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(Note: On May 17th a freeper email campaign began to ask Jeb to address this issue one more time. On May 28th, he did.)Palm Beach County's "flag man," who is facing foreclosure on his home for refusing to take down a U.S. flag, has a fan in Tallahassee. George Andres, the former Marine who has been sued by his homeowners association over a 12-foot flagpole and American flag he erected in his yard, received some encouraging words this week from Florida Gov. Jeb Bush. In a letter to Andres signed by Bush, the governor expressed support for Andres' ongoing legal...

From a Jupiter Courier (Florida) editorial, 5/19/02 ,which is not yet on the net: Too often those watching a fight come up with the sensible solutions that elude those caught up in the battle. Two issues in the headlines over the span of many months cry out for such common-sense resolutions. First is the saga of Jupiter's flag-man, George Andres. Once again the homeowners association board representing the neighborhood where Andres and his wife, Ann, live have gone to court in the silly fight over Andres' flagpole. This time the association board has begun foreclosure proceedings that could, if pursued,...

Even though the homeowners association that has battled Jupiter resident George Andres for 18 months over his flag and flagpole has filed foreclosure proceedings against the former Marine, Andres' attorney said a new state law should help protect him. Andres' attorney, Barry Silver, called the Indian Creek Phase III-B association unreasonable and mean-spirited" for its effort to collect more than $30,000 in fines. He said he does not think Andres and his wife, Ann, are in any immediate danger of losing their modest home at 125 Doe Trail. "We had to have a law passed to get this ridiculous association...