Camping World’s huge US flag praised by former boxer on California board that greenlit show | NESMAG

A California official is praising Camping World for its towering U.S. flag show in French Camp after tensions over allowing points, calling the general public standoff “great marketing” as he pushes his county to go honor Americans who grew to become prisoners of battle or lacking in motion.

“We welcome their business and the flag,” Tom Patti, a member of the San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors, advised News Digital. “From the very beginning, we would’ve preferred they followed a traditional protocol of getting a permit.”

After greater than a 12 months of backwards and forwards over allowing necessities, he mentioned the county has obtained documentation from Camping World and accepted the corporate’s plans. The flag is already flying above the sprawling lot as soon as extra.

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A large U.S. flag flies atop a 130-foot-tall flag pole exterior RV retailer Camping Worlds French Camp, California location after a showdown with native authorities over allowing guidelines. Joaquin County officers granted Camping World a allow for the towering pole Thursday.

“These guys go forward, they put big flag poles into the ground, but they don’t go for advanced permitting in any capacity,” he mentioned. If it turns into a problem, the corporate winds up getting huge public assist – and potential new prospects.

Patti, a former boxer who skilled with Mike Tyson, mentioned a variety of voters, a lot of them veterans, approached him to defend the flag. He too had supported the flag and individually pushed for the county to commemorate Flag Day with the POW/MIA flag alongside the American Flag above its headquarters.

“We’ll have to assume that it was either a fantastic marketing opportunity, or they didn’t do the research that a permit would be required,” Patti mentioned. “Once we got the info we requested, we issued a permit, and it’s a done deal for us.”

A Google Maps picture from December 2023 reveals the 130-foot flag pole on the Camping World lot in French Camp, California, with out its  accompanying U.S. Flag. (Google)

Patti, who beforehand had a profession within the set up of huge industrial indicators, mentioned he did not imagine that Camping World would danger putting in an unsafe base. The retailer has related giant flags at a lot of its 250 places across the nation. 

“I’m certain that Camping World is not looking for lawsuits in the future,” he mentioned. “We are taking their word for it.”

County zoning guidelines have been meant to deal with considerations in regards to the depth and width of the pole’s underground base to make sure it would not be susceptible to toppling over, he mentioned. The county had requested a web site plan again in June 2023 and obtained it roughly a 12 months later, he mentioned. The numbers checked out, and the nation granted a allow this week.

CAMPING WORLD CEO: ‘I’D RATHER GO TO JAIL’ THAN YIELD TO CITY IN AMERICAN FLAG CONTROVERSY

A large U.S. flag flies atop a 130-foot-tall flag pole exterior RV retailer Camping World’s French Camp, California location after a showdown with native authorities over allowing guidelines. Joaquin County officers granted Camping World a allow for the towering pole Thursday.

The county requires permits for constructions above 30 toes tall. Camping World’s flag pole stretched 130 toes skyward.

San Joaquin officers have denied claims that they ordered the retailer to take down the flag or issued any citations.

The county requested web site plans and engineering drawings in June 2023 after the flag went up earlier than the retailer acquired a allow, in keeping with county officers. Partial plans have been turned over in December and the total paperwork arrived in June 2024.

A large U.S. flag flies atop a 130-foot-tall flag pole exterior RV retailer Camping World’s French Camp, California location after a showdown with native authorities over allowing guidelines. Joaquin County officers granted Camping World a allow for the towering pole Thursday.

In a press release, the county mentioned a few of its staff had been harassed and threatened over the standoff and requested for folks to point out “common decency and courtesy.”

“We want to express our appreciation for your patriotism. We fully support the display of our flag and welcome local businesses, especially those that share our patriotic spirit,” the county wrote in a letter to involved residents. “However, we do require adherence to the permitting process to ensure safety and proper access for everyone.”

Marcus Lemonis, chairman and chief government officer of Camping World Holdings Inc., speaks throughout an interview on the ground of the New York Stock Exchange on Friday, Oct. 7, 2016. For years, Lemonis has defended huge American flags at Camping World tons, generally in defiance of native ordinances. (Michael Nagle/Bloomberg through Getty Images)

Camping World CEO Marcus Lemonis had the flag raised on Monday, days earlier than the allow got here by way of.

Lemonis, who immigrated to the U.S. from Lebanon, is a staunch defender of the flag and has been concerned in related standoffs with native authorities across the nation. He advised Fox News way back to 2019 that he’d reasonably get locked up than shrink the dimensions of his patriotic shows.

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“When veterans show up at the stores for the flag-raisings, and when they come on Saturdays and do their veteran rides, and they weep at the bottom of the flag pole, that’s the conviction that I need to say it’s just not going to come down,” he mentioned. “I would rather go to jail.”

Lemonis couldn’t instantly be reached for touch upon the French Camp allow.

Fox News’ Kristine Parks contributed to this report.