Lamar says Pittsburgh should pay for rejected billboard

Lamar Advertising says the city of Pittsburgh should pick up the cost for a disputed downtown digital billboard, reports The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The city permitted the 19-foot by 58-foot digital billboard and a scrolling “ticker.” But the permit was yanked earlier this year, with the billboard about 60% completed, after the city zoning board says the approval was issued in error. In a statement, Stan Geier, a Lamar vice president and general manager, says the company spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on the display, and if Pittsburgh doesn’t want the sign, “we are entitled to recover our expenses from the city.” Read the full story here.