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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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10.16.2009 4:53 pm

Missouri extreme billboard-blight is maddening

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Having recently returned to Missouri after 25 years in the Army, during which time I lived in seven different states, driving Missouri roads is maddening for its extreme billboard-blight.

Yet, despite this observation, the Missouri Outdoor Advertising Association attempts to defend…

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10.14.2009 1:26 pm

We don’t need or want billboards

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

According to Wm. May, the Director of the Missouri Outdoor Advertising Association (Tues,13 Oct) -the beauty of Missouri is enhanced by the billboard industry! But then this is the same mentality that identifies all the citizens concerned about the devastation…

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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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06.24.2008 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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01.16.2008 4:01 pm

Two for one: Billboards on the sound walls

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Regarding the editorial and letters about ugly billboards, I have a solution.  Why not use the sound walls that will be put up in conjunction with the highway project as backing for those billboards?  That way we could combine two…

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