The Housing Authority says it's not about old glory, it's about safety.

"Let's just say you let somebody have a flag and somebody puts a hanging basket up there that's filled with dirt that may weight five to 10 pounds and comes crashing down on someone. It has a potential to hurt, then it's we didn't do enough to protect people," Rummerfield said.

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Let me fix that for them.

you let somebody have a flag and somebody puts up a small flat piece of died cloth with a countries national logo on it


Dangers of a small flat piece of died cloth = hanging basket?