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| Follow-Up: Anti-Flag Apartment Manager Trumped Big Time |
| 2005-07-31 |
| SEATTLE - Say thanks to Pat O'Hare. He's the owner of the Brookside Gardens apartments. That's where Deanna Wallace lives. She's the woman who was brusquely ordered to take down the American flag that was displayed on her third floor patio. Deanna had hoisted the Stars and Stripes as a way to honor her son, who is serving over in Iraq, and to support her army sweetheart, who's busy building roads in Afghanistan. The property managing company in charge at Brookside had decided they didn't care why Deanna had a flag flying, they just wanted it taken down. Anyway, O'Hare emailed me in response to the commentary I did (read it here) slamming the property managers, and offering to provide flags for every renter at the apartment complex. I called Mr. O'Hare and learned he wanted to take my up on my flag offer. He says he genuinely regrets the way Deanna Wallace was treated. He also says that if I send him the flags, he'll see to it that they're distributed to all 52 tenants for them to display on their patios. Consider that done. In addition, O'Hare says he's looking into erecting a large, illuminated flag on the property. Pat O'Hare comes across as a decent guy who just wants to do the right thing. Deanna Wallace excitedly said to tell him "Thanks!" So: Thanks Mr. O'Hare. And yet another democrat (the property manager) goes into therapy. |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #2 2b, I think you have the property manager and tenant mixed up |
| Posted by: Charles 2005-07-31 15:30 |
| #1 darn, I was hoping to read that the property manager had been fired. But I suppose this is even better. Now she'll be so freaked and offended by all those flags, she'll just have to quit and thus won't get unemployment. Great story. |
| Posted by: 2b 2005-07-31 15:00 |