Veteran Larry Murphfree from Jacksonville, FL was fined $8000 and had a foreclosure lien placed on his home for putting a small American flag in his flowerpot – even though he had a legal right to do so. If he doesn’t pay within 30 days he might lose his home.
“I want it to go away. It’s such a minor little thing and they keep coming after me,” he explained.
“They” is Murphree’s homeowner’s association. He’s lived in the Sweetwater community for years, and been at odds with the HOA for more than two. All over a flag. The veteran decided to put one in his flower pot, and has been fined as a result.
“They just sent me a letter that says I owe them around $8,000 and they put a foreclosure lien on my house,” he continued.
Action News wanted to know how that’s possible, so we took our questions to legal and safety expert Dale Carson.
“There’s an actual Florida statute that says he can display this flag,” Carson said.
Federal law from 2005 also backs that up. We reached out to the law office that reprsents the HOA and got attorney Michelle Haines. She tells me if payment is not made within 30 days, the law office can move forward with foreclosure on Murphree’s home. – See more at: http://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/news/local/veteran-may-lose-home-over-flag-fight/ngRCt/#sthash.OTe76VXL.dpuf
Unbelievable. When is this satan’s spawn in the white house going to ‘go’. Seriously he is the biggest threat to the USA.
Only in America
This is so disgusting. Is this America?
This should not happen in the United States, this has to stop !!!!
Sarah, we all want to know the truth but WHY HAS THIS NOT HIT THE NEWS ALL OVER THIS GREAT @[529525930430284:274:Your Nation]
Well, for one, the story is about a year old. It actually happened in 2014; this facebook site is just reposting it to get you guys all upset.
And second, the story is BS. The guy is allowed to fly his flag; the homeowner’s $#%&!@*ociation didn’t “outlaw” him from flying it. They are just saying that he needs to put it in a flagpole attached to his house, not in a potted plant or anywhere else in his yard.
The HOA isn’t breaking any laws. It’s their right to impose restrictions like this. The guy has to live with those restrictions, or he can get on the board of the HOA and try to change those rules.
Also, they aren’t fining him 8000 bucks for the flag; they are saying that he didn’t pay his HOA dues over the course of a couple years.
So…yeah…THAT’s why it’s not all over the news.
What does Obama have to do with this?
Thank You Chris, that wasn’t the story but I will still watch @[15704546335:274:Fox News]
Pardon me I met that wasn’t in the story I read
Of course it wasn’t in the story. Fox news didn’t give the whole story because it wouldn’t get you outraged if they did. That’s what they want…for you to get angry and blame Obama and the democrats for stupid stuff like this.