Courthouse Panel Again Urges Holiday Display Prohibition

July 7, 2010

Author: Erika Jacobson Moore

Source: Leesburg Today

http://www.leesburg2day.com/articles/2010/07/07/news/9652courthouse070710.txt

When the Courthouse Ground and Facilities Committee voted last November to prohibit all displays on the lawn of the courts complex in Leesburg it sparked an outrage from a number of residents and community groups, spurring the Board of Supervisors to quickly reverse that action during a special meeting only weeks before the December holidays.

As a result, several traditional Christmas displays, along with a couple aimed at testing the boundaries of free speech demonstrations, were erected in Courthouse Square.

While dormant, the controversy has not been settled.