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Posted by Raven on May 22nd, 2005
OK what the hell is going on here? Who allowed this to happen? Who said it was ok to cut down our tress, on our roadways, just to make a view for a billboard warning folks about Vermont’s SEAT BELT LAWS??? I don’t suppose our new liberal Govenor Lynch had anything to do with this BS.
Jeannie Johnson actually groaned aloud when she heard they had to cut down New Hampshire trees for two Vermont billboards that are quickly becoming infamous.
The story just keeps getting worse.
Johnson is the coordinator of the governor’s highway safety program in Vermont. That agency paid thousands of dollars to put up two billboards in the middle of New Hampshire that have been turning heads and sparking conversations.
“Buckle up in Vermont. It’s the law,” read the large billboards on Interstate 293 near the Manchester-Hooksett line, and on Route 9/202 as you enter Hillsborough.
Huh?
Is that supposed to be a swipe at New Hampshire, where seat belt laws only apply up to age 18? Was it just a mistake?
May 22nd, 2005 at 9:53 pm
Raven — stupid as this is, don’t fret that any trees were sut for new billboards — new billboards on Interstate highways are prohibited –not to say the idiocy is less, just not as compounded.
As for the child who wrote GOD, I’m afraid we’re all duped, and by a very good source.. Update at me home.
May 23rd, 2005 at 8:04 pm
I understand your anger that trees would be removed to allow for the viewing of a billboard. One thing that I do not hear many (practically nil) people addressing is the hypocrasy of the “Mandatory Seatbelt Laws” and in some states, “Mandatory Helmet Laws”. I have always struggled with the position that many of our legislators take when discussing a “women’s right to choose” as relates to the Roe v Wade ruling. It seems that the liberals (progressives) etal, all want to keep the focus on an individuals right to make those decisions that have to do with their very own body, and not have the government impose restrictions on those decisions. The hypocrasy enters when those same enlighteded people believe that is perfectly alright for the government to tell you that you cannot operate your car without a seatbelt or ride your motorcycle without a helmet. After all, isn’t it your body and shouldn’t you have the right to make decisions that pertain to the welfare of that body yourself without the government forcing thier “rules” upon you. Hope you see my point with this. The message on the billboard itself should also have illicited a negative response from those who saw it.