Hello -
 I usually lurk, listen and learn - but the snippet below from _Got
Caliche?_ has me curious as to a HistArchers general thinking about the
preservation commission's  actions in this situation?.Is there anything
potentially missing here that would explain to me this isn't overdoing it
a tad on the comission's part?
1) Are actions such as these really needed?
2) Is the neighbor out of line?
3) Is the comission overstepping it's bounds?

Just wondering, and thinking of starting a letter writing campaign to
defend this woman.

>>http://www.dallasnews.com/texas_southwest/191356_arbars_14tex.A.html 70
>>year old Betty Deislinger attended a historic commission meeting in Little
>>Rock and was arrested, then taken to the police station and fingerprinted.
>>Her crime? She had refused to remove burglar bars from her 1870s house, in
>>violation of an ordinance governing the historic district where she lives.
>>The warrant was issued on the complaint of Anne Gutherie, the city's
>>historic preservation administrator, who works with the commission. Mrs.
>>Gutherie, who lives next door to Mrs. Deislinger, did not return phone
>>calls on Friday.
>>
>>["Like a good neighbor, the historic preservation commission is there to
>>serve you." - Ed.]

Thanks,

Lee Hamovitz
UC Berkeley
American Studies