Show Billposting ing on City Streets J Gus Ba Backman l man executive secretary of the Salt Lake City chamber of commerce has upbraided the city commission for permitting widespread posting bill-posting on utility poles in the city He called attention to city ordinances which specifically prohibit su such h advertising and charged that the city commission commissi n has itself it- it self telf been violating the l law w by allowing such bill po bill ting I Mr Backman emphasized the financial aspect of this kind of advertising which now brings in nothing to the city by saying If those posts are going to be used for publicity purposes purposes purposes pur pur- poses Id I'd like to rent the space for a year as a private busin business ss enterprise Someone might as well get a a- little remuneration remuneration remuneration remu remu- for all that advertising Mr Backman has a good argument Any kind of advertising is Js worth money If the city commission is going to authorize the I use of utility poles for advertising purposes it should get some return out of it Furthermore the city commission ought either to obey bey laws which are on the statute books or rescind them Commenting on the criticism a number of commissioners agreed that the l law w pr prohibiting posting bill had been winked at and d declared the problem of granting or refusing permission to would-be would advertisers is quite a headache Mayor Glade said laid requests for use of the poles are turned down right and left but hut once in a while we are arc forced to grant approval I for one would be in favor of blanket denials from now on Commissioner Commissioner Commissioner Commis Commis- Tedesco while agreeing that community enterprises perhaps deserve the publicity help Said the Uthe borderline is too toa vague The only satisfactory solution is to ban all street ad ad- Two other commissioners Certainly the city commission ought to do one thing or orthe orthe orthe the other other either either go all the way and make a business out of suc such street advertising making advertisers pay for the he privilege privilege privilege lege or ban all such advertising Halfway measures simply will not work That constantly puts the city fathers on the spot to choose between different promoters and events and opens pens the way to favoritism and abuse The best answer of course is to prohibit all such advertising because otherwise our city streets would soon look like the entrance to a carnival sideshow |