[Durham INC] Appearance Commission votes in favor of digital billboards

[Reyn Bowman]

Headline writers are now the most powerful people in journalism.  But if they only had time to actually read the stories:)

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Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 2:04 PM
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That's a very interesting interpretation of the article, which states:

"Also Wednesday, just five commission members said they thought consideration should be given to the allowance of digital billboards under any possible text amendment. "

In other words, the appearance commission voted 8-6 in favor of a generic statement allowing some amendment to the UDO "if it results in the installation of more attractive signs and a reduction of quantity."  But it voted 9-5 against an amendment specifically allowing digital billboards.

How that can be interpreted as a vote "in favor of digital billboards" is beyond my ability to understand.

Barry Ragin
---- RW Pickle <randy at 27beverly.com> wrote: 

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To those who typically send out only one side of an issue, giving us all
the information makes for a better decision...
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BY MATTHEW E. MILLIKEN : The Herald-Sun
mmilliken at heraldsun.com
Jan 22, 2009

DURHAM -- The City-County Appearance Commission gave a mixed endorsement
Wednesday evening to an effort to give the billboard industry more
flexibility.

more:

http://heraldsun.southernheadlines.com/durham/4-1077085.cfm

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RWP
27 Beverly




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