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10.16.2009 4:57 pm

Illuminated billboards are no friend of the planet

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Bill May may want to check with his own industry experts about the power consumption of those “energy-efficient LED technology” digital billboards that he is promoting. (”Billboards benefit Missouri’s economy, safety”, 10/13/09)

According to a typical digital billboard manufacturer’s specsheet (http://www.agxdigital.com/specSheets.php),…

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09.28.2009 5:15 pm

Show me the scenic beauty of Missouri’s roadways

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

I read with interest the article “Billboards Obscure Missouri’s beauty” by Mary Tracy in Tuesday’s Post-Dispatch. My family and I relocated from southern Maine to St. Louis this past year. We acknowledge that there are many good things about Missouri…

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06.09.2009 6:14 pm

Which is more pathetic?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

what’s more pathetic: a beverage company that spends millions telling us their product is drinkable, or a newspaper that treats this like news?

maybe you should run a campaign convincing me your newspaper is readable.

brad abel

University City

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08.11.2008 12:35 pm

To whom is Lumiere targeting its services?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Recently noticed a metro bus all yellow.  Painted on side: “whatever turns you on.”  Wonder if person who came up with this had young people in mind who turn on too readily to many things not in their best interest.

Ed…

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07.11.2008 3:59 pm

Why does Ameren even need to advertise?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

How much money does Ameren spend on advertising?  They have tv commercials showing workers climbing poles and talking about trimming trees.  Is the big Ameren sign at Busch Stadium really necessary?   Do people leaving the game think, “I’m going home…

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06.24.2008 5:40 pm

Legal or not, the casino “movie” billboard is a monstrosity

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

I was driving north on Sunday night on Interstate 70 where it passes the Arch.  There have been an increasing number of lighted distractions in this area.  Now the latest is a new wall installed with two gigantic plasma screens,…

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06.04.2008 11:31 am

Let’s stop using sex to sell gluttony

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Driving this work this morning on Highway 40 nearing the 11th Street Stadium Exit, I saw something, well, disturbing.

I must start off by saying, in the broad sense of the term, I am a free-thinking liberal mind.

I am also not…

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