2009 In Review: The Good, the Bad, and the “We’re Not Sure Yet”

Good:  L.A. Superior Court Judge Terry Green isn’t an expert on toxic substances, but he performed an expert analysis on the city’s noxious 2006 lawsuit settlement that allowed Clear Channel and CBS Outdoor to put up 840 digital billboards by declaring the agreement that denied the public any voice “poison” and sending it to the shredder.

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Posted under Billboards, CBS Outdoor, City Planning Commission, Clear Channel, Digital Billboards, Freeway Billboards, L.A. City Government, Lamar Advertising, Michael McNeilly, Supergraphics, Van Wagner, World Wide Rush

This post was written by dennis on December 21, 2009

Skytag v. Los Angeles: Did Sign Company Submit Phony Evidence to Federal Court in Quest For Injunction Against the City?

Supergraphic on Mayfair Hotel

Skytag Supergraphic on Mayfair Hotel

On Jan. 5 of this year, Domingo Sauceda looked out the window of his office on West  7th St. in downtown Los Angeles and saw what he thought was window washing equipment being hung from the south side of the Mayfair Hotel a block to the west.  However, it  became apparent that instead of the windows being washed, a 10-story high supergraphic sign depicting the statue of liberty was being applied to the building.

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Posted under Billboards, Michael McNeilly, Skytag, Supergraphics

This post was written by dennis on December 5, 2009

Eyesore of the Week: Brought to You by Michael NcNeilly and Skytag, Inc.

4929 Wilshire 1

What will be next? An ad for a movie or TV show?  A car?  A video game?  What will people living on this leafy street just off Wilshire Blvd. in the Miracle Mile area wake up one morning to see, brought to them by Mr. McNeilly.

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FRAUD:  Michael McNeilly, self-proclaimed artist and defender of free speech,

Sky Tag Seeks Permanent Injunction, Expansion of Supergraphic Sites

Posted under Michael McNeilly, Skytag, Supergraphics, Uncategorized

This post was written by dennis on October 29, 2009

Sky Tag Seeks Permanent Injunction, Expansion of Supergraphic Sites

Mayfair CNN

Mayfair Hotel (left), CNN Tower

Sky Tag, the company of Michael McNeilly, self-proclaimed defender of artistic freedom, is asking the federal court to permanently enjoin the city from enforcing its ban on supergraphic signs at 21 locations.  A judge granted Skytag a preliminary injunction at 18 of the sites earlier this year.

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Posted under Billboards, L.A. City Government, Michael McNeilly, Skytag, Supergraphics

This post was written by dennis on September 12, 2009