[randog]

"....the courts have recognized he had a First Amendment right to display the Confederate flag as a reflection of his Southern heritage and traditions that he viewed as important."

He was given $4500 to basically STFU. He still lost his job.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

What an idiot. Oh yeah I got $4,500 [which will be gone in two weeks]. I have no job and this will stain my resume for any future employment consideration. All because I wanted to worship a relic from the 1800s.

[Bluegrass Conservative]

I am in no way a supporter of the confederate battle flag . . . but I don't think the City should have had any say in what the man had on his own personal vehicle.

[Arkinsaw]

We would probably be irritated if this fellow had a FreeRepublic plate on his car and his government told him to remove it. Or if he was parked at a government school with an American flag and the government school told him to remove it.

Maintaining a consistent position and avoiding situational ethics is a good thing.

[usmcobra]

I hope he invests his hard earned settlement wisely, like in $4480 in Lotto tickets and the rest in beer and chew.

[Verginius Rufus]

He got fired for having a license plate which is officially issued by the state he lives in. Somehow that doesn't make sense. But if he valued the job, maybe he should have just parked elsewhere.

I'm going to avoid Tampa now that they've fired the guy whose job it was to maintain the traffic...I assume the traffic is in an awful mess by now.

[vetvetdoug]

He settled way too cheaply. This guy should have gotten the same thing the minorities receive when they scream racism and prejudice (which is a settlement in the neighborhood of tens to hundreds of thousands from deep pockets).

If the PC crowd gets away with outlawing the Confederate Battle Flag that is displayed by ancestors of those men, then where will the line be drawn. A relic of the past? I guess the Cross representing Christianity could be also construed as such. Rectal orifices that pick and choose their free speech issues are liberals, Commies and RINO's that have big mouths that are made to offend, much like the liberals, commies, and RINOs/Democrats.

[kenth]

The title says he won, the first line says he settled. 4500 bucks and no job sounds like he settled which isn't winning in any shape, way or form.

[smug]

Lirot said his client belonged to the Sons of Confederate Veterans, which “celebrates Southern tradition” and has black members.

This is true. The SCV does not discriminate. If you have ancestors that were Confederate soldiers and can demonstrate it, you can join. That being said the Confederate flag cannot be a symbol of hate. It now is a symbol of a common heritage. This is something many other symbols cannot show.

[rfreedom4u]

"or park his truck off city property"

So as a private citizen not employed by the city, can he park his truck on citu property now?

[stainlessbanner]

Ol' Dixie ping