attorney: franklin spent $120,000 to fight electronic billboards - digital billboard

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JpgA digital billboard, located between Garden State Park Avenue and Highway 35, looks north from this perspective.
New Jersey is one of the largest advertising markets in the United States, and the advertising companies have emerged across the country, but the new court ruling allows municipalities to ban them. (
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Franklin Township-
Lawyers in the township say the mayor's expenses in the town of Brian Levin Franklin cost about a quarter.
Success and precedent of millions of dollars
It is wrong to oppose the setting of the electronic billboard.
Franklin spent about half.
Township prosecutor Luis N. $120,527 for "extensive discovery, three-day trial and appeal to the appeals Department"Rainone said.
Levin is the only member of Franklin's governing body who finally voted to allow such an electronic billboard.
Levine quoted the quarter as saying: "It's a lot of moneymillion-dollar figure.
"I can hire two policemen, or we can go to the park.
It's not worth it to me.
"The township finally voted 8-
Opposition to allowing such billboards sparked a legal battle, with the Court of Appeal ruling this month that the ban would not violate the First Amendment.
One of the strongest supporters of the ban, MP Roz Sherman also said she did not recognize the cost of fighting for the ban as almost as high as the mayor suggested.
"It's not a million dollar quarter," she said . ".
Judge Marianne Espinosa, October
The appeals chamber of the state high court unanimously ruled that the electronic billboard ban could be established.
Township prosecutor Luis reinon said in his research that he could not find any other case of establishing a municipality to have that right. In the 40-page opinion —
Overthrowing a ruling previously ruled by the Court of First Instance that billboards were protected
Espinosa pointed out that Franklin allowed
Electronic Billboard
Franklin's ban on electronic products is also included.
Espinosa wrote that this is neutral, placing restrictions in the same category, which is a permissible limit on the time, place or manner of the logo.
Franklin began drafting new billboard regulations in 2008, fearing that his existing laws might be inconsistent.
Ultimately, its planning committee
With input from all parties including E & J Equities, E & J Equities want to build two E-billboards --
Recommended on the electronic billboard ban, saying that exceptions should be consideredby-
As a difference application.
E & J applied for two discrepancies but was refused.
The Court of First Instance ruled that the refusal was properly dealt with, but that the injunction itself violated the Constitution.
The Court of Appeal overturned the decision.
Near exit 10 on Route 287, directly opposite the residential area, a billboard E & J wanted would destroy "an absolutely beautiful community," Sherman said ".
"But in fact, wherever the electronic billboard is proposed, it will weaken Franklin's character," she said.
If Franklin had the option to ban billboards altogether --
Including the traditionalhe'd favor it.
But the court has ruled it's free.
Violation of speech
"It's not worth fighting for me.
We have floodlights at night-
They also have plenty of light. "He said.
Sherman said she felt that e-billboards were not safe: "I don't understand why this is the case if they don't want you to watch your phone or text.
But the mayor says he has never seen research showing that electronic billboards are more dangerous than any other.
He noted that the federal authorities allowed them to travel on the highway.
Levin also said the township could use the billboards to send emergency messages.
Sherman retorted
Like a lawsuit.
There are other emergency notification mechanisms in villages and towns, such as e-mail reminder systems.
In addition, she said, most people who pass exit 10 on Route 287 do not live in the town.
Levin said that when the proposal to allow such a billboard was first submitted to the Council, it was 7-2 in favor.
He said it was only changed after "extensive lobbying.
Sherman said that she and other relevant personnel knocked on the door of the residents to try to convince them that electronic billboards were an issue and asked them to publish them to the Council subsequently.
Both officials said that most people changed rapidly.
Levin said that despite this month's court war, he expects electronic billboards to become popular in the long run.
"It's the 21st century," he wrote in an email to senior Media in New Jersey.
"I suspect all billboards will be electronic in the near future. "Louis C.
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