My two-cents: The banner kerfuffle

Throughout the history of our country (and in other countries as well), it has been our custom to display images of our leader in public places. Barack Obama is our President. It is not a political statement to hang a rendering of the President in a public place, unless you include unequivocal language or imagery that makes it such. There is nothing unequivocal about this piece. As is often the case with art, it can mean different things to different people.

I am glad Village Council decided not to remove the banners from the Yellow Springs Banner Festival as recommended by the Village Solicitor. And I thank the artist, Lisa Wolters, for gracing our town with such a fine piece of work.

If anyone made a political statement, it was the person who raised this issue in the first place.