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MacDonald: ‘Nashua’ Finally Pays For Viewpoint Discrimination

Beth and Stephen Scaer had plenty of flag flaps in Nashua, but this one went to court, and they won.

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Regular readers are familiar with the various flag-flaps, most of them with Nashua.

'Grok contributor Hal Shurtleff took a flagpole case to the U.S. Supreme Court and won 9-0 (audio interview on this with Hal, here). Beth and Stephen Scaer, also both 'Grok contributors, had plenty of flag flaps in Nashua, one of which finally went to court and the plaintiffs won.

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Liberal mayor of a blue city refuses to fly a flag on a pole because he doesn't like it. Viewpoint discrimination, and just like Boston, they had to get rid of their propaganda pole because they never wanted it to be for citizens; it was to use Government Real Estate to advocate approved messaging.

Nashua didn't learn from Boston, and a judge has ordered Nashua to cough up $136,071.35 in attorneys' fees and costs.

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