HOA rules put family's flagpole in question

A Wake Forest family grieving the death of their son installed a flagpole to honor him only to find themselves at odds with their homeowners' association.
Posted 9/16/2019, 10:31:38 PM

TODAY, THE JUDGE RAISED THAT

BOND TO $20,000 AND TOOK HER

BACK INTO CUSTODY.

>>> A WAKE FOREST FAMILIES SON

WHO WAS KILLED IN A MASS

SHOOTING THIS YEAR IS FACING UP

WITH THEIR HOMEOWNERS

ASSOCIATION TO FLY FLAGS IN HIS

HONOR.

>> WRAL'S AARON THOMAS JOINS US

LIVE FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD

WHERE THIS CONTROVERSY

CONTINUES TO BREW.

>> Reporter: THIS FAMILY SAYS

THEY ARE FACING $100 A DAY FOR

FINES.

THEY ARE LOOKING UP TO MORE

THAN $500 SO FAR.

I HAVE RECEIVED AN AMERICAN

FLAG AND AN AURORA STRONG FLAG

WHEN THERE SON WAS KILLED IN A

WORKPLACE SHOOTING EARLIER THIS

YEAR IN ILLINOIS.

THE HOA SAYS THEY DON'T HAVE A

PROBLEM WITH THE FLAG BUT

INSTEAD THE FLAG WILL.

>> LESLIE KENDRA HAS SPENT DAYS

THUMBING THROUGH THE HOMEOWNERS

ASSOCIATION RULES.

>> THERE IS NOTHING IN THE RULES

. I WENT PAGE BY PAGE. BEFORE

WE DO ANYTHING, WE READ THE

RULES.

>> Reporter: THEY READ THE

RULES BEFORE INSTALLING THIS

FLAGPOLE IN MAY.

HER FAMILY RECEIVED AN AMERICAN

FLAG AND AN AURORA STRONG FLAG

IN HONOR OF THEIR SON, CLAYTON

PARKS.

HE WAS ONE OF FIVE PEOPLE

KILLED WHEN A DISGRUNTLED

EMPLOYEE OPENED FIRE IN THE

HENRY PRATT WAREHOUSE IN

FEBRUARY.

>> SO MUCH DEVASTATION FROM ONE

CRUEL ACT OF VIOLENCE THAT HAS

AFFECTED SO MANY PEOPLE.

>> Reporter: THE WOUNDS WERE

REOPENED WHEN THE HOMEOWNERS

ASSOCIATION REACHED OUT ABOUT

THE FLAGPOLE SAYING IT WAS NOT

APPROVED.

THE HOA REFERENCES THE

ARCHITECTURAL REQUEST THAT

HOMEOWNERS MUST MAKE IN THIS

LETTER SENT TO THE FAMILY.

A SPOKESPERSON FROM

PROFESSIONAL PROPERTIES

MANAGEMENT TELLS WRAL THE FLAGS

ARE NOT THE ISSUE.

KENDRA FEELS HURT THE RULES.

>> IT WAS LIKE ONE MORE PERSON

TRYING TO TAKE HIM AWAY FROM ME

AGAIN.

I AM STUNNED THAT WE AS

AMERICANS WANT TO DISCUSS

WHETHER OR NOT WE SHOULD BE

ABLE TO HAVE A FLAG ON A POLE ON

A HOUSE OR ANYWHERE.

>> Reporter: WRAL HAS LEARNED

THAT THE FAMILY HAS SUBMITTED A

APPLICATION TO SEEK APPROVAL HIM

THE HOA AND THEY SHOULD FIND