The OAAA hosted a webinar July 25 for non-members, to offer a look inside the national trade association. Insider will publish a three-part series with the webinar highlights. The first of three parts features longtime OAAA expert Myron Laible, explaining problem-solving. By Myron Laible I came to OAAA over 30 […]
CINCINNATI (July 30) — A judge issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) to block Cincinnati’s targeted billboard tax and higher fees. The next step is a hearing for injunctive relief in early September. Norton Outdoor Advertising and Lamar Advertising Company are challenging the new tax and fees on constitutional grounds. […]
New York State’s congressional delegation is keeping pressure on Governor Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) to remove rogue signs from the highway right of way or face loss of federal funds. On February 1, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) told New York State’s DOT that it would withhold $14 million in federal […]
Spearfish, South Dakota is renegotiating three billboard leases with Lamar. Two of the billboards site on city land at 120 Industrial Drive and the third is on city land at Black Hills Energy Sports Complex. The leases were originated 20 years ago and generate $900 in revenue per year. The […]
House Transportation Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) dropped President Trump’s proposal to “commercialize” the highway right of way by selling concession rights for gas stations and restaurants. Insider connects the dots: The Trump infrastructure plan said states should be allowed to commercialize highway rest stops, converting rest areas to full-service plazas […]
Insider ran a timely article this week from the OAAA on OOH People in Public Office. This week the Tennessee Committee on Government Operations held a Rule Review meeting. Included on the agenda was as request from the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) to amend their rules related to the […]
Cody J. Riebe, Public Relations & Content Specialist at BillboardsIn Marijuana is a big business. It is now recreationally legal in nine states and medicinally in thirty. It’s estimated that it will be a $21 billion industry by 2021. This is good news for the out-of-home industry. Here at BillboardsIn, […]
If you are driving from Bozeman Montana through the Gallatin Canyon you will most likely only see one billboard in the Beckman Flats area. That billboard belongs to Saunders Outdoor Advertising and they have been in a dispute over that board with Gallatin County since 2009. The Lone Peak Lookout […]
Insider reviewed a permitting dispute between Lamar and Los Angeles County yesterday. Insider wondered whether Lamar took too hard a line. Most readers supported Lamar’s stance. Here are the comments. “I was the GM for Lamar on the entire deal. It’s simplistic and short on facts to imply that after that […]
By Kerry Yoakum Vice President of Government Affairs, OAAA Advertising for electronic cigarettes that deliver nicotine via vapor is a growing category for out of home advertising. Effective August 10, ads for e-cigarettes must include a warning that nicotine is addictive. New rules from the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) require […]
