City fines Camping World $250 a day for flying giant American flag: 'Fine me all you want'

[Kilgore]

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Camping World was fined $250 a day for flying a giant American flag atop of 120-foot-tall flag pole. According to WITN, the City of Greenville, North Carolina first began fining Camping World for flying its enormous banner last Wednesday. The outlet reported that the business was first fined $50, then $100, with each subsequent citation being $250. As of last Friday, the business had racked up $1,150 in fines, WITN reported.

The company first began flying the flag, which is 15 times larger than the size permitted on a non-residential property in the city, back in October of last year, per the station. It is flown from atop a 120-foot flag pole, but according to WITN, the City of Greenville does not allow for flag poles that exceed a height of 70 feet.

Despite the fines, Camping World CEO Marcus Lemonis asserted on social media that the flag would not be coming down. "The flag is not coming down. You can fine me all you want City of Greenville North Carolina," Lemonis wrote on X.

The post quickly went viral and has been viewed more than 1.5 million times.

WITN reported that the City of Greenville's city council rejected a request for Camping World to fly the flag, accusing the company of raising the banner while being aware that it and the pole violated regulations.

In an update to the situation, however, WITN reported Sunday that its reporters were informed by Mayor PJ Connelly that Greenville's city council voted unanimously to develop an ordinance that would allow Camping World to fly its flag without further issue.

[spanone]

1. Flaunting law. The trmp effect.

Fine them a million dollars per day.

[Irish_Dem]

2. Magas know they don't have to follow the law anymore

[CurtEastPoint]

3. read about the owner

Marcus Anthony Lemonis (born November 16, 1973) is a Lebanese-American businessman, TV personality, and philanthropist. He serves as the chairman and CEO of Camping World, Good Sam Enterprises, and Beyond.[1] Additionally, he is renowned for his role as the star of The Profit, a CNBC reality show about saving small businesses. He is also the co-owner of Marcus/Glass Entertainment, which owns Let's Make a Deal.

[Demovictory9]

10. I hope Marcus is not a maga. I watched his show. One episode he turned down a rightwing radio guy because of his racism

[DeepWinter]

4. City

sounds like some Karen on a HOA picking the easy fights not the hard ones.

[delisen]

5. Doesn't sound like any woman I know.

Looks more like a mega rich ale authoritarian Trump wannabe her to exploit not build a free and equal society

[dsc]

6. Far from it

Greenville, like most cities that get the wind associated with hurricanes has a crystal clear ordinance about what can and can't be flown. Had he gotten a taller pole he could have had his massive flag. The ordinance was clear enough for a 5 year old to understand. You must have a pole of height x to fly flag size y.

[newdeal2]

7. This is the kind of article that goes wild with MAGA on Facebook

[hunter]

8. Camping World probably won't survive this Trump economy.

A big flag certainly won't save them.

[Ping Tung]

9. "Flags are bits of colored

Flags are bits of colored cloth that governments use first to shrink-wrap people’s minds & then as ceremonial shrouds to bury the dead.

Arundhati Roy

[Demovictory9]

11. Please dont let Marcus be a maga. Hopefully he just loves his big ass flag