{"id":188123,"date":"2021-03-03T11:00:38","date_gmt":"2021-03-03T16:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=188123"},"modified":"2021-03-03T11:00:51","modified_gmt":"2021-03-03T16:00:51","slug":"citing-fear-that-someone-might-fly-a-qanon-flag-county-proposes-rules-that-restrict-american-flags","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/citing-fear-that-someone-might-fly-a-qanon-flag-county-proposes-rules-that-restrict-american-flags\/","title":{"rendered":"Citing Fear That Someone Might Fly A \u2018QAnon Flag,\u2019 County Proposes Rules That Restrict American Flags"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fciting-fear-that-someone-might-fly-a-qanon-flag-county-proposes-rules-that-restrict-american-flags%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=188123&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/American-Flag-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A Virginia county planning commission will vote Wednesday on restrictions that would ban residents from flying American flags larger than six feet by four feet, and from displaying more than two flags.<\/p>\n<p>The Planning Commission of Fairfax County, a 1.1 million-person jurisdiction just outside Washington, D.C., is weighing a plan by staff to limit the size of flags that homeowners may fly to 24 square feet, lower the maximum height of flagpoles to 25 feet, and limit the number of flags to two.<\/p>\n<p>Zoning administrator Leslie Johnson <a href=\"http:\/\/video.fairfaxcounty.gov\/player\/clip\/1991?view_id=10&#038;redirect=true\">said<\/a> February 10 that her agency came up with the plan because the county believes that it may not treat the American flag differently from banners displaying political opinions, and rules that allowed large American flags would also allow flags that could be objectionable. \u201cSomebody may want to fly the Confederate flag, the American flag, the QAnon flag,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Resident Adrienne Whyte told commissioners in a public comment session, \u201cIt seems like a solution in search of a problem,\u201d particularly during a pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson acknowledged that though flags have largely been exempt from zoning regulations, it had seldom been an issue in the past. \u201cI would note we don\u2019t get a lot of complaints on this, we\u2019ve had a few\u2026 we\u2019d be remiss if we didn\u2019t at least look at this and put some kind of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fairfaxcounty.gov\/planning-development\/sites\/planning-development\/files\/assets\/documents\/zmod\/flags-pc-presentation.pdf\">regulation<\/a>,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Resident Bill Denk told the commissioners that to honor his military-vet father, he once flew the flag that adorned his casket. Those flags are five-by-ten and, like the more common five-by-eight flags, would no longer be allowed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do not think any of us would like to envision Fairfax County code compliance officers ripping the American flag from flag poles of individual homeowners because the flag was more than 24 square feet? Or do you?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n<p>Planning board member Walter Clarke asked, \u201cSince we live in the United States, shouldn\u2019t the United States flag be an exception?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf someone\u2019s national origin is from Australia and they want to fly an Australian or Canadian flag, I don\u2019t know if we can say pick which two flags you want to fly,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cHistorically people look at that as an American flag, corporate [city] flag and state flag, but with all of the changes that have occurred\u2026 we felt like we had to make those changes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Commissioner Phillip Niedzielski-Eichner said, \u201cI hope to goodness we find a way to exempt our American flag from any suggestion that it\u2019s comparable to any other flag. I understand the content [neutrality] issue, but particularly in these times where as a country, it\u2019s important that our symbols matter, I hope we don\u2019t make an equivalency between our American flag and all other flags.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If the planning commission <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fairfaxcounty.gov\/planningcommission\/sites\/planningcommission\/files\/assets\/calendar\/2021\/3-3-21.pdf\">approves<\/a> the restrictions, they will go to the county board of supervisors for county approval.<\/p>\n<p>Fairfax County has increasingly landed in the national spotlight for controversial decisions, including last month, when it hired low-paid \u201cclassroom monitors\u201d to watch children in school while some teachers, despite having received the coronavirus vaccine, refused to return to work.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/schools-hire-classroom-monitors-to-fill-void-created-by-fully-vaccinated-teachers\">Schools Hire \u2018Classroom Monitors\u2019 To Fill Void Created By Fully Vaccinated Teachers<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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