What Happened
In an interview with NewsMax, Andres explained: "I went before the board of the homeowners association four years ago and asked for permission to put the American flag on a pole, and the board gave me permission because the state of Florida had a law that was written in 1995 that said homeowners associations are prohibited from banning the flying of the American flag regardless of any rules and regulations or bylaws except for size, safety and location which must be adopted into the bylaws.
"I put the flagpole up, and seven months later a new board came in and ruled that I had violated the homeowners statutes on the flag, and I said, 'What homeowners statute?' They said the one that says that you have to fly the flag from your building. I asked them, 'Where does it say that?'
"The fact is there is nothing in the homeowners documents that say where or when and state law prohibits them from saying any such thing.