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More Vermonters have turned to food stamps to help them make ends meet, and
at the same time, the price for that food has risen faster than it has in 30
years. A state panel says a mural painted on the
side of a barn to promote the village of Bellows Falls is illegal
because it violates the state billboard ban. So lawmakers from the region tucked an exception
to the ban into a transportation bill that’s still pending in Montpelier. ..
A state panel says a mural painted on the side
of a barn to promote the village of Bellows Falls is illegal
because it violates the state billboard ban. So lawmakers from the region tucked an exception
to the ban into a transportation bill that’s still pending in Montpelier. The proposed exemption for Bellows Falls isn’t sitting well in
the agencies that enforce Vermont’s sign laws.
VPR’s Susan Keese has
more.
Vermont’s
landmark billboard law changed the roadside view forever. The law was
largely the work of one man – Ted Riehle – who died on New Year’s Eve, 2007,
just as the 40th anniversary of his legacy was about to begin. In this report,
VPR’s Lynne McCrea looks back at the
billboard legislation that altered the landscape.