So your dad made you take the light off the pole? I would think that would raise more questions than having a light on the pole. At least if a light is on the pole, the pole serves a purpose lol. my street light display is in my room so i call the shots there lol. The only restrictions I had was that it had to be free-standing, no screws in the wall or holes in the wall or whatever. So i pretty much built an industrial floor lamp lol.
I like the little display, though my dad didn't like it, yesterday it didn't have a light on it at all because my dad had friends over.
But this basement is much cleaner now then it was. xD