http://renovomedia.com/news/no-more-offensive-displays-at-johnson-city-mall/
Mall now certified “offense free”
http://www.theadmonition.com/?p=1552
From Canada
A Johnson City Mall has evicted a man for selling anti-Obama merchandise after warning him to remove an anti-Obama sign. Dan Fuchs operated a kiosk in the Johnson City, Tennessee mall where he sold items such as shirts, mugs, and bumper stickers that could be customized by the customer.
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Originally Fuchs had not intended on selling anti-Obama merchandise but had customer requests for anti-Obama t-shirts; at that point his business took off.
On Thursday night Dan Fuchs was told that he would need to take down his offensive anti-Obama merchandise or face immediate eviction. On Friday he was handed an eviction notice saying that his lease which wasn’t due to expire until the end of the year was being terminated.
Mall officials say that Fuchs had only been asked to sell pro-Obama merchandise alongside the anti-Obama merchandise. Fuchs says that that was not the case, that he never had a choice in the matter. The Johnson City Mall management says that they received complaints about the anti-Obama material for sale at Fuchs’ kiosk.
This is the second such incident involving a business owner and mall management over anti-Obama merchandise. Back in July The Free Market Warrior was kicked out of the Concord Mills Mall for selling anti-Obama merchandise.
Seems to be a huge problem with free speech in the marketplace in this country, these business owners have the right to sell anti-Obama (barring anything threatening) merchandise if they choose. Mall officials in both places appear to be taking the politically correct route by evicting tenants that are bringing in revenue. Not only is this unconstitutional, it’s bad business.
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