Denver orders teen to remove Obama mural

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.