More billboards to come down (Conroe, Katy: power lines, mattress, cost)

[HouTxn]

Yes, the billboards are taking attention away from the beautiful Houston landscape.

[Dopo]

I just think is funny when people don't like the way something looks.... at that point everybody LOVES government regulations and kick property owner's rights to the curve.

[elnina]

They definitely make our city beautiful

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[jfre81]

^When you look at those photos, it's hard to actually read a lot of the signs for all the clutter, which reduces their utility. In combination, they undermine each other's existence to the benefit of no one except the billboards' owners, at the expense of everyone else. Even their advertising clients who are paying for obstructed views.

[Weatherguy]

Originally Posted by Dopo

What happened to "Let the market decide"?
We don't need the government to come here and tell businesses what to do

And we don't need the government to develop and manage police forces, fire departments, build and maintain roads, provide your social security and medicare when you're in your 60s, clean up the air and water (private firms will not do it themselves without intervention), maintain our parks and greenbelts, clean up all the litter and graffiti from all the slobs in our society, clean up toxic waste dumps, oversee child abuse cases, provide education at lower and upper levels, build and run the wastewater treatment plants, ensure that everyone is treated equally under the constitution, and the list goes on and on.

I was in Florida a few years ago, and was at a dinner theater. The lady I sat next to had just returned from an interview in Houston. The only thing she could recall about the city was the billboard clutter. It has improved since then, thank goodness.

Our new Governor has proclaimed that under his leadership, the state will be overruling cities on things he and the legislators don't approve of. He complains about the feds intervening in state matters, but is determined to intervene in city matters. Let's hope he doesn't intervene in the billboard issue. And let's hope the bills he's talking about never get a vote.

[Weatherguy]

Originally Posted by Dopo

I just think is funny when people don't like the way something looks.... at that point everybody LOVES government regulations and kick property owner's rights to the curve.

Yep. And I'll bet you love government intervention when you want a pothole repaired, need something from the police or fire department, want your social security and medicare, etc. (see the list I provided earlier).

[cheryjohns]

Originally Posted by elnina

They definitely make our city beautiful

http://ww3.hdnux.com/photos/05/52/70.../3/622x350.jpg
http://ww4.hdnux.com/photos/05/52/70.../3/622x350.jpg
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LOL. Yes.

When traveling north on Highway 6 from I-10, it's total clutter until you reach West Little York. The odd thing is without the clutter, it is actually easier to find something. All of those signs make it difficult to see buildings and addresses.

[bu2]

Originally Posted by Weatherguy

And we don't need the government to develop and manage police forces, fire departments, build and maintain roads, provide your social security and medicare when you're in your 60s, clean up the air and water (private firms will not do it themselves without intervention), maintain our parks and greenbelts, clean up all the litter and graffiti from all the slobs in our society, clean up toxic waste dumps, oversee child abuse cases, provide education at lower and upper levels, build and run the wastewater treatment plants, ensure that everyone is treated equally under the constitution, and the list goes on and on.

I was in Florida a few years ago, and was at a dinner theater. The lady I sat next to had just returned from an interview in Houston. The only thing she could recall about the city was the billboard clutter. It has improved since then, thank goodness.

Our new Governor has proclaimed that under his leadership, the state will be overruling cities on things he and the legislators don't approve of. He complains about the feds intervening in state matters, but is determined to intervene in city matters. Let's hope he doesn't intervene in the billboard issue. And let's hope the bills he's talking about never get a vote.

From Florida?????

I take it she wasn't from Orlando! That has the worst billboard clutter of anyplace in the country. It really does detract from the value of the other billboards.

[bu2]

Originally Posted by HouTxn

Yes, the billboards are taking attention away from the beautiful Houston landscape.

Again, drive up the South Freeway and see what we are talking about. Great view of the skylines.

[dendrotriton]

I think all the above ground power-lines are more of an eyesore. Also all the o&g factory /refineries you see on 610 or beltway east side. We should get rid of those which actually harm people by putting carcinogens in the air before we get rid of billboards right?