Search
Recent Comments
cedarhillresident wrote:
Local Officials to Lawmakers: Don't Cut State Aid
& Give Us Choices: “Walt thanks and doug too. I kn…”
Walt wrote:& Give Us Choices: “Walt thanks and doug too. I kn…”
Local Officials to Lawmakers: Don't Cut State Aid
& Give Us Choices: “"Legitimatically".WOW, I inve…”
Walt wrote:& Give Us Choices: “"Legitimatically".WOW, I inve…”
Local Officials to Lawmakers: Don't Cut State Aid
& Give Us Choices: “Reevaluation means different…”
Jon Searles wrote:& Give Us Choices: “Reevaluation means different…”
Local Officials to Lawmakers: Don't Cut State Aid
& Give Us Choices: “There is no way Bridgeport DOE…”
& Give Us Choices: “There is no way Bridgeport DOE…”
RSS Feed
Categories
- CT Elections 2006
- Closure on 2006 Democratic Primary
- Daily Kos Poll Finds Many in CT Would Change Vote
- Edited: Waxing Nostalgic
- Cartoons
- Rowland Gives Blago Some Advice
- Rell's Deposit
- The Fate of Newspapers
- Corporate Watch
- Big Oil Drank Your Stimulus Check
- Blumenthal Tells Internet Company to Stop Snooping
- Public's Right-to-Know Prevails
- Courts
- Atlantic Wire Pleads Guilty To Polluting Branford River
- Hunger Striking Prisoner's Dream of a
New Trial Won't Come True This Year - Falsely Arrested Man Files Suit Over Police Corruption
- Education
- Lobbying Season Starts Early At Capitol
- UConn Hires Alternative Energy Experts
- Cosby's message: Responsible parenting
wrapped in hope and empowerment
- Election 2008
- Connecticut Dems Vent Against Lieberman
- No Censure, Just A Letter Of Disapproval
- Dems Expected to Scold Lieberman Today
- Environment
- Hartford Landfill Closes
- Is That Toy Safe?
- Hartford Marathon Goes Orange and Green
- General News
- 35 Cents An Hour = Cleaner Dishes
- Memories From 2008: A Year In Review
- We Know We Promised
- Health Care
- Quizzed on Health Care
- State Officials Insist Husky Network Is Adequate
- All They Want For Christmas Is Health Care
- Iraq at Home
- West Hartford Movie Night
- Five Years of War
- Hartford Passes Anti-War Resolution...5 Years Too Late?
- Labor
- All They Want For Christmas Is Health Care
- Jobless Numbers Are Up And The Phone Keeps Ringing
- Union Members Honor State Veterans
- Legal
- Lawmaker Requests Inmate Information
- Blumenthal May Stop Suing
- The Framing of Mumia Abu Jamal
- Local Politics
- WPCA Urged To Tackle Marshal Fees
- Who Has The Power To Appoint?
- Marshals' Sweetheart Deals Targeted
- Media Matters
- Governing Magazine: Connecticut's Capitol Coverage
- WTIC Layoffs Have One Sponsor
Questioning His Support - New Blog Emerges In Troubled Times
- News Links
- State Government Home Page
- Opinion
- CTNewsJunkie wants your opinions
- Curious Delivery Made To Press Room
- Op-Ed: Speaking Out Against A Constitutional Convention
- State Capitol
- Local Officials to Lawmakers: Don't Cut State Aid
& Give Us Choices - Governing Magazine: Connecticut's Capitol Coverage
- Majority Still Cryptic About Special Session
But Finally Decide On a Date
- Local Officials to Lawmakers: Don't Cut State Aid
- Transportation
- Rell: Scale Back Rail Project
- TSB To Study Tolls
Comments (1)
Posted by: doug | February 19, 2008 5:29 PM
I thought this was a pretty funny cartoon, Brian... I wonder how many people saw Susan Haight's story with the AP... if they did, I'm sure they'd agree. It really illustrates what an ... ahem ... "about-face" this policy decision is for the gov:
Rell's Anti-Billboard Creds Questioned
By Susan Haight, AP
2-16-08
Gov. M. Jodi Rell may consider billboards to be "clutter," but her smiling face now appears on 21 across the state, and her administration is doling out grants to museums and attractions so they can rent space to lure visitors.
The Department of Social Services is planning a major billboard campaign in the coming months and the state lottery traditionally posts ads across Connecticut. The state also regularly accepts donated ad space on billboards for public awareness campaigns, such as slowing down while driving through work zones.
With the state's apparent embrace of billboard advertising, some in the business say they're confused by Rell's sudden decision last week to sign an executive order aimed at curtailing billboards in Connecticut.
"I'm very perplexed by the contradictory nature of the governor's statements and actions," said John Barrett, a partner with Barrett Outdoor Communications in West Haven.
The industry and its clients are gearing up to oppose Rell's order, which refers to billboards as "clutter." It halts any new contracts to build or maintain outdoor advertising on state property and stops the renewal of any existing contracts between the billboard companies and the state to lease the property. The order coincides with legislation Rell is proposing this session.
There are about 120 billboard spaces -- a figure that includes double-sided billboards -- on state property. That's a small percentage of the estimated 1,500 advertising spaces on billboards statewide.
A public hearing on Rell's bill is expected in the coming weeks.
...