Video Billboard

[Graham Adder]

Nice work Mods

[Graham Adder]

I learned a long time ago that the best way to have your voice heard or to have your vote count is in the way you spend your money.
Only a fool would support businesses that go against ones own values.
That is pretty much the same as shooting yourself in the foot.

The only way we will ever see these signs come down, is if everyone that is offended stood for what they believe in by not supporting those who rely on these offensive signs to advertise their goods or services to you the consumer.

If you see a name on the board, make a mental note of it.
When you're looking for a good or service, refer to your mental notes.
It's pretty simple, and effective.

*removed*

[Glacier]

I don't mean to offend anyone, but it seems to me that the people of Kelowna are highly pretentious. No one in Vernon complains about the billboards along swan lake, and there's even a pro-life billboard. If that one were near Kelowna there'd be 600 letters to the editor demanding its removal. No one in Kamloops complains about the billboards over the reservation. No one in Prince George complains about the billboards in PG. No one in Nanaimo complains about the billboards near that city. No one in Victoria complains about the billboards on the various reservations within that region. No one in Chilliwack complains about the billboards there. No one in Penticton complains about the billboards there. And the list goes on. Only one city complains that the white man and the native man play by two different set of rules.

[ArcticCatHouse]

I am thinking you are thinking too deep!
I couldn't , and I am sure most people are the same give a rats *bleep* who owns the billboards, or who profits from them, white people or first nations , just think they look ghetto.

When tourists (one of the biggest industries here in the valley) come from the coast to visit the first impression they get is the beautiful lake view coming off the connector, then they drive through Westbank or West Kelowna or whatever it is politically correct name is then they come upon another beautiful lake view blocked by crappy looking billboards.

Don't think this is a disagreement over white people vs first nations making money, doesn't Jim Patteson own some of them anyways?

[Glacier]

Ah, but it is. Do I think reservations look like dumps? Absolutely, though the ones in the Okanagan are relatively clean. Check out the reservations near Victoria. You get off the ferry, and you hit 3 or 4 of them on the way into Victoria. Billboards everywhere plus run down houses. Does it take away from the scenery? Absolutely! Do the run down houses take away from the decor of the area? Absolutely, but when maneuvering heavy traffic, it's but a blip of about 60 seconds before you're beyond the native land. In the Okanagan you spend 30 seconds whizzing past billboards that are ugly, but then you spend 30 minutes driving past one parking lot after another, which are also kinda ugly. If we're going to protest over the 30 seconds we have to experience billboards, we may as well boycott Costco for paving over paradise to put up a parking lot.

[GoStumpy]

paving over paradise to put up a parking lot.

[Bpeep]

I think some of those areas are waiting for Ottawa to send them money and manpower.
Sometimes it's best to just take the initiative and do it yourself. A society gets so much more respect that way instead of constantly playing the sense of entitlement card...
As for the video billboard, I drove past it last Friday. I didn't have time to safely take my eyes off the road and read the cluttered ad that was on the screen.
That ad was a waste of money imo.
I woulda just put

BMAN
555 5309

Yellow on purple.

Mind ya, I see poor advertising everywhere.

I like the ones that say

Lot's on sale.
Everything bran new.

[Randall T]

Really, I don't know how many times I've gone past where it's said to be and never noticed it. Eyes on the road where they belong peeps.

[Bsuds]

Yup, what sign?

Drove past there and did not notice it at all. All the billboards are blocking a beautiful view driving in to town and should be banned, I mean burned.

[LTD]

yes then the idiots that cant pay attention to the road can really screw up traffic

[Fancy]

When tourists (one of the biggest industries here in the valley) come from the coast to visit the first impression they get is the beautiful lake view coming off the connector, then they drive through Westbank or West Kelowna or whatever it is politically correct name is then they come upon another beautiful lake view blocked by crappy looking billboards.

You really can't see much of the lake until you're halfway down the hill - especially if there are a lot of trucks going up the hill. The best view comes just at Kathy York's sign and gets better before the Campbell Road turnoff sign. Just follow the highway on Google maps and you'll see what I mean.

[Bsuds]

yes then the idiots that cant pay attention to the road can really screw up traffic

It confuses the heck out of them! What to do, what to do, look at phone or look at sign, back and forth...smash...who put that car there!

[Glacier]

Yup, what sign?

Drove past there and did not notice it at all. All the billboards are blocking a beautiful view driving in to town and should be banned, I mean burned.

Looking out at the scenery while driving on a busy 4-lane highway is kinda dangerous. Maybe the billboards are making the road safer because everyone is keeping their eyes on the road instead.

[Graham Adder]

It speaks volumes about the poster that says those billboards block the beautiful view.
That is not true.
It's that basic.
Undeniable even.
There is no view where those strips of boards are. The billboards block a view of a dirt berm. Take the signs down, and you will not see anymore of the lake than you do now. You will also not see anymore of the beauty you claim to have blocked.
That would be a lie.
An untruth.

I'm not speaking in defense of the signs.
I don't really care for the aesthetic, however I do support those who are making their living or a part of their living by leasing their land to the Pattison company, as well as Skyline and others.
I also all for advertising to those who keep the advertising going.
If it wasn't for the demand you people put on them, there would be no signs.

Saying it blocks the beautiful view. Just a worthless lie in an attempt to bolster a personal agenda.
I'd go as far as to say it may even be a racial issue for those who cry the loudest.
Not really about the signs as much as the people benefiting from the lease.