Denver orders teen to remove Obama mural
DENVER, Oct. 9 (UPI) --
A teenager who painted a Vote Obama
mural on his grandparents' fence in Denver says appeals ensure the work will remain at least through the election.
Denver officials say the mural, which features a portrait of Sen. Barack Obama, the Democratic presidential nominee, and a call to vote for him violates city ordinances on the size of political signs, The Denver Post reports. The mural is well over the 8-foot-square limit.
Paul Trujillo and two friends used spray paint to create the mural after Obama, D-Ill., was nominated in Denver in August.
I want to use my fence to communicate to the rest of the world,
Trujillo said.
Esther Vigil, Trujillo's grandmother, said she has received offers to pay the $150 fine for failing to remove or cover up the mural. But Trujillo said he has learned that an appeal of the removal order comes with a 45-day extension, enough to get it past Election Day.
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