New Britain City Hall Flag Policy: Records Request to Test Enforcement Why This Matters Public-forum law doesn’t live in press releases or policy PDFs. It lives in how a policy is actually enforced. If a city claims neutrality, equal access, or content-neutral administration, that claim is only as good as the records created when real requests are handled. This post …
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 …
