Hate to burst your bubble, but there is no rule prohibiting his flagpole in the association rules...some nosy busybody complained, and the board made up the rule after the fact.
I had a neighbor complain about my flagpole to the HOA. My response was questioning why she didn’t have one and if she didn’t like it I would buy her a one way ticket to North Korea. Never heard from the neighborhood nazis again.
I like you.........the only way to beat these little hitler’s is to confront them