PRINCE EDWARD FLAG FIGHT HEATS UP AS COUNTY MOVES TO QUASH SUBPOENAS
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…
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