Las Vegas Council Demands Hummer Dealership Remove American Flag
Call it a show of patriotic pride. Or call it a crass red-white-and-blue marketing ploy.
Either way, the city of Las Vegas has ordered a Hummer dealership to take down an American flag that flies 100 feet above the business.
Dan Towbin, owner of Towbin Hummer, said he was in disbelief at the City Council's decision this week to require the business to take down the 30-by-60-foot Stars and Stripes that has flown since May 2006 in front of the dealership.
"It's ridiculous in today's day and age to suggest removing an American flag," he said.
Towbin must remove the flag within 60 days, though he said he was contemplating a lawsuit to challenge the council's unanimous action.
When Towbin originally got approval for his flag in May 2006, he agreed to a six-month review, contingent on complaints from neighbors of the dealership on Sahara Avenue near Lindell Road.
At Wednesday's City Council meeting, some residents showed up to complain about the noise from the flapping flag when the wind blows and the aesthetic effect of the looming flag pole.
The first sentence of this article irritated me right off the bat. "...call it a crass red-white-and-blue marketing ploy"?! These people are ridiculous.
Sure, a large flag can sometimes be an annoyance; the sound of it flapping and the hooks and rope banging against the pole. But everyone should fly the flag. It's sickening to realize that they can make you remove your flag, but yet cheer you on for burning a flag to exercise your first amendment rights.
