Comments on: “The City’s billboard tax. Yet another tax we can’t afford” Who is this WE they speak of?

By: Patrick Thompson

Patrick Thompson — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 05:04:29 +0000

i think this is the best snippet from the http://www.citybillboardtax.ca site:

Contribution to City Culture
Outdoor advertising is a vibrant part of Toronto’s urban culture, providing colour, light and energy. Outdoor advertising is a unique form of artistic expression and personality and is an important aspect of the urban culture of all great cities like New York, London and Chicago.

The outdoor advertising industry in Toronto remains committed to complementing Toronto’s unique urban culture.

hahahahahah

a vibrant part of toronto’s urban culture! like strip mines are a vibrant part of rural culture i suppose.

By: John Laforet

John Laforet — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 04:52:17 +0000

ADHR – I think the wording you just sent along is much more ridiculous. These guys are unreal. It is clear they only glue other people’s creativity to boards and aren’t the ones thinking up the ads themselves.

Is it even a few thousand dollars? Even if it were I guess $53K for a day in the Globe or 15$ k for a month on the Gardiner… It still seems like it folks would pay it.

By: ADHR

ADHR — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:23:53 +0000

Ah, so I’m not the only one who found that amusing. I think there’s another one floating around which says something like “Think a billboard tax won’t affect you? You’re wrong.” With no explanation.

It’s really hard to work up any serious interest in multimillionaires having to pay a few thousand dollars more for giant advertisements.