Earlier this week there was a guest opinion published in the Deseret News titled “Is it time for Utah to ban billboards.” Here’s a letter written by YESCO’s Pat O’Donnell and Reagan Outdoor’s Dewey Reagan which the Deseret Times published yesterday in response. Up or Down on Billboards . . […]
By Richard Hamlin, Hamlin Cody Simi Valley is a city northwest of Los Angeles.It prohibited parking mobile billboards on city streets unless they also qualified as “authorized emergency or construction-related vehicles.”Bruce Boyer would park mobile billboards throughout the city.The city police either impounded or threatened to impound the billboards. Mr. […]
In the September 11, 2019 edition of Billboard Insider, I discussed the Texas administrative rules making process, including how the Texas Administrative Procedures Act (“APA”) encourages public participation and transparency throughout this process, by mandating where and when to publish proposed rules, and opportunity for public comment on them in […]
We received some terrific responses to Managing Tree Issues With A City. Stott Outdoor’s Greg Redeker says you need to be proactive. How to manage tree issues with a city is going to depend upon many factors, including the city’s attitudes and regulations regarding trees and outdoor advertising. Things are […]
The Baltimore City Council is considering Bill 20-0570 to authorize the erection of digital billboards within railroad rights of way. The bill was introduced in July by City Council President Brandon Scott and is supported by Baltimore’s Mayor Jack Young. Any new billboards must: face the interstate be 500 feet […]
Chris Cowlbeck and his staff at IBOUSA have done it again! For the second time in this fateful year of 2020, they’ve managed to plan a fun and informative LIVE and IN PERSON Fall Conference on October 7 through 9. And, rather than in Louisville or Minneapolis, this conference is […]
Lamar Advertising is in a long running dispute with the city of Pittsburgh over the Mt Washington sign. The dispute is before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court after Lamar prevailed in lower courts. The Pittburgh Gazette says the PA Supreme Court appears skeptical of the city of Pittsburgh’s case to make […]
On September 4, 2020, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in International Outdoor, Inc vs City of Troy issued a mostly procedurally technical decision, but perhaps more importantly, announced that “a regulation of commercial speech that is not content-neutral is still subject to strict scrutiny under Reed.” Specifically, International sought […]
Remember William Thomas, the man who successfully challenged Tennessee’s sign code and forced the Tennessee legislature to pass a sign code revision to moot the challenge. The Tennessee Star reports a court has ordered the Tennessee to pay $690,000 in Thomas’s legal fees. Thomas was represented by the Institute for […]
By Ken Klein, OAAA Executive Vice President, Government Affairs A federal appeals court said the Philadelphia-based transit system violated constitutional free speech by rejecting a bus ad it considered political. (Center for Investigative Reporting v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, September 14, 2020) Citing its 2015 Advertising Standards, the transit authority […]
