# OH! Everybody in that town is into Beaver. Except the officials. Newslink

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**Created:** [October 3, 2011, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-everybody-in-that-town-is-into-beaver-except-the-officials-newslink/598480 "2011-10-03T21:24:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2011, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-everybody-in-that-town-is-into-beaver-except-the-officials-newslink/598480/1 "2011-10-03T21:24:09Z")

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City officials commanded that all Beaver in City Hall shall be covered up. With Paint.

> **[Artist ordered to paint over mural beaver - UPI.com](https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/01/Artist-ordered-to-paint-over-mural-beaver/UPI-32811317501000/)**
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> Officials in Martinez, Calif., ordered an artist to paint over the image of a beaver he included in the mural he was commissioned to create for the city.

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**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2011, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-everybody-in-that-town-is-into-beaver-except-the-officials-newslink/598480/2 "2011-10-03T21:29:07Z")

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“Ah, the beaver! What were we thinking! Where were our heads?!” /kith

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**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2011, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-everybody-in-that-town-is-into-beaver-except-the-officials-newslink/598480/3 "2011-10-03T21:34:46Z")

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Can they just call it an Arcadia[?](http://www.arcadia.edu/about/default.aspx?id=1128)

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**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2011, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-everybody-in-that-town-is-into-beaver-except-the-officials-newslink/598480/4 "2011-10-03T21:41:17Z")

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Guess they won’t want that painting of Lake Kastoria, then…

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**Author:** ![3\_20\_59\_or\_bust](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/47e85d/32.png) [@3\_20\_59\_or\_bust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3_20_59_or_bust)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2011, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-everybody-in-that-town-is-into-beaver-except-the-officials-newslink/598480/5 "2011-10-03T23:35:30Z")

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Meh. Mario needs to come on up to Corvallis and paint away!

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**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2011, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-everybody-in-that-town-is-into-beaver-except-the-officials-newslink/598480/6 "2011-10-03T23:56:04Z")

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I grew up close enough to Martinez, and can’t think of what beavers have to do with the city specifically. Rabid raccoons maybe…

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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-everybody-in-that-town-is-into-beaver-except-the-officials-newslink/598480/7 "2011-10-04T13:10:25Z")

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[nevermind]

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**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-everybody-in-that-town-is-into-beaver-except-the-officials-newslink/598480/8 "2011-10-04T13:52:40Z")

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Was this trip really necessary? Did a little beaver really justify this reaction? Judging by the city official’s reaction, maybe he should have replaced the beaver with an Ass.