A Sign of Improvement

(this post was written by Kyle on May 16, 2008, and it concerns & & & )

The state of Vermont has an anti-billboard law. We’re one of four states in the country to have such a law. It’s been around for 40 years, and as you might imagine, it passed under some controversy. Businesses wanted to advertise. Farmers wanted to lease their land to those advertisers. But a Republican — a [...]

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McDonald’s Uses a Sun-Dial

(this post was written by Kyle on July 13, 2006, and it concerns & & )

ChicagoBusiness.com reports that “McDonald�s Corp. is striking back in the ongoing fast food breakfast war with a new billboard in Wrigleyville. Designed by ad agency Leo Burnett with the input of an engineer, the billboard features a real sundial whose shadow falls on a different breakfast item each hour until noon, when the shadow of [...]

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