[OPINION] Our Turn: Phoenix canceled Christmas because a guy handed out cocoa

Lee Sepanek’s Arcadia home in Phoenix is dark this year due to a dispute with the City of Phoenix.

(Editor’s note: Opinion pieces are published for discussion purposes only.)

Disclosure: Goldwater Institute and Rose Law Group team up to save Christmas!

Our Turn: Phoenix’s crackdown on a lavish light display is part of a larger problem plaguing home-based businesses.

By Christina Sandefur and Scot Mussi | azcentral

Every year, Lee Sepanek’s Christmas display brings joy to Phoenicians, who visit to enjoy the glistening decorations and sip the hot chocolate he serves them.

But not this year. Thanks to Phoenix bureaucrats, Lee has been forced to cancel the show.

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