Colorado homeowners' association disallows display of peace symbol

[John Dibble]

There are benefits and drawbacks to living in a community with a homeowners association. On the one hand having a home there is likely to result in that home increasing in value. On the other you occassionally have to deal with either very stupid rules or in this case a very stupid person trying to twist the rules due to a personal vendetta.

[John Dibble]

Apparently having been made out to be reactionary idiots in national news, the homeowners' association has withdrawn their complaint and the wreath can stay.

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Peace sign Christmas wreath can stay
 
DENVER A Colorado woman can display her Christmas wreath shaped like a peace sign after all.

The homeowners' association in the Pagosa Springs subdivision where Lisa Jensen lives has withdrawn its threat to fine her 25 dollars a day unless she removed the wreath.

Several residents had complained, saying the wreath was either an anti-war protest or a sign of the devil. The homeowners' association ordered Jensen to remove the wreath from her house on the grounds that it doesn't allow flags or signs that are considered divisive.

Jensen tells The A-P she got a letter from the board last night that called the incident a "misunderstanding."

Before the order was rescinded, Jensen said she received hundreds of calls of support and offers to help her pay the thousand-dollar fine that would have been due if she kept the wreath up until after Christmas.