I love them billboards!

Florida lawmakers are debating a bill that has passed the state House and is now before the Senate that would effectively prohibit local governments from obstructing the view of a billboard with trees. The bill plans to set up a 500 ft. area around the billboard in which the local government cannot plant or build anything that would beautify the city if it obstructs the view of the advertisement or else invoke fines or even force the city to pay for the cost of the billboard which would in turn cost the taxpayer!!!!

"It's basically allowing the billboard industry to regulate the government," Miami-Dade County Commissioner Katy Sorenson said. "They want to make county and city governments responsible for accommodating the visual pollution of billboard advertising."

Of course the bill is being sponsored by the nations "buy us and get legislation" political party, the Republicans. This is ridiculous. What would you prefer, a lovely row of palm trees lining US1 or a billboard selling Viagra with an old man hugging some wrinkled hag who all of a sudden has a huge smile on her face (The thought alone makes my skin tingle)? Or the "accident waiting to happen" mobile billboards that roam the streets. Naturally companies have the right to advertise and we live with billboards on a day-to-day basis. But now the view is we should cut down trees to see more billboards. Screw that mate! We should be taking down billboards to see more of the Miami skyline, and more trees. Our state legislators should do what they are elected to do, hear the voice of the constituents and not those of the wealthy business lobby. We don't vote you into office with the purpose of caving into the lobbyist demands only to screw the very people who put you there.

I honestly don't think tourists come to Miami to take in the wonderful sights of billboards! Can you imagine all the palm trees in the picture to your left being chopped down because they are an obstruction? Tourist come here to see the great scenery and experience the amazing weather. But of course our genius legislators think otherwise.