The Mad Men of Los Angeles
Living the good life, thanks to the big profits from illegal outdoor advertising
Now, Rush and his cronies are wondering if the game is over in L.A. They have reaped millions of dollars from their oil derricks in the sky — much of it, city officials say, illegally.
"I didn't come in the middle of the night," says an indignant Rush. "I came to the court of the land, and they gave me an injunction and said it was fine. If I lost in federal court, I would have gone home."
For its part, the City Attorney's Office has said it will continue its crackdown until all of the illegal signs, supergraphics and billboards come down. And so will citizens, say L.A.'s anticlutter activists.
Says Hathaway, the leader of the antibillboard movement, "They are in the business of making tons of money by creating what people in most neighborhoods consider blight, which diminishes property values — and their quality of life."
Contact the writer at cpelisek@laweekly.com.
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