billboard tidbits
permalink | categories: city, environment, neighborhood, newspapers, state, tampa, tax wasteby tommy @ 12:13 pm
If it were just a typical conversation, I imagine it would go something like this:
Billboard company: It’s our god-given right to display advertising on the interstate forever.
City of Tampa: Yes, sir. Sorry, sir. While I-275 is under construction, we’ll give you a spot right in front of a neighborhood.
Billboard company: And…?
City of Tampa: Yes, sir. Sorry, sir. The new replacement will be six stories tall so drivers can’t miss it between cell phone calls.
Neighborhood: We don’t want no six story billboard in front of our entranceway.
City of Tampa: Tough shit.
From the article: Assistant City Attorney Julia Cole: “If we didn’t relocate the billboard we would have to pay for it.” It would cost about $2 million to buy the billboard rights.
Well, thank goodness the city wants to save our $2mill. Sorry about those folks by the West Shore exit. And Lois. And Dale Mabry. And Howard/Armenia. We don’t want South Tampa (New Tampa, North Tampa, etc.) paying for your tough luck.
Meanwhile…
New Miami blogger Pure RHETORIC says the State Legislature is debating a bill to restrict local governments’ ability to place anything in front of billboards.
Billboards compete with newspapers for ad dollars, so in a funny twist, the tree-killers will defend locals’ rights to plant trees. Check out the slant in this piece.
Tags: city, environment, neighborhood, newspapers, state, tampa, tax waste
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