Outdoor Companies Threaten to Sue Oceanside

Screen Shot 2016-04-17 at 3.46.52 PM“Next summer when you drive down into the valley in 110 degree weather and there’s kids sitting out there doing nothing and maybe you could have built a swimming pool for them, remember you could have made a difference and you chose not to. ” Tom Missett, Partner BGT Media on the council’s decision to forgo billboards on city land

The San Diego Union reports that Lamar Advertising and BGT Media are threatening to sue Oceanside for damages after the city reversed a decision to permit digital signs on city owned land near freeways.  Lamar is seeking $250,000 in expenses.  BGT Media is seeking $475,000 in expenses plus $5.2 million in damages.  The city’s mayor  has said that it will cost the city “a great deal of money in litigation costs.”


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