CLIFTON, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — A Halloween tradition in New Jersey has been taken down by politics.

Dr. Wayne Gangi said he is tired of being attacked by town leadership for his Halloween spirit, and has decided to pack up his ghouls and goblins and call it quits.

Clifton Man Takes Down Popular Halloween Display After Getting Pressure From Town

Children know it as the Clifton home on Grove Street where ghosts hang from trees, bodies lie on rooftops and spiders inch their way toward the door.

As CBS 2’s Amy Dardashtian reported, he’s a dentist by trade and a graveyard groomer by night.

For 12 years, Dr. Gangi’s annual Halloween display has been the talk of Clifton, but now he’s disassembled the fright fest, claiming politics and city officials are ruining Halloween.

“Each and every year they do a little bit more to curtail or censor how I decorate,” said Dr. Gangi.