So doesn't Clear Channel have contracts with the advertisers? I think they may have cancelled all of the contracts, posted their billboard spam, and August 1st they will comply with the law.

Or they will leave their spam billboards up until there is a court decision so us crazy bloggers won't boycott and picket the advertising businesses.

Last edited by Jake (2007-07-31 04:02:39)

Contact Clear Channel Outdoor:
http://www.clearchanneloutdoor.com/cont … tdoor.aspx

Grit city reports on more billboards and google maps the locations of the billboard spam.  They even have pop up address locators and pictures.  Nice work Gritcity.

Conclude as you will on their billboard dispersion pattern they have used on the city.  I sure there is some methodology they have used.



http://blogs.thenewstribune.com/gritcity/

Last edited by Erik (2007-07-31 20:07:44)

hmmm. I don't know the whole story here, but are you seriously telling me the city and council are spending their time trying to outlaw billboards???  Seriously........and we wonder why we are where we are......can anyone say  """""PRIORITES""""""

Its a free palette people, make it your own!   Just don't get caught.  And take pictures!

I don't know if this is real or modified:

Last edited by Erik (2007-08-03 16:42:06)

Seems to me that this billboard issue is more about zoning than anything else.  If an area's zoning permits billboards, then they should go up, and that should really only occur in commercially zoned areas.  As opposed to outright banning billboards, which are a viable form of advertisement, which drives commerce, and commerce is the focus of commercial zoning, why not look at what is and what is not permitted in City's Commercial Zoning code and make amendments there?
I think taking down ALL the billboards is a mistake.  Non conforming billboards should go. Where they are should be controlled.  I think this can be accomplished through zoning amendments and active code enforcement.

UrbaneDev wrote:

If an area's zoning permits billboards, then they should go up, and that should really only occur in commercially zoned areas.

Yes.  Our city's laws dictate that all non-conforming billboards be removed by two days ago. 

The companies that have owned these blights have had 10 years to prepare, shift their advertisers to other means (dear goodness right it's CC, they have other places for people to advertise).  Their advertising contracts, if above board and proper, must have mentioned this someplace to their advertisers.  Not to say CC pointed it out to them, but it had to be in there as a protection to CC on that side of things.

So, I have little sympathy for them on a legal, moral and corporate standpoint.

more awesomeness.  story is picked up by Billboard Liberation Front! http://www.billboardliberation.com/

Billboard Liberation Front wrote:

Clear Channel, the BLF patron saint, has taken a bold stand on free speech in Tacoma Washington with their CONSTITUTIONS MATTER {sic} campaign, we here at the BLF was not aware we had more than one. We applaud CC taking a moment to not look at the bottom line and think of the little people, their clients. The City of Tacoma gave Clear Channel a mere ten years to take down billboard considered too big or too ugly, why didn’t they just stand in front of the CC headquarters and demand, “you kids get off my lawn!�  A billboard too ugly, surly you jest.

Well the patriots at Clear Channel aren’t going to stand for such blant attempts the squelch their clients God Given Right(R) to promote the latest soaps and beers and in the great spirit of Thomas Paine used their billboards to demand great freedoms for the huddled masses of corporations who have but no other voice to sing the triumphs of packaged muffins. When asked about the campaign, Tacoma City Councilperson responded, “Clear Channel cares about the constitution? Who the fug* do they think they are, ATT?

previously: The story was picked up by Mr. Skaggs!

http://pranks.com/2007/08/04/calling-al … iberators/

Last edited by NineInchNachos (2007-08-06 19:54:26)

Looks like Clear Channel is starting to take the Constitution Matters billboards down. Saw a few normal ones on 6th Ave. and the Clear Channel guy was puttng up a Multicare billboard up.. now Death to Multicare?

Nice metaphor Claudia. 

Others have complained that why should we care about billboards when we have drugs and gangs etc.?   Well my observation is that drugs and gangs take over when people don't give a crap about what is happening outside their homes.   People don't care in part because outside isn't worth caring about when  outside is one giant commercial advertisement.   People skip over the commercials on TV...  outside it to valuable to skip over or write off as 'not my problem' 

It is everybody's problem.   Our people are dying for this absurd country so we might as well start giving a damn about the quality of our meat space (you know the big blue room without the flat screen plasma tv)!

Last edited by NineInchNachos (2007-08-06 22:22:52)

From the Clear Channel Outdoor Website:

"Outdoor advertising is great because you can't turn it off, throw it away, or click on the next page. That means your message is reaching consumers everywhere — all the time, everyday."

Gee!  Great!