Tag: mark falzone

Scenic America’s Budget

Know your opposition.  Here’s Scenic America’s budget for fiscal 2019-2023.  We took the numbers from Scenic America’s  recent  form 990. Revenues increased 7% to $1.3 million in 2022. Expenses increased by 9% to $1.3 for 2022.  Scenic has 8 staff members. Cash balances have declined over the past two years […]

Scenic America’s Budget

Know your opposition.  Here’s Scenic America’s budget for the past five fiscal years.  We’ve updated the table based on Scenic America’s 2021 Form 990 for the year ended March 2021. Revenues increased 23% to $1.0 million for the year ended March 2021. Expenses increased by 20% to $967,000 for the […]

Scenic America’s Budget

Know your opposition.  Here’s the budget for Scenic America, the anti-billboard non-profit.  Insider assembled the figures based on Scenic’s IRS 990 forms.   Revenues increased 1.5% to $815,000 for the year ended March 2020. The net surplus declined from $65,094 during 2019 to 11,246 during 2020 due to increased expenses. Scenic President Mark […]

Scenic America’s Budget

Know your opposition.  Here’s the budget for Scenic America, the anti-billboard non-profit.  Insider assembled the figures based on Scenic’s IRS 990 forms. Scenic has been growing.  Revenues increased from $351,224 during the year ended March 2016 to $803,870 during the year ended March 2019. Scenic is spending $120,000/year in advertising and […]

Billboard Insider’s Top 5 stories for 2019

Here are Billboard Insider’s top 5 out of home stories for 2019. Mr Falzone Learns How To Conduct Business in Louisiana In April 2019 Scenic America President Mark Falzone said unflattering things about Lamar while testifying on an anti-billboard bill before the Louisiana legislature.  Lamar CEO Sean Reilly, a former […]

How Lamar Won a Backyard Fight

Lawmakers in Louisiana overwhelmingly defeated an anti-billboard proposal (14-to-3).  Insider breaks down the three-hour hearing in Baton Rouge at the State House Transportation Committee, to share what worked. Background In Louisiana, the trucking/logging industries blame lawsuits and trial lawyers for inflating insurance rates. Frustrated truckers and loggers took aim at billboards, […]

Scenic America President Wades Into Pittsburgh Controversy

Lamar and the city of Pittsburgh have been having a long running dispute over the Mt. Washington sign.  Scenic America’s President Mark Falzone is going to wade into the controversy.  Here’s what he said yesterday on an interview on KDKA When you come to Pittsburgh next week who are you […]

Scenic America Chairman on Missouri Billboards

Scenic America Chairman Mark Falzone did an interview in St Louis on the September 18 Charlie Brennan show.  His comments start just past the 12:55 minute mark of the podcast.  Insider has printed  some of the questions and Falzone’s answers. Just exactly where does Missouri rank when it comes to billboards. […]