Camping World CEO defies another city's threat of legal action over huge American flag: Not 'coming down'

The CEO of Camping World, a nationalist RV trader with stores successful 200-plus locations, is defying yet different city's menace of ineligible enactment implicit the store's signature, massive, 40 feet by 80 feet American flag that waves extracurricular the dealership.

Marcus Lemonis is responding to a petition from the city of Sevierville, Tennessee, to region a 100-foot flagpole connected its spot "in usurpation of the Municipal Zoning Ordinance," according to a missive from the metropolis that Lemonis posted to X.

"[T]he emblem and emblem rod aren’t coming down," Lemonis wrote connected X, on with a transcript of the city's letter. "It’s presently our modular emblem rod of 130 and emblem is 40x80. We are excited to proceed to nonstop each the caller taxation gross from the 20 cardinal dollar installation we built successful your municipality connected erstwhile farmland."

A elephantine U.S. emblem flies atop a 130-foot-tall emblem rod extracurricular RV retailer Camping World's French Camp, California, location.

It is not the archetypal clip Lemonis has defied orders to region the immense Camping World flags; helium has had akin experiences crossed the state and adjacent takes connected regular fines successful immoderate areas.

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"We dealt with it successful Statesville [North Carolina]; Morgan Hill, California; Onalaska, Wisconsin; and present Greenville, North Carolina," Lemonis told FOX Business' "The Bottom Line" successful precocious January. "And I deliberation this is simply a cleanable illustration … of section and metropolis and authorities municipalities putting regulations connected businesses that don't beforehand the business. They conscionable make much sound and unnecessary distractions."

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A elephantine U.S. emblem flies atop a 130-foot-tall emblem rod extracurricular RV retailer Camping World's French Camp, California, determination aft a showdown with section authorities implicit permitting rules. ( )

Lemonis was calved successful Lebanon and near connected the doorstep of an orphanage, according to the Camping World website. A mates from Miami adopted him erstwhile helium was 9 years old.

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A elephantine U.S. emblem flies extracurricular RV retailer Camping World's French Camp, California, location.

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"I bash it due to the fact that I judge successful it. I'm an migrant successful this country," Lemonis  told "The Bottom Line." "This state gave maine an accidental to gain a surviving and to employment 13,000 people. I conscionable take to person a large emblem due to the fact that I've had 1 since I was a small kid."

He argued that the city’s crackdown on his patriotism is 1 illustration of however section governments harm concern and represents "a tiny illustration of wherefore things [get] much expensive."