Jersey City’s Flagpole Is a Trap Door: Satan or Silence Jersey City has a flag program that’s basically a public microphone bolted to City Hall. It works great until someone says something the City doesn’t “love.” Now the City is stalling a Christian flag request while historically allowing all kinds of secular and cause-based flags. That’s not “caution.” That’s viewpoint …
How to Break a City’s Flag Policy (Legally) Using FOI A Case Study from New Britain, Connecticut Cities love free speech—until it gets uncomfortable. New Britain raised a Christian flag over City Hall. When I requested to raise a different flag, the city didn’t debate theology or law. It reached for bureaucracy: resident-only rules, “no controversial flags”, and public safety …
