Tag Archives: digital billboards

Selling LA: The Pitchman, The Promotion and The Profiteering

Posted on July 25, 2009 by

What’s happening to LA is a crime but don’t count on anybody go to jail. The game is fixed. The street furniture deal is one of the scandals that goes back a few years when they let a greedy private … Continue reading →

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Antonio the Magician and City Hall’s Hocus-Pocus Act — What Are They Smoking?

Posted on June 9, 2009 by

If I had a personal staff of 15 and and an army of bureaucrats working for me, I might be able to figure out the magic tricks the City Council is set to perform today. But I don’t. I only … Continue reading →

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Bright Lights, Big Cities, Billboard Blight

Posted on March 13, 2009 by

With the failure of Measure B, it seems everyone in City Hall — except the mayor himself — agrees we need open and transparent processes and full community participation. We’ll soon see how that works when the public conversation begins … Continue reading →

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Put This on a Digital Billboard: Council Knuckles Under to Public Anger — for Now

Posted on December 17, 2008 by

UPDATE: Shortly after the City Council voted on the billboard moratorium, Jack Weiss’ office put out a press release boasting of his leadership on the issue.  And Bernard Parks’ office announced four billboards were going up in the next month … Continue reading →

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Showdown at City Hall: Billboard Blight or Moratorium

Posted on December 16, 2008 by

The warning signs are clear: The City Council and the mayor have no stomach to take on their benefactors — the billboard companies — who they gave away the city to even after they won a lawsuit to stop the … Continue reading →

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SCANDAL AT CITY HALL: Pay-to-Play Deals on Digital Billboards

Posted on December 12, 2008 by

One can only hope that the feds have bugs and wiretaps all over City Hall these days as they cut dirty deals to trash the city by approving a bunch of digital billboards as favors for Phil Anschutz’ Staples Center … Continue reading →

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