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Tuesday, June 14, 2005
Ads on BJ clock tower OKd
The Akron Beacon Journal can sell advertising on its new clock tower.
The Akron City Council voted unanimously Monday to allow the advertising. The newspaper needed the council's OK on a conditional use because zoning law generally does not permit such signs to carry advertising.
A wraparound LED display message board also will be used to scroll news and announcements of local events.
A stationary time/temperature display will appear on four sides of the concrete tower, which will resemble the original one built in 1929 and should be completed sometime this fall.
[Akron Beacon Journal, Tuesday, June 14, 2005, page B4, col. 5]
Maybe the BJ should emulate NASCAR and sell advertising on all its delivery trucks & vans. Just slap an auto dealer's name, a restaurant, a department store, a politician's face on each vehicle. Charge per vehicle per month. And sell vehicle ads for a specific area and have that BJ vehicle deliver papers only into that specific area. Zone advertising. No charge to Tony Ridder for this advice. Just don't cut off or reduce my pension or my medical benefits so that Tony can buy another yacht.
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