Thruway Accused Of Squelching Anti-Toll Billboards
Monday, June 4, 2007 06:46 AM - WBEN Newsroom
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Tom Puckett reports
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Buffalo, NY (WBEN) - An activist fighting against the continued collection of tolls on the Grand Island bridges says his efforts to secure an anti-toll billboard along the Thruway are being thwarted by the Thruway itself.
Rus Thompson, the founder of the anti-toll campaign, says he’s talked with several billboard companies and only one returned his calls.
“He was very supportive of all we are doing, but he said I just cannot put that sign up,” Thompson says.
Thompson claims that the Thruway Authority controls signage rights along the roadway, and that billboard companies are rejecting his message for fear of reprisals.
The Thruway Authority would not return calls from Thompson or WBEN.
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Oh, gee..Good luck on this!
I found your link!!
The authorities are looking more foolish and more on the
wrong side of this issue all the time. This is good for
YOU!!!
Keep pickin’ at them!