(FOX40.COM) — Nearly one year after a Camping World RV Sales store in Northern California battled officials over the ability to fly a massive American flag , another location across the country abruptly closed its doors amid the same flag issue. • Video Above: Business, San Joaquin County at odds over ability to fly American flag (April 2024)
In April 2024, Camping World in San Joaquin County was forced to take down a 120-foot American flag that flew over the business’s grounds for alleged safety reasons and lack of permission to fly it.
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“Camping World’s flagpole was installed with neither a building permit nor planning approval, therefore, they are in conversation with the code enforcement division,” San Joaquin County said in a statement to FOX40.
Although the county cited permit issues, Camping World’s CEO, Marcus Lemonis, took issue with removing the flag, regardless of the reason.
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At the time, Lemonis told FOX40 that if it were a marketing flag on the pole, he might take it down while the business works out the permitting issues with the county, but the American flag stays, no matter what the county says…