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Cook: This isn’t just about doughnuts

READ MOREDoughnut strong: Chattanooga finds an issue it can get behind

photo David Cook

Inside her Koch’s Bakery, Barbara Davis has a petition with 500 signatures on it. The thing is 35 pages long.

“Maybe more,” Davis said.

A change.org petition — Fight Crime not Art! — is pushing another 1,500 signatures.

That’s 2,000 signatures obtained over the course of several days. Not to mention all the calls and emails to City Hall. Or free legal advice offered to Davis. All because of a doughnut mural. (It’s a sign, says the city). Mural. (Sign.) Mural. (Sign.)