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Downtown Billboard

May 25, 2006 | 7 Comments

Any else notice the giant billboard being erected at 10 and Locust?  It’s right across the street from Ilus Davis Park and just a block from the doors of City Hall.  How the hell could someone get a permit to put up a billboard there?

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7 Comments so far

  1. MIke on May 25, 2006 11:29 pm

    I want to know who will see it that high up.

  2. willie on May 26, 2006 9:39 am

    I heard in City Hall that it had been approved to go up just days before a billboard ban was implemented. Apparently there are some pretty unhappy folks

  3. Gretz on May 29, 2006 11:19 am

    What’s wrong with billboards?

  4. Ray on May 29, 2006 8:47 pm

    I think you will find the answer in your May 28th post.

    (I heard the billboard advertises K.’s Camp cover shot, but that’s probably just a rumor.)

  5. Trudy on July 3, 2006 11:01 am

    Great cities need great advertising. The sign at Locust, next to city hall, will be a great way to show people that KC is a big time town with big time advertising. Kudos!

  6. Jessie on July 3, 2006 12:52 pm

    I read the original article in the business section and it sounded like the city issued this company a permit and as soon as they got pressure from the big developer tried to make it look like the billboard companies fault. My question when I read this was how mad must this billboard company be after they were issued a permit and then the city tries to shut them down.

    I am not a big fan of billboards but the bigger concern is how they can change the rules after the fact.

    I can’t imagine how the city is going to get out of this one without paying what is due to those involved…..

  7. Jeanette White on July 5, 2006 10:29 am

    If I were the billboard company who obtained the required permit from the City, I would be hopping mad. This is our opportunity to explain the term “good faith” (and how about “justice”, while we’re at it) to our renown city officials, who are covering up their stupidity with retroactive laws, hurting regular citizens like you and me.
    What do you guys think? Anthony

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