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   From: bkshurman@outlook.com   
      
   Does that star-spangled banner yet wave? If it's over Camping   
   World and Gander RV in Statesville, N.C., you better believe it.   
      
   In fact, it's only a question because the North Carolina city is   
   locked in a letter-of-the-law battle with the RV company, which   
   proudly -- and defiantly -- flies its massive 40x80-foot   
   American flag.   
      
   “The property that's there belong to us, we pay taxes and the   
   size of the flag isn't hurting anybody," Camping World CEO   
   Marcus Lemonis told WJZY.   
      
   The city of Statesville filed a lawsuit against Camping World,   
   located along Interstate 77, because the flag the company flies   
   outside is in violation of a city ordinance.   
      
   The city of Statesville said they approved a permit for Camping   
   World to fly a flag -- just not as big as the one Camping World   
   unfurled.   
      
   Lemonis said the city's attempts to get him to take down the   
   flag is nothing more than "bureaucrats trying to control the   
   size of something."   
      
   A petition the businessman created as "a good way for elected   
   leaders to see how people actually feel" had more than 140,000   
   signatures on Wednesday -- nearly all the way to a 150,000-   
   signature goal.   
      
   "This is about more than just the flag," the petition states.   
   "This is about our Veterans, Military, and the men and women   
   that have sacrificed for this great country. They are the reason   
   we fly the flag and they are the reason we will NOT take it   
   down!"   
      
   While Camping World preaches patriotism, Statesville is trying   
   to hit Lemonis where it hurts: the wallet. Statesville is now   
   trying to fine the RV company $50 each day the flag is flying   
   outside of city ordinance -- retroactive to October.   
      
   “I don’t care if it goes to $500 a day," Lemonis told WSOC-TV.   
   "It's not coming down,”   
      
   https://www.foxnews.com/us/north-carolina-files-lawsuit-rv-   
   company-american-flag?intcmp=tbog_pa   
        
      
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