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California DOT Forbids Public Display of American Flag
Enough is enough. Can we PLEASE revoke California’s statehood now?
In the small town of Orcutt, California, a private association has raised donations to erect a flagpole and monument between a highway exit and a park-and-ride lot, at the entrance to the community’s Old Town section. The pole would hang the American flag, encircled by five pillars, one each for the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, and Coast Guard. The California Department of Transportation (CalTrans), however, has stymied the effort, calling it an impermissible act of “public expression.”
The Orcutt Pioneer reports that, although the Old Town Orcutt Revitalization Association (OTORA) “intends its flag as a tribute and symbol of freedom” — which would seem to be how most Americans would view their nation’s flag — “CalTrans sees it as a form of speech or expression, something more personal than patriotic.”
OTORA, a typical Tocquevillean-style private civil association, has been fundraising for over a year to collect the necessary $60,000 to build the flagpole and monument, above which would wave a 12-by-18-foot iteration Stars and Stripes. But CalTrans has declared that its policy forbids such efforts. In a letter to OTORA, CalTrans explains that it developed its policy in response to a ruling released by a 3-judge panel of the notorious Ninth Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, a ruling that was issued in response to impromptu flag-hanging in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks.
The panel’s ruling demanded “viewpoint neutrality.” That is, if CalTrans was going to allow the hanging of the American flag on public land, then it must also allow the hanging of all flags — whether the British flag, the Nazi flag, or the Jolly Rogers — as well as “expressive banners” of all sorts.
There is a HUGE difference between flying the flag of the United States of America and flying flags of other countries or “expressive banners.” It’s sad that certain liberals in California are too “progressive” to recognize the difference.
Posted by FullMetalPatriot
12th gen. American, Constitutionalist, Harley-riding Texan, gun owner & NRA member, blogger, illustrator, Florida Gator alumnus. #TCOT
12th gen. American, Constitutionalist, Harley-riding Texan, gun owner & NRA member, blogger, illustrator, Florida Gator alumnus. #TCOT
I AM RETURNING THE CALIFORNIA STATE FLAG TO TEXAS
Governor Rick Perry
1100 Congress Avenue
Texas State Capitol
Austin, Texas 78701
May 19, 2011
Re: Safekeeping of our California State flag
Dear Governor Perry:
My name is Steve LeBard, and I am an American, Californian, proud war Veteran, and President of the Old Town Orcutt Revitalization Association (OTORA). My town, Orcutt, California, was denied the right to fly the American flag and build the Old Town Orcutt Veterans’ Memorial because the California Department of Transportation determined the United States flag is an impermissible “public expression.” Both local and national media have covered our story and can be viewed at http://www.oldtownorcutt.com/.
As you likely are aware, California borrowed the one star from the Texas State flag in 1846, just before California became a State. California saw that lone star as a symbol of Texas courage, something that our California Government seems to be lacking these days.
A great California warrior recently gave me the California State flag after he and his men carried it into battle in the Iraq war. He too is very troubled that our government will not allow us to display our nation’s symbol of liberty.
I will visit Austin just before Memorial Day and would consider it a great honor to hand over this California flag to you during my visit. Would you accept this California State flag, and hold it for safekeeping until the California Government has the courage to permit us to fly our American flag with pride?
Thank you for your service to our Country, both as the Governor of Texas and as a United States Air Force Veteran.
God Bless America,
Steve LeBard
OTORA President
805-714-1165
Email admin@orcutt.biz