Pat O’Donnell is president of YESCO Outdoor Media and chairman of the Legislative Committee of the Out of Home Advertising Association of America. Listen to these articulate testimonials from a small-town police chief, a founder of Earth Day, and a big-city health commissioner fighting opioid addiction. The Police Chief […]
This week’s podcast guest is Nancy Fletcher who retires at the end of this year after a 40-year out of home advertising career, which includes nearly 30 years as President and CEO of OAAA. Here are highlights of our interview. What have been the industry’s biggest accomplishments over your tenure? […]
The Chichester School District, et al opinion from the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania reported in the January 4 edition of Billboard Insider illustrates the appraisal issues for billboards and the land on which they are situated in two different contexts, namely for ad valorem taxes vs condemnation. This Pennsylvania case […]
By Nicole Randall OAAA Communications Senior Director OAAA regularly features Thought Leadership Q&A from its committee members. This month, OAAA spotlights the Innovations Committee, asking members: “The OOH industry is rapidly evolving as innovative technologies are introduced and deployed. How would you describe today’s dynamic OOH medium to a non-techie?” […]
Insider asked Pat O’Donnell to identify top government stories of 2018. Pat is president of YESCO Outdoor Media and chairman of the Legislative Committee of the Outdoor Advertising Association of America. By Pat O’Donnell First, I’ll highlight top news of the year, and then look to next year: Progress in […]
I attended, for about the 15th time in a row, the bi-annual OAAA Legal Seminar on November 13 and 14. This year the seminar was held at the Westin New York Times Square, and as usual, it was well attended by billboard attorneys and principals from across the country. And, […]
The court injunction blocking Cincinnati’s billboard tax is now permanent. On November 9, a judge in Cincinnati converted his preliminary injunction to a permanent injunction. In his seven-page entry, the judge also criticized the legal theory used to uphold a billboard tax in Baltimore. A circuit court in Maryland recently […]
A side story to the now overturned Cincinnati billboard tax was the tax’s draconian enforcement provisions: The billboard tax was imposed on an “advertising host” which was defined to mean “any person who owns or controls an outdoor advertising sign, including the persons agent, affiliate, employee or other representative who […]
Thought Leadership from Nancy Fletcher, OAAA President and CEO Do billboards “speak?” Yes, said a judge in Cincinnati who invalidated the city’s new targeted tax on billboards. After six days of testimony, Common Pleas Court Judge Curt C. Hartman issued an injunction October 17 that blocked Cincinnati’s billboard tax. Billboards […]
By Richard Rothfelder, Rothfelder and Falick Since when can a local government pass a huge new tax and then forbid you from talking about it? That’s what Cincinnati tried to do to Lamar Advertising and Norton Outdoor. Judge Curt C Hartman would have none of it in yesterday’s ruling striking […]
