Anit-Obama billboards may violate ad guidelines (ethics, highway, Barack Obama, government)

[All American NYC]

— A couple of anti-Obama billboards in Lufkin may be in violation of Texas Ethics Commission political advertising guidelines. The message on the billboards, located on east Loop 287 and on U.S. Highway 59 north, reads “More taxes! More welfare! More government! Vote Obama out!” and is accompanied by a photo of President Barack Obama in a red circle with a slash through it.

Here we go again.

[DC at the Ridge]

Originally Posted by Cluck Norris

What's wrong with that billboard? Nothing as far as I can tell.

From the linked article:

"According to the Texas Ethics Commission, any advertising that expresses political advocacy requires a disclosure statement that should include the words “political advertising” or a recognizable abbreviation such as “pol. adv.,” along with the full name of one of the persons who paid for the political advertising, the political committee authorizing the political advertising, or the candidate or specific-purpose committee supporting the candidate, if the political advertising is authorized by the candidate."