I am not sure about a vote to keep them a few years ago, but we did vote to take them down this year. Back in January we voted to remove the old and torn flags from the poles as we felt it looked worse having torn flags than no flags. It was during this process that we noticed that the pole at the lower entrance had a broken pulley system and was starting to crack, which means it was going to have to be replaced anyway. We also felt that the bushes were getting out of control and were just collecting trash. The other problem with the way the curent island is setup is that we have to keep replacing the lights that are kicked and broken.
What we would like to do now, is put in some bricks to raise the beds up. Then put in some flowers instead of the bushes. Currenlty there are no plans to reput back in the flag poles. I will pass along your concern to the reset of the board.
Steven