Treachery From the Bench in Prince William County (VA)
High Bridge Flag Fight: Judge Rules to Quash Subpoenas of County Officials
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In the ongoing fight to force the removal of a memorial battle flag, judge Robert Downing ruled yesterday that Prince Edward County officials, including members of the Board of Supervisors, do not have to testify as to the motive for a flurry of new zoning laws that put numerous restrictions on citizens who want to fly flags on private property, passed after emergency sessions held just days after the flag was raised and dedicated. In a hearing on the county’s motion to quash subpoenas that had been issued by the landowner’s attorney, Judge Downing agreed to approve the motion and quash the subpoenas, noting that he does not need to investigate the reason the zoning laws were enacted to decide the case.
Although the county has lost at every attempt to have the 80′ pole removed, after both its own Board of Zoning Appeals and a Circuit Court Judge agreed that there was no grounds to force its removal, it continues its persecution of one of their citizens. In the latest criminal charges, county officials have pulled an obscure ordinance out of the bevy of new laws passed in response to the flag raising, and are claiming that when the flag was changed out due to weather and wear and tear, it constituted the erection of a new “sign” when the replacement flag was raised and now must conform to the new “sign” (flag) laws, which would limit the flag size to…
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