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OGDEN, Utah (AP) -- Ogden officials are warning a shopkeeper to remove an obscenity he scrawled across his windows in an escalating fight with city code officers.
City workers erected a tarp across the message Bruce Edwards wrote to describe his opinion of city government.
Ogden community development manager Keith Morey says the antique dealer risks drawing a public-nuisance charge unless he erases the message.
Edwards has a history of using his storefront to hammer the city with insults and says he won't back down. He's gearing up for another legal fight.
In a separate issue, Edwards also is resisting an order to clean up another lot in town where he collects restaurant equipment, light fixtures, duct work and other stuff.
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