Camping World CEO pushes back on lawsuits, vows to keep American flags flying

There’s a battle flying over the flying of big American flags all through the nation, particularly outdoors the tenting world places. The CEO of the corporate stated they aren’t going again.

“This flag doesn’t come down. That is the third metropolis lately that we tried to sue us to deliver the flag down. Threatening jail, quite a lot of different fines,” stated Tenting World CEO Marcus Lemonis on “Fox & Friends,” Wednesday.

The Nationwide RV supplier with greater than 200 places is confronted with a number of lawsuits of municipalities in the complete nation over the scale of the American flags that it flies in shops.

Metropolis leaders in Greenville, North Carolina, voted final week to take authorized steps towards the flag with their native tenting world supplier, after a court docket case by Sevierville, Tennessee earlier this week.

“Now we have been conscious of those flags for 20 years, so it’s shocking for me in states equivalent to North Carolina and Tennessee that I’m coping with,” stated Lemonis.

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CEO of Tenting World has stated that he’ll settle for every day fines of the native Greenville authorities concerning the gigantic American flag of the corporate on its supplier. (Getty Pictures / Picture Illustration / Getty Pictures)

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Greenville notes that the flag is nearly the scale of a basketball court docket, of 3200 sq. ft. The pole from which it flies is roughly 130 ft lengthy, virtually double the present charge.

Officers from Sevierville, Tennessee declare that they’ve the peak of the publish, not the scale of the flag.

“Let’s be clear: town of Sevierville shouldn’t be and can by no means be towards patriotism,” they wrote.

“Extreme lengthy buildings can create visible distractions for motorists, kind potential security dangers and affect the picturesque views that kind a vital a part of what makes Sevierville a vacation spot for residents and guests.”

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Greenville Communications Supervisor Brock Letchworth has issued this assertion about their authorized steps:

“This has by no means been about eradicating an American flag or the kind of flag. It’s about bringing the flag into line with town code. We’re wanting ahead to discovering a decision that may consequence within the steady illustration of the flag, however in a manner that doesn’t violate native legal guidelines.”

However Lemonis says he is not going to admit to the difficulty, and that the flags are his love letter to america, so he might thrive there after he needed to depart Beirut, Lebanon.

“I used to be not born on this nation. I emigrated from Beirut, Lebanon. I got here right here to Miami, Florida and had the chance to dwell the American dream on this nation. I’ve put a whole lot of sweat and tears in constructing this firm for my individuals, for the nation. And it’s my love letter to inform everybody this nation is grateful that this nation am

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Lemonis says he’s planning to arrange extra flags, and that when he reaches one million ft flag, he has the sensation that he’s able to cease including extra.

“From my perspective, the flag shouldn’t be an issue … it has FAA approval, and for me this looks like a chance for town to say that we need to decide what is occurring there.”