[Durham INC] Billboard bill

[Angel Romero]

Good news:

Gov. Cooper vetoes bill that would have let billboard owners bypass local rules


Read more here:
https://www.heraldsun.com/news/politics-government/article234270942.html#storylink=cpy

On Sat, Aug 10, 2019 at 9:36 AM Pat Carstensen <pats1717 at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> The billboard protection bill has passed the NC General Assembly.  Several environmental organizations are asking the governor to veto it.
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> If you want to contact the governor to ask him to veto the bill:  https://governor.nc.gov/contact/contact-governor-cooper
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> Sierra Club report:
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> Billboard Protection Act passed and sent to Governor
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> On Wednesday, the House voted 60-54 to concur with the Senate’s changes to the billboard bill (House Bill 645). The bill would promote the interests of the billboard industry at the expense of trees, local government authority and scenic beauty.
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> If H 645 becomes law, you can expect to see more billboards where local governments don't want them, more digital billboards and more tree-cutting to increase the visibility of billboards.
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Angel Romero
2524 Cascadilla St.
Durham, NC 27704-4406
USA