"The association's lawyer, Nina Tran, said her clients encourage residents who wish to fly the flag to do so — as long as that flag is attached to a 6-foot pole mounted on a resident's home, as the bylaws stipulate."
then we have this from lawyer Nina Tran:
"If we allow the mounting of a 20-foot freestanding flagpole in the backyard, who's to say that the next person isn't going to mount it to the top of their roof? We have to have standards."
RE: “disconnect between the HOA and their lawyer/who’s to say that the next person isn’t going to mount it to the top of their house”
I think the “it” refers to the 20’ pole, so no disconnect.