Death and the lesson of the leaves

LINCOLN, Vt. IN 2006, Florida lawmakers passed a law that protected the billboard from one of the great environmental threats to its existence: the tree. During the debate, a state representative in favor of the bill testified, "Tourism depends on billboards, not on trees." (Full article: 725 words)

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