Ken Klein OAAA Executive Vice President, Government Affairs From the heart of the old Confederacy to the desert West, voters and elected officials continue to expand legalization of marijuana. Latest developments include: Out of home media continues to dominate cannabis ad spend, with 42 percent overall share (Kantar tracking). Several […]
The Texas Legislature is in session, and as the case far too often, it is demonstrating how to pass an unconstitutional law. The subject of the constitutional shenanigans this time is so-called “bandit signs,” those pesky paper signs illegally placed on trees, utility poles, street medium, and other sites in […]
By Tammy A Phillips, CEO/Executive Director, Outdoor Advertising Association of Tennessee Our Annual meeting will be held May 10th at The Hermitage Hotel in Nashville. We have decided to open our meeting up to anyone involved in the OOH industry in the state of Tennessee this year! The registration fee […]
By Kerry Yoakum, Vice President of Government Affairs, OAAA Numerous States have enacted new billboard laws due to legal challenges or the prospect of litigation. This on-going trend started when Oregon’s billboard law was challenged due to the common distinction between regulating on-premise and off-premise signs. The State lost in […]
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear has signed into law Kentucky HB 328, the legislation to revise and reinstate Kentucky’s sign rules. The bill amends Kentucky’s sign controls in a way that distinguishes rules based on whether a sign owner is compensated for a sign or not. Federal Courts threw out Kentucky’s previous […]
Here’s some advice from Joe Mancino, CEO of Greensigns Chicago and former mayor of Hawthorn Woods, Illinois on permitting. Joe Mancino, GreenSigns Chicago When you’re dealing with city hall and you’re dealing with folks at the counter level the first thing you need to remember is be nice. Be nice. […]
The San Jose billboard saga continues as the City Council faces opposition, but not from the billboard industry. The allegations come from Citizens for Free Speech and Equal Justice who, as reported by the The San Jose Spotlight, illegally erected a digital billboard near Highways 880 and 101 to sell […]
The Kentucky legislature has approved HB 328, a revised billboard control act to fix the previous law which a court invalidated. Yesterday the House approved an amended version by 30-6, the Senate approved the amended version by 91-3 and the measure has been delivered to the Governor. The bill amends […]
The highest court in Maryland upheld a billboard tax enacted in 2013 by the Baltimore City Council. It was a 6-1 decision. You can read the decision here. The original Ordinance required a tax, assessed annually based on the size and type of display: $15 per square foot for an […]
Yesterday Insider posted that the city of Austin is trying to get the Supreme Court to review the Austin v Reagan decision. Hamlin Cody’s Richard Hamlin has this comment: No one can be certain, or even predict, whether the Supreme Court will hear a case. The Court’s Rule 10 says […]
