Author Topic: Government to Pizzeria: You Can Paint a Mural, Just Not One That Features Pizza  (Read 804 times)

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Both commercial freedom and creative freedom suffered a devastating blow in Arlington, Virginia, this past week. County officials have forced a local pizza joint to paint over a mural that adorned the outside of the restaurant.
In November of last year, local favorite Goody's spruced up the exterior of its Clarendon location with a mural depicting pizza alongside various common toppings, such as mushrooms, tomatoes, and olives. The idea was to "get a little more attention from people walking by," owner Glenda Alverez tells the local news site arlnow.com.
Unfortunately for Alverez and her business, the mural turned out to be against the law. Under Arlington County's sign code, no mural painted on the outside of a business may depict the products sold inside.....

https://reason.com/blog/2019/03/18/local-government-says-pizza-business-can