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NY Times article
Homeowner’s Fight Involves Flag Tied to Tea Party
By MARC LACEY
Published: August 30, 2010
LAVEEN, Ariz. — Don’t tread on Andy C. McDonel.
Joshua Lott for The New York Times
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Andy C. McDonel, who was told to remove the Gadsden flag from his roof in Arizona, says the flag is not a political statement.
This year, Mr. McDonel began flying a yellow “Don’t Tread on Me” flag on his roof in this unincorporated area just outside Phoenix.
The historic banner — which dates to 1775, when it was hoisted aboard ships during the initial days of the Revolutionary War — has been adopted by the Tea Party movement. But Mr. McDonel said that he had unfurled the flag for its historical significance and nothing else.
He notes that the banner, the Gadsden flag, has been widely used over the years and was even featured on the cover of a rock album“
Am I a Metallica fan because I’m using the flag?” he asked.
This month, he received a letter from the homeowners’ association ordering him to remove “the debris” from his roof.
It threatened fines if the debris (i.e., the flag) did not go within 10 days.
But Mr. McDonel, 32, a logistics operation manager, has vowed to fight the order.
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Mr. McDonel knows the rules well since, until July, he was a member of his homeowners’ association’s board of directors. He resigned in a dispute with the board’s president and shortly thereafter received his first debris notice. That one concerned a treadmill that he had left on his porch, which he admits was a violation of the rules.
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