Sometimes you can fight city hall. Richard Rothfelder has written a case study about how Houston out of home companies successfully sued the city to recover $2.5 million in off-premise sign permit fees. Rothfelder’s firm presented the winning arguments for the out of home companies. By Richard Rothfelder City of […]
Insider couldn’t help noticing an AdAge article titled Sao Paulo’s Ingenious Move For Return of Banned Billboards. Sao Paulo is held up as a poster child by the anti-billboard crowd for banning billboards in 2007. Now a pro-business mayor wants to auction off rights to put 32 13′ by 17′ […]
The New York Post reports on OTR Media, a New York based Outdoor Advertising company, winning in court on a long standing dispute. From 2008 through 2014, OTR accumulated more than 200 violations from the city’s Building Department and owed in excess of $600,000 in civil penalties. In September 2016 an […]
From Michael St. Clair, Executive Director & Lobbyist, Iowa Outdoor Advertising Association and with permission of the OAAA. On October 25, a US Senate committee approved the nomination of Paul Trombino as administrator of the Federal Highway Administration, which oversees billboard controls. Michael St. Clair, lobbyist for the billboard […]
Activist Robert Davis has filed a lawsuit to stop wallscapes in Detroit. The suit alleges that hundreds of wallscapes within Detroit are illegal. You can watch a 3 minute news report on the lawsuit on the ClickOnDetroit Website. The Detroit Free Press says Davis has filed more than 100 lawsuits […]
Revere, MA is setting up a subcommittee to review the city ordinances for billboards. The Revere Journal reports that with a current moratorium on billboards expiring March 5, 2018, the committee hopes to have reviewed and tightened up the current ordinances by that date.The current ordinance allows billboards by special permit […]
One of the overlooked stories of the Trump Administration has been the absence of regulatory activity impacting out of home companies, or other industries for that matter. The reason is Executive order 13771. The order was issued on January 30, 2017. Here are the key points: Any executive department or […]
By OAAA Kannon Shanmugam is a name you may not have heard. But don’t forget it, because you’ll probably hear it again. Shanmugam represented the OOH advertising industry in Scenic America’s lawsuit against digital billboards. On October 16, 2017, the US Supreme Court declined to take the case, ending the […]
The Newnan Herald Times reported the death of Rocky Haygood of Adairsville, Georgia. He was working on a billboard and fell on Friday at 11:30 AM. According to the article, at the time of the accident, police believe Haygood was attempting to reach for a set of wires while his […]
In Peabody MA, Lamar Advertising is working with the city council to clear up ownership of a special permit. The Salem News reports on the latest meeting between the town and Lamar which came about as Lamar began construction to convert the board in question from a static to digital […]
