(Photo Courtesy of Dennis Hathaway.)

Note: This sign is on the northwest corner of Lincoln and Washington Blvds where Enterprise Rent-a-Car plans to move soon. It is near the back of the lot, Washington side.

By Dennis Hathaway, president of coalition to ban billboards
This billboard advertising a San Fernando Valley strip club belongs to Lamar Advertising. In the past, the company has stirred up community complaints by placing these strip club signs in such places as the middle of Westwood Village and the Moraga Drive shopping area in Bel Air, among others.

If you feel that this billboard is inappropriate for this community, register your complaint by calling or e-mailing Ray Baker, Lamar’s local rep, and asking that it be removed. The number is 323-877-8897. Email is rbaker@lamar.com.

Please copy Councilman Mike Bonin, so that his office will be aware of any complaints. Lamar has been lobbying the city for the right to put up digital billboards, and recently filed a lawsuit against the city to force it to issue permits for 45 new full-size digital billboards.