‘Inclusive’ billboard in Armstrong County removed
A billboard intended to send an “inclusive” message about Armstrong County was removed after the landowner reportedly received death threats, according to the Armstrong County Democratic Committee.
The committee leased a billboard along Route 422 near its intersection with Claypoole Road in Worthington and posted a message over the weekend of Feb. 4 that was intended to counter the messages on other billboards in Armstrong and Butler counties.
Committee chairman Chuck Pascal said the committee raised money for the billboard and rented for it at least a month, but the company that owns the billboard found the message to be objectionable and took it down during this past weekend.
In a statement, Pascal said Huntington Billboards of Greenville, Ohio, decided to remove the message, citing a provision in its contract with the committee which allows them to remove billboards which are “objectionable or that attracts negative publicity or controversy from the community.” The billboard was removed within a week after it was placed, he said.
