I am trying to find the date of the broadcast of a Homeowner's
association controversy that was aired sometime in the past six months
or so concerning a homeowner who put up a flagpole to commorate Sept
11 and was told by his association that he had to take it down.I am
not sure but I think it was on 60 MinutesII.If it
wasn't on that program can you help me find it???

Hi,

Chances are you're thinking of the case of Richard Oulton, who had a
dispute with his homeowners association in Virginia.

Oulton's case was featured on ABC's 20/20 on April 19 of this year,
according to VARTV.com.

VARTV.com News archives
April 19 2002
Richmond resident spotlighted tonight
Richmonder Richard Oulton, who fought his homeowners association in
Wyndham for the right to fly an American flag from a large flagpole,
is featured on tonight's '20/20' report on the growing problems
associated with rules set by homeowners associations. The ABC
newsmagazine airs at 10 tonight on WRIC (8/ABC).....
http://members.cox.net/vartv/newsarchives02-1.htm

Here's another page confirming that date and show:

Private Governments? Critics Say Homeowners Associations Can Be Too
Strict
http://www.ccfj.net/20-20priv.gov.htm

ABC News ran a story on its Web site the next day:

Private Governments? Critics Say Homeowners Associations Can Be Too
Strict
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/2020/DailyNews/2020_homeowners_02419.html

Oulton's dispute went to court before the Sept. 11 attack, but he was
said to be hoping that the resurgence of patriotism since then might
cause a reconsideration.  Here are some articles on the legal dispute:

Flagpole lawsuit attorney fees cited
http://www.propertyrightsflorida.com/flyoldgloryVirg,htm.html

American Flag Trial
http://www.americanflagtrial.com/main.html

Hanging on Tight to Patriotism
http://www.ccfj.net/flyoldglory6.html

I hope you find this information useful.

Sincerely,

mvguy






Google search term: homeowners flagpole 20/20
://www.google.com/search?num=25&hl=es&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&q=homeowners+flagpole+20%2F20

oulton flagpole homeowners
://www.google.com/search?num=25&hl=es&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&q=oulton+flagpole+homeowners

(I searched including "20/20" as a term because I vaguely remembered
seeing the report and "20/20" is the only TV newsmagazine I ever
watch.)

Thank you for your help.  This is the first time I have used your
service and it was GREAT!!!!  I'm sure i'll be in touch again.