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
e is a vet: he served to protect us from this kind of treatment..Leave him alone!!!
No way
tell the crooked sons of bitches to kiss your ass larry!!
This vet needs some help from his Congressman or Senator in his state.. Maybe some of the vets can saddle up and help him like they did for the man losing his rights of land this last Spring. Come on people pitch in and help your neighbor.. You may be the next on they pick on if he gets no help.
remove them from there position, than fly it proudly
Ditto to all above!!
He is representing the many, many who did not come home, wake up all you HOA associations.
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Vet or no vet HE HAS THE RIGHT!! What the $#%&!@* has this country come to? Sorry but that pisses me off!! If you can’t fly an American Flag in your own yard or flower pot then why call this country America! There is to many laws that are forbidding us from having the right to act as Americans and support our country a troops. I think it’s high time we take all the damn Muslims and any other foreign person and send them back to there home land. If you don’t want to be an American then get the $#%&!@* out!! Sad thing is there are true Americans that have lost their lives to protect these son of a bitches!!
This is so crazy, what is wrong with these people?