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Trump Sues Town in American Flag Flap
2006-12-24
Donald Trump is suing this oceanside town for $10 million after being cited for flying an oversized American flag over his Mar-a-Lago Club. Attorneys for the club filed a complaint Thursday, saying that flying the flag is a constitutionally protected expression of free speech _ and that the large flag is a proper match for the size of the real- estate mogul's patriotism.

"A smaller flag and pole on Mar-A-Lago's property would be lost given its massive size, look silly instead of make a statement, and most importantly would fail to appropriately express the magnitude of Donald J. Trump's and the Club's members' patriotism," the lawsuit says.

Town officials said Trump violated zoning codes when the lavish club hoisted a 15-by-25-foot flag atop an 80-foot pole on Oct. 3. The citation was for having a flagpole taller than 42 feet, for not obtaining a building permit and for not getting permission from the landmarks board.

A phone message left at the mayor and town council's office was not returned Saturday.

In the lawsuit, Trump's attorneys accuse the town of selectively enforcing its ordinances. Other locations in the town display flags that violate statutes, the lawsuit alleges. All damages awarded to the club would be donated to veterans of the war in Iraq, the lawsuit said.

Trump had until Nov. 27 to apply for approvals or else he faced a Dec. 21 hearing that could have resulted in fines costing $250 per day. It was unclear Saturday whether that meeting took place.

"The day you need a permit to put up the American flag, that will be a sad day for this country," Trump said in October.
Should be fun. I don't like "permits" or regulatory boards, on general principles. I did some business before a Zoning Board once. They were mostly wannabe idjits and busybodies. Maybe the pole height makes sense - if his place is 100 yds from the end of an airport runway, lol.
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#6  You're scarring scaring me, Barbara.
Posted by: Zenster   2006-12-24 21:45  

#5  I hope the Donald gets this cleared fast so he can sue the living shit out of the walking pig.
Posted by: SpecOp35   2006-12-24 21:06  

#4  #3 Z - it could be both. ;-p
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2006-12-24 20:30  

#3  Maybe the Lord of the Combover has a bit of partiotism in him.

Then again, maybe he's just a showboating whorish self-aggrandizing asshole who can't bear to have his name out of the limelight for more than three minutes at a time.
Posted by: Zenster   2006-12-24 19:59  

#2  Yea, me too. Maybe the Lord of the Combover has a bit of partiotism in him.
Posted by: Besoeker   2006-12-24 10:35  

#1  Must be a blue moon somewhere - second time in a week I'm on Trump's side.
Posted by: Raj   2006-12-24 10:08  

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