I Imagine Clear Channel’s Feeling Threatened…
For the last few years, there has been an ongoing skirmish between utilities, city government and music-promoting posses over affixing performance flyers to utility poles. The utilities say the signs and staples endanger workers, others say simply that the signs are unsightly and the fans aver that the practice represents protected speech.
For the last couple of years, anyway, it’s been legal. I was amused by this treatment of the subject. It’s also the first time I believe I’ve ever seen a soda can affixed to a pole. Maybe if they upped the ante to Guinness or at least Bud, the utility workers would reconsider their opposition.
