Ohio vet's flagpole sparks fight with development

MACEDONIA, Ohio (AP) — A retired Army lieutenant colonel is in a skirmish with his Ohio homeowners’ association over the 14-foot flagpole he installed in his front yard.

Other veterans are siding with 77-year-old Fred Quigley, who served in Vietnam. An American Legion post had a flag-raising ceremony Wednesday night at Quigley’s home in Macedonia, 15 miles southeast of Cleveland.

Neighborhood developer Joseph Migliorini tells the Akron Beacon Journal Quigley is breaking a homeowners’ association rule that doesn’t allow flagpoles but says flags may be flown from a holder on the front of a home.

Migliorini tells the newspaper “it wouldn’t look good” if all the residents put flagpoles in their small front yards. He’s offering to install flagpoles at the development’s entrances.

Quigley maintains his flagpole is a matter of free speech.