In 1968 Vermont Banned Billboards. Here’s Why→

Twisted Sifter:

Don Landwehrle

RonBlekicki

“In 1968 the state of Vermont passed a landmark anti-billboard law and the landscape has been billboard-free ever since. The law was the result of the extraordinary efforts of one man, Ted Riehle (1924 – 2007), who was determined to preserve the natural beauty of Vermont.”

He was strong enough to defeat it. Like the commercialization before it, be destroyed, it must.