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
If I had the money id pay it for then go tell them to GO $#%&!@* YOURSELVES I
this needs to hit the national news. this group of hot shot who think they are god are complaining over a little flag instead of about something that really matters.
put these people out of there homes where they belong. how dare they say people can’t fly an american flag if they want to. they are very bad americans and they should be deported to some country like iran or iraq where there is no choice for anything then maybe they will be proud to be americans and show it.
This is insane . A veteran and american. We have ssome
it’s a sham that they live here in jacksonville. don’t want to know them. they are a real disgrace to this city. you notice they don’t put there names out there because they want people to believe that they are nice people and honest people which they aren’t. in the long run, the man upstairs will make them pay for this.
God Bless America that used to be.
America we all should put a flag up on everything!! This is america not anything else! Leave this man be leave this vet be leave our hero to his freedom he fought for leave him be leave him be !!!
people in this country are going crazy ! our Countrys flag ??? should be welcome anywhere !!
Ro, doesn’t this sound and feel familiar?! It’s so serious that it can’t even be made into a joke.
Someone needs to post a way to contact the authorities that are doing this so we can overwhelm them with protest !