01-31-23 Leavitt's PC young medium

Bakery owner Sean Young speaks at the Leavitt's Country Bakery press conference to annouce a federal lawsuit against the town of Conway on Jan. 31. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)

CONWAY — Attorneys representing Leavitt's Country Bakery and the town told a federal judge on Friday that what happens next in the bakery's lawsuit hinges on what voter do at the ballot box.

The suit that was filed Jan. 31 claims Conway is violating the bakery's freedom of speech by enforce the sign ordinance against a mural showing pastries that the bakery erected over the building in June.  The case is before U.S. District Court Judge Joseph N. Laplante. 

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