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Thank You For Stealing My Coronado Flag

As I was preparing to put up my 4th of July bunting outside, I noticed that our Coronado flag (and pole) were missing from the front of the house...bummer. I first questioned the family to see if anyone had brought it inside, but unfortunately, no one had. It's been proudly waving on our home for the past year and we never took it inside because we thought it would be perfectly safe. It almost made it to it's first birthday next week...sniff.

Well, THANK YOU KIND THIEF for reminding me that "Coro-berry" (Coronado + Mayberry) isn't as safe as we think it is. Now of course, we all know that Coronado is one of the safest cities in the world. Our crime rate is one of the lowest in San Diego and for that I am thankful. However, this small crime reminded me that we better correct a few of our family's bad habits:

1. We tend to leave the garage door open too long after coming home - we all know what happens when you do that.
2. My kids leave toys and scooters on the front lawn - they got a lecture about that today.
3. We don't always think about locking our doors - we are now locking 100% of the time.
4. We lock our bikes up 98% of the time, we are not back to 100% (yes, even at concert in the park).

One eCoronado.com member has had four bikes stolen in less than a year!

As far as who stole the pride and joy of H Avenue, I don't know. I first thought it was a Coronado High School prankster, but then I thought, our CHS kids are just too cool for that. Perhaps a visitor from Arizona who fell in love with the island and needed a momento - no way, most 'Zonies I know have vacation homes here and can afford a few Coronado flags - plus, they are as sweet as it is hot back in AZ right now. Then, I thought it was a Navy sailor that just returned back from a long tour and perhaps borrowed it - nah, our Navy sailors are too classy for that. I'm going to chalk this minor loss up to Kate Morgan. That's right, the ghost that haunts the Hotel del Coronado. I think that with Halloween so far away, she needed something to do to keep her from getting bored...thanks Kate!

So, if you see Miss Kate waving a Coronado Flag around the Del, please remind her to return it to an unwavering fan of Coronado - one of the safest communities in the world - just not for Coronado flags!

A few friends came over for dinner the other night. I don't think anyone locked their bikes. Thankfully, nothing was stolen.

Is that an umbrella or flag that Kate is carrying? :)

Tags: community, crime

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Comment by Pat Cooley on June 26, 2011 at 9:28pm: If I wanted to buy one of those flags where would I find it? Pat Cooley

I promise I did not take your flag even though I do love the look of it. Hope you get yours back.

Comment by Mayor Casey Tanaka on June 26, 2011 at 11:28pm

Pat,

Here's the contact info for the Coronado based company that makes our City's flag:

University Blanket & Flag Corporation

1111 Orange Avenue, Suite C
Coronado, CA 92118-3406

Phone:		619-435-4100
Toll Free:		800-247-5897

Fax:		619-437-0226
Email:		customerservice@ubflag.com
		info@ubflag.com
		retailsales@ubflag.com

Comment by eCoronado on June 27, 2011 at 3:09pm: The good folks over at University Blanket and Flag have contacted us to donate a replacement. Thanks UBF - we promise to bring it in at night!

Comment by marguerite rochkus on June 30, 2011 at 6:23pm: Love the flag and thanks for the info to where you can get one. Sorry about your flag, someone will answer for it someday or payback is a b----, watch your backside thief, cause it will come back one day to bite you in the a--!

(You can tell I'm from Chicago!) I love Coronado, great little town. Good luck with the new one.

Comment by DENISE "ADAMS" SHIRLEY on July 26, 2011 at 8:01pm: It's too bad you weren't fortunate enough to have known the "old" Coronado....not one stop sign...not one stop light....played outside till after dark doing cartwheels down Orange Avenue....nothing whatsoever down the strand until you got to IB...no bridge to allow tremendous numbers of people who wanted to gawk at our community....neighbors knew each other and kept a watchful eye....lawn ornaments, bicycles, patio furniture and precious flags were safe. My father was Chief of Police so we had a scanner on at home 24/7....I remember my sister and myself laughing under our breath (so Dad couldn't hear) because some of our friends had been picked up for attempting to steal the Senior Rock from the high school......awwwww....the good old days!!

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