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Wednesday, March 25, 2009

At Least One Tennessee City Council Unbowed to the Billboard Industry

Knoxville City Council goes where sign-industry-whipped Nashville Metro Council will not: banning both electronic message centers and LED billboards.

K-ville's ban opponents raise the same old tired arguments: they should be helping business. Wait a minute. In a "free" market, why should government be in the business of helping business?
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  1. UnknownFri Mar 27, 04:21:00 PM CDT

    This was a hard-fought battle that was finally won thanks to a group of dedicated folks at http://www.scenicknoxville.org

    There is currently a 6 month moratorium on digital billboards as well in Knox County. See more discussion here - http://www.knoxviews.com/node/10840

    and

    http://www.knoxviews.com/node/6362

    Keep fighting! Once people realize how intrusive they are, it will make it easier to rally neighborhoods.

    Good luck.

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