A side story to the now overturned Cincinnati billboard tax was the tax’s draconian enforcement provisions: The billboard tax was imposed on an “advertising host” which was defined to mean “any person who owns or controls an outdoor advertising sign, including the persons agent, affiliate, employee or other representative who […]
Thought Leadership from Nancy Fletcher, OAAA President and CEO Do billboards “speak?” Yes, said a judge in Cincinnati who invalidated the city’s new targeted tax on billboards. After six days of testimony, Common Pleas Court Judge Curt C. Hartman issued an injunction October 17 that blocked Cincinnati’s billboard tax. Billboards […]
By Richard Rothfelder, Rothfelder and Falick Since when can a local government pass a huge new tax and then forbid you from talking about it? That’s what Cincinnati tried to do to Lamar Advertising and Norton Outdoor. Judge Curt C Hartman would have none of it in yesterday’s ruling striking […]
Cincinnati’s City Council voted to repeal its recent, significant increase in billboard fees. The unanimous vote to scrap the fee increase occurred October 10 in open session of the council that was live-streamed on the city’s website. Norton Outdoor and Lamar Advertising had challenged the fee increase in court, along […]
The billboard-tax lawsuit in Cincinnati has focused attention on “noncommercial” speech on billboards. Lamar Advertising and Norton Outdoor are challenging Cincinnati’s targeted billboard tax and higher fees on free speech grounds. Therefore, the court is examining billboard content, including controversial and political viewpoints. Billboards are a valuable channel […]
“Given the judge’s language in the TRO, I would be surprised if he changed his decision at the preliminary injunction stage. We have a hole in the budget we have to address.” Cincinnati City Councilman David Mann quoted by WCPO.com A Cincinnati court will hold a hearing on Friday concerning […]
On June 27 Cincinnati passed a 10% tax on billboard revenues as part of the city’s 2019 budget. The tax goes into effect July 1. The tax was passed over the mayors veto with two days public notice and no hearings. You can read more about the tax at WLWT5 […]
On June 27 Cincinnati passed a 10% tax on billboard revenues to fund the city’s budget. If you are not paying attention you should. Baltimore has a billboard tax and Insider expects to see more cash-strapped cities attempt to pass billboard taxes to fund city services. Mike, Kevin and Tom […]
Did you know: Cincinnati hosted the first Major League baseball night in 1935, with the Cincinnati Reds beating the Philadelphia Phillies 2-1. Cincinnati hosts the world’s second largest and the United States’ larget Oktoberfest celebration. This week’s Geopath Market Spotlight focuses on the Cincinatti DMA. Infographics for the top DMAs […]
