According to CBS New York, the iconic neon billboards in Times Square must come down or the city will lose $94 million in federal highway funds. Under a 2012 federal law, Times Square qualifies as an arterial route to the national highway system, placing it under the 1965 Highway Beautification Act. That law limits billboard size.
โWeโre going to let outsidersย who sit in a cramped room and have nothing to do with our city as far as partaking inย it on an everyday basis change something that means something to the whole entire world?โ one man asked.
Why Yes. Yes you are.
Itโs what you get when you embrace a monopoly system of government run by central planners in Washington D.C.
Michael Maharrey [send him email] is the Communications Director for the Tenth Amendment Center. He is from the original home of the Principles of '98 - Kentucky and currently resides in northern Florida. See his blog archive here and his article archive here.He is the author of the book, Our Last Hope: Rediscovering the Lost Path to Liberty., and Constitution Owner's Manual. You can visit his personal website at MichaelMaharrey.com and like him on Facebook HERE
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