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Crown Pointless

For six years, Krissa White of Pensacola, Fla., has had a “butterfly garden” — butterfly-friendly trees and bushes in her yard to give monarch butterflies a safe place to light. “I have been known to bring them in, help them through their life cycle and once they’re adults and those wings are flapping I let them fly,” says White, a retired teacher. That may come to an end, however: the Crown Pointe Property Owners Association says her garden is contrary to community covenants. Specifically: “animals bred or raised on a lot except for dogs, cats or other house hold pets for non commercial purposes.” It is threatening her with a $25/day fine. (RC/WEAR Pensacola) ...But the HOA is harboring two-legged cockroaches!