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Desperate Times Call for Desperate Measures: Advertising on Lamp Posts, Fire Hydrants, School Websites, and NBA Jerseys

Ads on Fire Hydrant

In our current poor economic times when the government and businesses are having trouble balancing their budgets, we’re seeing them come up with some creative ways to derive additional revenue.

It seems like whenever cities need to balance their budgets, one of the first areas to cut is education. School districts have resorted to selling advertising on school websites. I’m all for it as long as the ads are clean and don’t offend any parents.

 

Miami weighs selling ads on lamp posts, fire hydrants

Ads on Fire Hydrant

The city of Miami is considering selling ad space on lamp posts, fire hydrants, public buildings and parking meters, The Miami Herald report ...

Senh: Everything will have ads in the future, but you have to give the city credit for being creative about bringing in additional revenue.

 

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