A billboard displays religious and political messages in Summit Township on Wednesday, Jan. 18. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle

SUMMIT TWP — A handful of residents shared their thoughts Wednesday, Jan. 18, at a township supervisors meeting on the controversial billboard recently placed at the intersection of Bonniebrook Road and Route 422.

One addressed concerns about the messages and the placement of the billboard, while others voiced support the owner’s right to free speech.

The billboard owned by John Placek, which includes phrases such as: “FBI corrupt & dangerous”; “Whites are under attack stop it now!!” with “Stop teaching critical racist theory to our kids”; “God’s law ‘marriage’ one man-one woman”; and “God prohibits same sex marriage” first began displaying the messages Jan. 9.

Placek told the Butler Eagle that he’d update the messages on the board weekly.