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Veteran says he's forced to sell home after communist democrat HOA fines him for hanging US flag in flower pot
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Leroy N. Soetoro
Jul 11, 2018, 5:35:52 PM7/11/18
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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.
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"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.
“I lost it,” Murphree said upon receiving the letter. “It just dawned on
me there’s people that strap on a gun every day to protect me and the
people I love. It’s a small flag, but it stands for a big 'thank you.'”
The veteran said he refused to give in to the request. He kept the flag in
the flower pot despite being fined $100 every day.
"They started fining me up to $1,000 because I wouldn't take the flag
down," Murphree said.
He said the $1,000 came out of the $100 he was fined each day the flag
stayed up.
"We believe we have the right to display the American flag. We filed suit
in federal court," Murphee's lawer, Gust Sarris, told First Coast News.
Murphree thought he won after the HOA agreed in 2012 he could keep his
flag in the flower pot, but he said the organization changed the “flag
ordinance to a flower pot ordinance.”
"Somehow they re-categorized it and started doing the same thing again
which was the same flag, the same flower pot, the same dirt and the same
plant,” Sarris said.
Murphree was once again charged $100 a day for the flag and the HOA took
the money he was fined out of his HOA fee pay, which he was not aware of.
"So, the monthly homeowner's fees weren't being paid," Sarris said,
"That's how they were able to get a lien on the property."
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.
“Should any man who served in the military lose his home, a retirement
home, because they want to be patriotic? Anybody can see that the HOA has
gone overboard,” Sarris said of the situation.
Murphree said he lives in St. Augustine and has eight flags hanging on his
property including one stuck in a flower pot.
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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.
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First Coast News
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@FCN2go
Veteran forced to sell home after hefty fines for flying American flag,
now headed for trial https://fcnews.tv/2IW5mXK
3:50 AM - Jul 4, 2018
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26 people are talking about this
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"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.
“I lost it,” Murphree said upon receiving the letter. “It just dawned on
me there’s people that strap on a gun every day to protect me and the
people I love. It’s a small flag, but it stands for a big 'thank you.'”
The veteran said he refused to give in to the request. He kept the flag in
the flower pot despite being fined $100 every day.
"They started fining me up to $1,000 because I wouldn't take the flag
down," Murphree said.
He said the $1,000 came out of the $100 he was fined each day the flag
stayed up.
"We believe we have the right to display the American flag. We filed suit
in federal court," Murphee's lawer, Gust Sarris, told First Coast News.
Murphree thought he won after the HOA agreed in 2012 he could keep his
flag in the flower pot, but he said the organization changed the “flag
ordinance to a flower pot ordinance.”
"Somehow they re-categorized it and started doing the same thing again
which was the same flag, the same flower pot, the same dirt and the same
plant,” Sarris said.
Murphree was once again charged $100 a day for the flag and the HOA took
the money he was fined out of his HOA fee pay, which he was not aware of.
"So, the monthly homeowner's fees weren't being paid," Sarris said,
"That's how they were able to get a lien on the property."
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.
“Should any man who served in the military lose his home, a retirement
home, because they want to be patriotic? Anybody can see that the HOA has
gone overboard,” Sarris said of the situation.
Murphree said he lives in St. Augustine and has eight flags hanging on his
property including one stuck in a flower pot.
--
Donald J. Trump, 304 electoral votes to 227, defeated compulsive liar in
denial Hillary Rodham Clinton on December 19th, 2016. The clown car
parade of the democrat party ran out of gas and got run over by a Trump
truck.
Congratulations President Trump. Thank you for cleaning up the disaster
of the Obama presidency.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp.
ObamaCare is a total 100% failure and no lie that can be put forth by its
supporters can dispute that.
Obama jobs, the result of ObamaCare. 12-15 working hours a week at minimum
wage, no benefits and the primary revenue stream for ObamaCare. It can't
be funded with money people don't have, yet liberals lie about how great
it is.
Obama increased total debt from $10 trillion to $20 trillion in the eight
years he was in office, and sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood queer
liberal democrat donors.
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