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Yahoo
26-03-2025
- Politics
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Brickbat: Lawn Sign Litigation
Marvin Peavy, a homeowner in Walton County, Florida, won a lawsuit against the county after officials tried to fine him for hanging giant political banners on his house along Scenic Highway 30A. Peavy first put up signs in 2020 to support Donald Trump's first presidential reelection campaign, but the county said they violated property maintenance rules and started charging him $50 a day, totaling over $63,000 in fines. Peavy fought back, saying his right to free speech under the First Amendment allowed it, and after years of legal battles, a judge agreed, ruling that the county was infringing on his free speech. The judge also ordered the county to pay Peavy $42,000 to cover his legal fees. The post Brickbat: Lawn Sign Litigation appeared first on
Yahoo
08-03-2025
- Politics
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Viral 30A Trump banner homeowner wins lawsuit against Walton County
WALTON COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) – In 2020, Marvin Peavy put up a sign in support of President Donald Trump. However, the following year, Walton County told him to take it down because it violated property maintenance rules. That started a years-long battle over free speech. 'I had one single sign hanging and hung it… it made me very nervous when I did it and because I'm like going, hey, you know, we'll get in trouble here for something. But anyway, I hung it… Code enforcement started dropping signs at my house telling me I got to take my signs down,' 30A Homeowner Marvin Peavy said. Women's health care made easy at Ascension Sacred Heart Gulf's new center On Wednesday, a judge ruled that Walton County was infringing on his right to free speech. 'I went to fight due to the fact that this is my First Amendment right and Walton County did have a signed ordinance which cannot supersede my First Amendment right,' Peavy said. Peavy took to social media, specifically TikTok, to show what he was trying to do and why he was fighting the county on the fines. His videos received millions of views, and his house became a local hot spot for supporters. Peavy says that despite having put up over 30 different banners in the last few years, that wasn't always the plan. 'I think if the county had probably left me alone and let me do what I wanted to signs were been down, but, you know, sometimes you work the wrong giant. The giant wakes up and says, you're not going to push me around. And that's basically what happened,' Peavy said. PCPD hosts first Coffee with a Cop of 2025 A judge ordered the county to pay $42,000 to cover Peavy's legal fees. He says new signs will go up on Saturday to celebrate his win. Peavy didn't pay any of the violation fees in the first place, so the county won't have to pay that back. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
