Controversial jewelry billboard taken down

The new sign says "Asheville rocks"

ASHEVILLE - The billboard that sparked reaction around the nation came down Tuesday and was replaced with a message to thank the supporters of a downtown jewelry store.
The new ad says, "Asheville rocks." The "o" is a sparkling diamond.

"We are sorry if we offended anybody, we did have thousands more supporters than we have people who were offended so we wanted to thank our supporters," Eva-Michelle Spicer, co-owner of Spicer Greene Jewelers, told the Citizen-Times.

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