Posted on 05/12/2013 2:59:37 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Singer Chris Brown has taken to Twitter to defend artwork outside his Hollywood Hills home that neighbors and the city of Los Angeles want him to take down.
Neighbors claim the monsters are scaring neighborhood kids and ruining the hillside aesthetic of the area below Lake Hollywood.
"There are lots of babies, lots of children, and they're literally frightened. It's like devils on the wall big, scary eyes and big, scary teeth, and just the whole vibe is not what we're used to," said Patti Negri, president of the Hollywood Dell Civic Assn.
Responding to complaints about the art, L.A. city code officials cited Brown for unpermitted and excessive signage and ordered him to remove the art within 30 days. He also faces fines that start at $376 but could rise significantly if he fails to comply.
Brown on Saturday defended the artwork.
"There are scarier creatures on Harry Potter," he wrote via Twitter. "Get a ... life!"
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Looks like he’s impaled Twiki on top of that retaining wall. The whole thing is more childish than scary, including the paint job on his car. I wouldn’t want to look at that every day, but I really dislike HOA nazis. I’m torn.
I, unfortunately, live near the heart of Hollywood in Los Feliz. There are more caucasian babies here than we’ve seen in nearly forty years. It leads me to joke with my wife the line from Danny DeVito’s “The Ratings Game”: “I ain’t never seen so many white people in one place.”
Then maybe it’s possible the residents of “Hollywood Dell” have children, too.
We have quite a few aspiring rock musicians in my neighborhood - I hear them practicing when I’m out for exercise - but nothing to indicate the presence of Rappers.
Exactly. Real stand up guy.
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