ATTORNEYS IN PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY FILE MOTION TO SUPPRESS SUBPOENAS AHEAD OF FLAG HEARING
In Prince Edward County, Virginia, a county citizen has been unfairly harassed and persecuted for over 2 years, since installing a Memorial Flag on private property. Although a building permit was obtained and final inspection passed, county leaders met shortly after The Virginia Flaggers’ Rt 460 High Bridge Memorial Battle flag was raised and dedicated to determine how to force its removal after fielding complaints from a handful of citizens.
After multiple zoning law changes and once numerous legal maneuvers and appeals by the Board of Supervisors failed in the attempt to force the flag pole removal, county officials drummed up a NEW set of charges, this time based on flag size, and has threatened the landowner with jail time and hefty fines if she does not remove the flag and replace it with a much smaller one. Refusing to comply with laws that were obviously put in place AFTER the flag was raised and ONLY because of the content of the flag, the landowner has been served with a warrant to appear at a hearing scheduled in court next week.
Ahead of that hearing, the attorney for the landowner
issued subpoenas to have every member of the Board of Supervisors as
well as the County Administrator appear at the hearing and give an
answer for their decisions and actions in the continued and discriminatory harassment. Late last week, the attorney for the county filed a motion to quash these
subpoenas, arguing that the testimony of these officials would “not be relevant nor material” to the case.
Citizens of Prince Edward County are left
frustrated and angry. What do members of the Board of Supervisor and
County Administrator have to hide? Why don’t they want the public to
hear the details why they made these decisions and continue
to throw hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars at persecuting one
of their own citizens. Many are furious at the costly attempts to deny this landowner her First Amendment rights, especially considering that property taxes are
soaring, crime is skyrocketing, and county schools remain in disrepair.
A hearing on this motion to quash will be held Monday, February 24th at 2:00 pm in General District Court in Farmville. The full hearing is scheduled for Wednesday, February 26th at 2:00 pm, same courtroom.
Contact the Prince Edward County Board of Supervisors here.
Contribute to the fund to assist with mounting legal fees here
12 comments:
The county doesn’t want their supervisors and administrator lying under oath… simple as that!
The county doesn’t want their supervisors and administrator lying under oath. Simple as that!
This county is as crooked as Washington DC.
Well I use to work for one of the supervisors at the jail and let me just say he showed favoritism to friends and friends of his family , he also try valuations of hippa laws to me while under doctors care and on lite duty , Jerry Townsend in my opinion shouldn’t be running a jail nor should he be on board superivosrs
Prince Edward County is absolutely worthless. BOS & County Administrator are a dam joke. Carolyn will win this in the long run. I was born and raised here and I would never consider sending my children to ANY SCHOOL in Prince Edward. They go out of county because of the Poor school system we have here. Then they want to fight Carolyn and waste our tax payer money on fighting something that THEY APPROVED! Absolutely Ridiculous
If the board of supervisors is that personally offended by this matter let them fund the legal fees out of their own pockets and quit burning through taxpayers' money on it.
Could all this nonsense be related to the incoming data center?? Close proximity and when the land is cleared....what a coincidence..clear view of a flag placed by code landowner was initially given!! Hmmm
Wow! That’s as crooked as it can be!
The red field represents the Blood of Christ.
The white border represents the Protection of God.
The blue "X" represents the Christian Cross of Saint Andrew, the first Disciple of Christ Jesus and Patron Saint of Scotland.
The 13 stars represent the 13 Southern States of Secession.
Thus, the message in the Confederate Battle Flag is:
"Through the Blood of Christ, with the Protection of God, We, the Thirteen States,
are united in our Christian fight for liberty."
The members of BOS know they are treating the landowner unfairly. She followed the books. They changed the rules. Take them to court. Then lock them up and let the flag fly
The county should be audited if enough citizens will agree and can be done maybe we should draw up a petition to make this happen. Stealing from their own citizens. I would not be proud to be on board of supervisors for this county just sad
Thank you for this explanation ; how beautiful. It’s important to remember that the us empire is not necessarily worth saving or conserving.
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