Fly Your Flags
A number of bills are making their way through both chambers which protect Floridians’ rights to display not only the United States Flag, but also the State Flag of Florida, the flags of the branches of the armed forces, and the POW-MIA flag. The protections sought by some of the bills are against rule-minded homeowners associations and management companies from dampening the spirit of homeowners and their ability to show their colors (SB 857). The “Florida Flies the Flag Act,” sponsored by Senator Burt L. Sunders, takes aim at counties and municipalities and would prevent them from enacting ordinances against the display of the United States flag and also prohibit any requirement of a permit or the payment of a fee to fly Old Glory.