Article from Fox News by Kathleen Joyce.
Veteran forced to sell home after hefty fines for flying American flag, now headed for trial https://t.co/uOlIlbSKaG pic.twitter.com/heom4YEHxB
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A former Air Force air traffic controller said he was forced to sell his home after his Home Owners Association fined him for the American flag he hung in a flower pot outside of his residence.
Larry Murphree lived in the Tides Condominium Association, a community for individuals 55 and older located in Sweetwater, Fla., since it opened, the Washington Post reported Monday. One day he received a letter from the HOA at the building which told him to take down the flag placed in a flower pot on his porch.
“I got a violation letter that stated the American flag was an unauthorized object and for me to take it down,” Murphree told First Coast News.
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Seven years later, the legal battle was still going on, Murphree said. He said the HOA started “nitpicking” and giving him violations for things such as having a window display during Christmas. In the end he was forced to sell his condo three years ago due to the fees and a lien that was placed on it by the retirement condominium’s association or face foreclosure. He was suing for $1 million.
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HOAs=petty little people with petty little powers, but think they’re dictators.
Tyrannical little collectivists; can’t tolerate individuality!
Oh but to wish oneself onto that jury. No doubt the ACLU or Southern Poverty law Center will show up to represent the HOA, as they are both anti-American groups who hate the flag and what it stands for.
LITTLE COMMIE SOB’S.
i hope he sues them for ALL THEY GOT.
Obviously the HOA has no other veterans living there; only left wing liberals who deny the freedom
of a veteran that served to protect their liberal rights.
I like your reasoning, however, almost all homes built in the last 20 years are controlled by a effin HOA. To get away from that nowadays you need to buy a home in an area that existed prior to the hostile takeover by the communist bastards known as HOAs and their henchmen lawyers that legally destroy your life!
He may find a much better place to live and enjoy it more. People living in the U.S. should be able to fly the flag daily in their yard/home. God bless him!