Uh huh, right. He's worried about anger directed at Jewish folks over this. There were follow up reports that if the trees went back up, he would continue his lawsuit.
And why shouldn't he continue his lawsuit to have a display of a Menorah.
You know how Christians always say that they have the right to proselytize- even where unwanted- because it is a religious mandate, well uniquely to the Menorah at Chanukah, there is a precept to have the lights publicly displayed to give witness to God's miracles.