We have succeeded in getting two Pattison Pillars removed from the Port Credit Beer Store.
We wrote about these signs in Pattison Builds Three Illegal Pillars At Mississauga Beer Stores and filed a complaint with Mississauga with this letter [PDF].
This is what the two signs looked like in late December 2007:

After we filed the complaint, it [...]

Last year, IllegalSigns.ca spoke at the 2008 Scenic America symposium in Jacksonville, Florida. This year we’ll be in St. Louis on August 12 for the 2009 Scenic America Billboard Seminar.
You can register for the conference on this page. Here is the agenda [PDF]:

Protesters picket the house of an unscrupulous illegal-billboard-hosting landlord in this KCET documentary on Los Angeles’ new signs by-law — but the funny part is when Mayor Villaraigosa, in what is not his best moment, asks volunteers for help in investigating illegal billboards and is laughed at by a town hall crowd.

We previously covered Los [...]

Los Angeles is what happens when billboards become completely out of control. We’ve discussed the issue previously in: 
Corrupt City Officials, Greed, Lies, Stupidity, Incredible Ineptitude, Secrecy, Laziness, and a City Strangled by 4000 Illegal Billboards

Fuel Outdoor Suffers Huge Defeat as US Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down Metro Lights Decision

And recently we noted that Coalition to [...]

This article is a few months old, but it illustrates the impact the economic downturn has on billboard companies.

Lamar Outdoor is lowering capital expenditures related to new billboard construction from $220 million to $30 million
Lamar derives 8 percent of its business from auto advertising and 6 percent from real estate ads; both industries have been hard hit.
Lamar will [...]