking for a job if I owned the place! What a dumbass&#8230; <img src='http://texasfred.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_evil.gif' alt=':evil:' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: ozarkguru</title>
		<link>http://texasfred.net/archives/5168/comment-page-2#comment-21179</link>
		<dc:creator>ozarkguru</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It only seems fair after to everyone to share that a few minutes ago, the owner of the apartment complex called.  His name is Stan Keller (not Kelley) and he was returning my prior call of the day. He is trying to return all the calls he can.

He is a Navy veteran and had not been contacted by his apartment manager prior to her decision although he has been supportive of her for trying to do a good job.

He said his manager was trying to follow the fair housing laws governing equal treatment of residents.  Apparently, there are certain flags of groups and foreign renters which she could not stop without addressing all flags.  She was unaware of the Court decision.

Although he did not cite the following example, image that you owned an expensive apartment complex and people were flying La Raza or Che Guevara flags.

As a fellow 6 year vet, he supports flying the American Flag. 

He told me that our discussion was one of the more pleasant calls.  He admitted that people have over reacted and that he received treats on his life.  Which is inappropriate!

So if you get a call, please encourage him.  The issue has been resolved!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It only seems fair after to everyone to share that a few minutes ago, the owner of the apartment complex called.  His name is Stan Keller (not Kelley) and he was returning my prior call of the day. He is trying to return all the calls he can.</p>
<p>He is a Navy veteran and had not been contacted by his apartment manager prior to her decision although he has been supportive of her for trying to do a good job.</p>
<p>He said his manager was trying to follow the fair housing laws governing equal treatment of residents.  Apparently, there are certain flags of groups and foreign renters which she could not stop without addressing all flags.  She was unaware of the Court decision.</p>
<p>Although he did not cite the following example, image that you owned an expensive apartment complex and people were flying La Raza or Che Guevara flags.</p>
<p>As a fellow 6 year vet, he supports flying the American Flag. </p>
<p>He told me that our discussion was one of the more pleasant calls.  He admitted that people have over reacted and that he received treats on his life.  Which is inappropriate!</p>
<p>So if you get a call, please encourage him.  The issue has been resolved!</p>
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		<title>By: capitalisa</title>
		<link>http://texasfred.net/archives/5168/comment-page-2#comment-21178</link>
		<dc:creator>capitalisa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:09:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>KVAL News asked whether she had talked to the resident who originally went to the media with the story. Holcomb said no, although she said she would talk to him -- and would have talked to him before he went to the media. Holcomb said he did not approach her before talking to KVAL News partner KATU.

&quot;He&#039;s just a romping, stomping patriot,&quot; Holcomb said.

HA!  Romping, stomping patriots kick butt :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>KVAL News asked whether she had talked to the resident who originally went to the media with the story. Holcomb said no, although she said she would talk to him &#8212; and would have talked to him before he went to the media. Holcomb said he did not approach her before talking to KVAL News partner KATU.</p>
<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s just a romping, stomping patriot,&#8221; Holcomb said.</p>
<p>HA!  Romping, stomping patriots kick butt <img src='http://texasfred.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: capitalisa</title>
		<link>http://texasfred.net/archives/5168/comment-page-1#comment-21177</link>
		<dc:creator>capitalisa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:04:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks, ozarkguru for the great news!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks, ozarkguru for the great news!</p>
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		<title>By: ozarkguru</title>
		<link>http://texasfred.net/archives/5168/comment-page-1#comment-21176</link>
		<dc:creator>ozarkguru</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:33:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Corrected comments:

WE WIN!!!

Talked with KVAL Reporter Kim Quintero, Apartment manager has reversed her position and FLAGS are allowed again. She ran a foul of a 9th Circuit Court decision When a tenant rents the unit, the inside of the unit belongs to the tenant,” Holcomb said Wednesday. “All automobiles and things attached to the automobiles are the personal property of the tenant.”

Can you believe it the 9th Circuit ever got a decision right.
Whatever. It’s over.

New story just posted at KVAL News:
‘If people want to fly any flag of any nationality, it’s their right’

&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kval.com/news/local/64260502.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&#039;If people want to fly any flag of any nationality, it&#039;s their right&#039;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Corrected comments:</p>
<p>WE WIN!!!</p>
<p>Talked with KVAL Reporter Kim Quintero, Apartment manager has reversed her position and FLAGS are allowed again. She ran a foul of a 9th Circuit Court decision When a tenant rents the unit, the inside of the unit belongs to the tenant,” Holcomb said Wednesday. “All automobiles and things attached to the automobiles are the personal property of the tenant.”</p>
<p>Can you believe it the 9th Circuit ever got a decision right.<br />
Whatever. It’s over.</p>
<p>New story just posted at KVAL News:<br />
‘If people want to fly any flag of any nationality, it’s their right’</p>
<p><a href="http://www.kval.com/news/local/64260502.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><b>&#8216;If people want to fly any flag of any nationality, it&#8217;s their right&#8217;</b></a></p>
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		<title>By: bernieg1</title>
		<link>http://texasfred.net/archives/5168/comment-page-1#comment-21174</link>
		<dc:creator>bernieg1</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:26:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Flying the flag does not make one patriotic.

Not flying the flag does not make one unpatriotic.

Not flying the flag for fear of offending someone is unpatriotic.

BTW, I linked to your article from &lt;a href=&quot;http://plancksconstant.org/blog1/2009/10/the_offensive_american_flag.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;The Offensive American Flag&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Flying the flag does not make one patriotic.</p>
<p>Not flying the flag does not make one unpatriotic.</p>
<p>Not flying the flag for fear of offending someone is unpatriotic.</p>
<p>BTW, I linked to your article from <a href="http://plancksconstant.org/blog1/2009/10/the_offensive_american_flag.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><b>The Offensive American Flag</b></a></p>
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		<title>By: TexasFred</title>
		<link>http://texasfred.net/archives/5168/comment-page-1#comment-21171</link>
		<dc:creator>TexasFred</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:23:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well, that&#039;s a GOOD sign actually... It means they are being inundated by calls... And that means that potential residents can&#039;t call, and maybe some will see these IDIOTS for what they are...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, that&#8217;s a GOOD sign actually&#8230; It means they are being inundated by calls&#8230; And that means that potential residents can&#8217;t call, and maybe some will see these IDIOTS for what they are&#8230;</p>
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