Camping World has large flags at many of its 250 locations around the US - sometimes inviting standoffs with local officials while drumming up customer loyalty.
A California official is praising Camping World for its towering U.S. flag display in French Camp after tensions over permitting issues, calling the public standoff 'great marketing' as he pushes his county to go honor Americans who became prisoners of war or missing in action. 'We welcome their business and the flag,' Tom Patti, a member of the San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors, told Fox News Digital.
The county requires permits for structures above 30 feet tall. Camping World's flag pole stretched 130 feet skyward. San Joaquin officials have denied claims that they ordered the retailer to take down the flag or issued any citations. The county requested site plans and engineering drawings in June 2023 after the flag went up before the retailer got a permit, according to county officials. Partial plans were turned over in December and the full documents arrived in June 2024.
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 said. 'I would rather go to jail.' Lemonis could not immediately be reached for comment on the French Camp permit. Fox News' Kristine Parks contributed to this report.
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