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More accurately: "Company Fined for Flying Oversized Flag… in North Carolina!"If they don't like it, get the law changed.
He knew what he was doing.He is loving the fine and all the press coverage.That is what he had in mind all along.
From what I saw on the TeeVee about it last night, the business owner didn't even ask for a Variance after being fined, he just went straight to the press with his complaint. Something's amiss.
The stars and stripes controversy pitting the CEO of Camping World against a North Carolina city over the size of an American Flag has been settled.News outlets report Statesville Mayor Costi Kutteh announced the settlement with Marcus Lemonis allowing the flag, originally deemed too big by the city, to continue flying outside Lemonis’ Gander RV company. Camping World, a publically traded company, owns Gander, with Lemonis owning 36 million shares.Back in May, officials from the city about 40 miles north of Charlotte sued the company over the size of the flag. The flag measures 40 feet by 80 feet (12 meters by 24 meters) and hangs on a 130-foot-high (40-meter-high) flagpole next to Interstate 77. The code limits flags to 25 feet by 40 feet (7.6 meters by 12 meters).But recently, Statesville city leaders voted to rezone the area Gander RV sits on, making the flag compliant with the ordinance, according to Fox 46.The settlement, which came down Monday, comes with a price according to the local Fox affiliate. Gander RV must pay over $14,000 in fines for originally breaking the ordinance, with an additional $2,000 in legal costs. The decision also means Lemonis would no longer be fined $50 a day for the violation.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/camping-world-ceo-marcus-lemonis-settles-dispute-over-giant-us-flagCamping World CEO Marcus Lemonis settles dispute over giant US flag
I think the city should waive the fine.
Seems to me there are a couple of things going on with this guy, one is the free publicity and two that I think he's using the flag issue as way to try and change opinions of him for the crap he said about Trump and Trump supporters after Charlottesville.
Did he actually 16K of advertising and new business out of this?
@GtHawk I think you are right.Also,the headline is a lie. They were fined for flying a oversized flag,NOT for flying a US Flag. Or a flag from any other nation,AFATG.
@sneakypete I bet he could have found a spot on the property a hundred feet away from the fwy/hwy to put a flagpole if he wanted to fly that size of flag if it was about being patriotic or even heaven forbid requested a variance prior to flying the flag where he did.