The city of Starkville, MS is taking aim at billboards through a new ordinance that the city hopes would lead to the eventual elimination of the signs within the city. The Dispatch reports of a proposed change to the city’s sign ordinance. A revised ordinance would classify billboards into two […]
Insider reported in August about Fall River, MA plans to allow Boston based OOH company Capital Associates to erect digital billboards on 8 city owned sites. Up front fees were projected at $10-15 million and lease revenues of $650,000 to the city based on a 20 year agreement. Those plans […]
By Ken Klein, OAAA Executive Vice President, Government Affairs The off-year election (Nov. 7) was good for Democrats, road funding, and legalized marijuana – an emerging category for out of home ads. US House “In Play” Republicans control both houses of Congress and the White House. Experts say Democrats’ strong showing […]
tbo.com reports that the Pasco County Florida commissioners have approved a Clear Channel proposal to take down 28 static billboards in exchange for the right to put up four digital billboards. The digital billboards are scheduled for: US 19 State Road 54 east of Little Road Dale Mabry Highway I-75 […]
The Columbian reports that the Clark County, Washington transit agency C-Tran has voted to terminate a contract for bus advertising with Lamar. The program was projected to generate $857,000 for 2017-2018. “We’re putting an emphasis on the C-tran brand” said a C-Tran spokesman. The decision to cancel the program comes after an […]
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 […]
