SPRINGFIELD, Ore. (AP) — A senior housing complex in Springfield threatens to evict a 70-year-old veteran for hanging the American flag on an outside wall.
Edward Zivica (zih-VEE-kuh) has been clashing for more than a year with St. Vincent de Paul of Lane County, which manages the government-subsidized housing. Zivica hangs his flag for observances such as Veterans Day.
Management says that violates rules against hanging anything on exterior walls. The complex put up a flagpole, but Zivica calls its flag “flimsy and cheesy-looking.”
He’s been told he must promise by Nov. 15 not to hang his flag or he’ll be evicted.
