Dane posted this first. We found it of interest this morning!
Dan Fuchs operates a small mall kiosk in Johnson City, Tennessee. His business, Graphic Edge, prints slogans and graphics on t-shirts, coffee mugs, and bumper stickers. Unfortunately for him, more than half of his business came from anti-Obama merchandise, sos the mall has decided to kick him out..
Friday afternoon, Fuchs was handed a lease termination notice by mall officials and signed by Mall General Manager Tembra Aldridge. The letter states that the option to terminate the lease agreement is effective 11:59 p.m. today and that he must vacate the mall premises and remove his property before then.
Fuchs said he was given no reason for this termination and was shocked and upset. Thursday evening, Fuchs said mall officials met with him and told him to take down the anti-Obama items on display by closing time or face immediate eviction.
“I was upset about it, of course,” he said Friday prior to receiving the notice. “That’s my livelihood.”
Fuchs had been in business at the mall for around two months and hadn’t initially set out to create anti-Obama items. One day, he said a customer asked for an anti-Obama shirt to be printed. A few days later, he said another customer asked for another similar item.
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Becky Covington on September 28th, 2009 at 10:40 am
I have complained about Sports Illustrated nude magazine covers to various mall bookstores, the overtly provocative window displays at Victoria’s Secret, drug use merchandise in Hot Topic, vulgar music playing in urban stores…along with many other concerned mothers. No action is ever taken. I guess the only thing that violates anyones conscious nowadays is ‘anti-obama’.
Chuck on September 28th, 2009 at 2:39 pm
Exactly Becky! Exactly!
chris gosse on October 5th, 2009 at 5:36 pm
and again free speech is only if you follow there rules