code: public static String removeSimpleHTML(String value) {
  		String rex = "<^[>]+/>|" + TAG + "[^<]*</[^>]*>|" + TAG;
  		if (value == null || value.equals("")) return "";
  		return value.replaceAll(rex, "");
  	}
docs: Remove HTML tag(s) and the string enclosed by HTML tags
  (ie, {@literal "<a>this</a>, that"} becomes ", that")<br/>
  
  @param value string to remove HTML from
  @return string without HTML