The Devil in the Deed Tale
In 1908, a subdivision of Cherry Hills Village, Colo., was innocently named after a symbol of the sun that Native Americans used in the Southwest. The name isn’t on any signage in the subdivision now, but in 2007, developer Dan Sheldon noticed it on a plat when he bought his house in the now shockingly named Swastika Acres. “I was blown away,” he said. Now he’s a city councilman and the author of an ordinance to make a name change feasible. To actually change the name will require a resident sponsor and a new name — neither of which has yet been picked — plus mailed in petitions from the owners of 30 of Swastika Acres’ 57 plots. (AC/Denver Post) ...Could be worse. Could be 88 plots.Original Publication Date: 03 February 2019
This story is in True’s book collections, in Volume 25.
This story is in True’s book collections, in Volume 25.
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