I have been thinking about writing on this topic since it was first mentioned here and when I first saw the wolf billboard ad on Highway 20, between Idaho Falls and Rexburg. Thought I would do a little bit more research before giving my thoughts on this very desperate attempt by groups who have lost in legal courts, the court of regional public opinion, and in the court of wildlife management.
One of the conspirators of this projectwolf.org operation is The Center for Biological Diversity, based in Tucson, AZ. Also one of the drive-by litigators in the wolf debate over the last decade. A group who has perfected turning wildlife controversy into money for salaries and attorneys, while putting none of it into the ground for conservation.
Also the same organization who posted an online petition to have me removed from TV and whose email blast to their membership resulted in hundreds of death wishes for me, my family, and my dogs. Suffice to say, I have no use for them or their tactics.
As some had posted previously, a group called projectwolf.org, lead by CBD and joined by others of the same ilk, have purchased advertising on billboards with Lamar Outdoor Advertising on all roads leading to Yellowstone National Park.
Nothing wrong with any group exercising their rights to free speech. Nothing wrong with a business make risk assessments as to who they want as their customers. That is the greatness of America.
And likewise there is nothing wrong with sane people contacting Lamar to express their displeasure that Lamar would sell this billboard space to groups who have been so detrimental to the cause of state wolf management authority. That they would sell to a group who has no regard for the deal that was promised to the citizens of Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming almost 20 years ago – that being state management control.
Easy for groups in Tucson, AZ and their urbanite bank rolls to continue these efforts. Converting wildlife into to cash cows is how they make their money – “cuddly conservation.” Harder to understand why businesses would consciously dip into the wolf money pot by doing business with the CBD crowd.
A Lamar GM stated in an email to a concerned Wyoming citizen when asked about these billboards …..
Really? Middle men?
A middle man usually is in the middle by no choice of his own. This seems to be a choice, considered and decided upon, based on business risks and benefits. One risk probably not adequately assessed would be a bunch of PO'd hunters and business owners in the Northern Rockies.
I have built and operated many businesses. You can regulate who your customers are. At a minimum, you can regulate content. Well, you can do those, if you want to. Just a matter of whether or not you really want to, or if the financial benefits are worth the decision made. Simple business management.
You only become the middle man, if you let yourself be the middle man. Like most business issues, it is a deliberate decision that will make you a middle man, or not.
I have many friends and clients in the business world here in the Northern Rockies. I will make sure they know that Lamar is more than willing to make the business decision that pays them to a "middle man" in a debate that goes far beyond the revenue from three billboards.
Many of the folks I know advertise on outdoor billboards. Hopefully they will look at who they are advertising with and decide if that fits into their business philosophy. I know some have already made those inquiries today.
I hope some here know a list of other businesses that have outdoor billboards. Feel free to list those businesses here.
I have tired of people and businesses using the excuses of convenience. I make decisions every day about who I want to do business with. Those decisions form the identity of my businesses and my brands. Yeah, sometimes those decisions leave money on the table, but if my businesses are to be part of the community in which I live, making those decisions comes with the territory.
Thank God we live in a country where we can exercise our freedom of speech by purchasing billboard drama, selling billboards to those wanting to make a stir, and by letting businesses know we are not pleased with certain decisions. What a country.
Here are contacts at Lamar, if you are so incined to let them know your disappointment that a national business would take fees to become the "middle man" in this issue, something they admit was possibly pushing the limits from the beginning.
Regional GM - [email protected]
Phone – (307) 234-917
National Business Development Director (let her know how good these groups are for business development):
[email protected]
For contact information of all Lamar offices, here is a page with all of them.http://lamar.com/Contact
Thanks for your assistance in this effort. Businesses need to know their positions and actions have impact on others.
A pic of the Cody, Wyoming billboard.
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One of the conspirators of this projectwolf.org operation is The Center for Biological Diversity, based in Tucson, AZ. Also one of the drive-by litigators in the wolf debate over the last decade. A group who has perfected turning wildlife controversy into money for salaries and attorneys, while putting none of it into the ground for conservation.
Also the same organization who posted an online petition to have me removed from TV and whose email blast to their membership resulted in hundreds of death wishes for me, my family, and my dogs. Suffice to say, I have no use for them or their tactics.
As some had posted previously, a group called projectwolf.org, lead by CBD and joined by others of the same ilk, have purchased advertising on billboards with Lamar Outdoor Advertising on all roads leading to Yellowstone National Park.
Nothing wrong with any group exercising their rights to free speech. Nothing wrong with a business make risk assessments as to who they want as their customers. That is the greatness of America.
And likewise there is nothing wrong with sane people contacting Lamar to express their displeasure that Lamar would sell this billboard space to groups who have been so detrimental to the cause of state wolf management authority. That they would sell to a group who has no regard for the deal that was promised to the citizens of Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming almost 20 years ago – that being state management control.
Easy for groups in Tucson, AZ and their urbanite bank rolls to continue these efforts. Converting wildlife into to cash cows is how they make their money – “cuddly conservation.” Harder to understand why businesses would consciously dip into the wolf money pot by doing business with the CBD crowd.
A Lamar GM stated in an email to a concerned Wyoming citizen when asked about these billboards …..
Really? Middle men?
A middle man usually is in the middle by no choice of his own. This seems to be a choice, considered and decided upon, based on business risks and benefits. One risk probably not adequately assessed would be a bunch of PO'd hunters and business owners in the Northern Rockies.
I have built and operated many businesses. You can regulate who your customers are. At a minimum, you can regulate content. Well, you can do those, if you want to. Just a matter of whether or not you really want to, or if the financial benefits are worth the decision made. Simple business management.
You only become the middle man, if you let yourself be the middle man. Like most business issues, it is a deliberate decision that will make you a middle man, or not.
I have many friends and clients in the business world here in the Northern Rockies. I will make sure they know that Lamar is more than willing to make the business decision that pays them to a "middle man" in a debate that goes far beyond the revenue from three billboards.
Many of the folks I know advertise on outdoor billboards. Hopefully they will look at who they are advertising with and decide if that fits into their business philosophy. I know some have already made those inquiries today.
I hope some here know a list of other businesses that have outdoor billboards. Feel free to list those businesses here.
I have tired of people and businesses using the excuses of convenience. I make decisions every day about who I want to do business with. Those decisions form the identity of my businesses and my brands. Yeah, sometimes those decisions leave money on the table, but if my businesses are to be part of the community in which I live, making those decisions comes with the territory.
Thank God we live in a country where we can exercise our freedom of speech by purchasing billboard drama, selling billboards to those wanting to make a stir, and by letting businesses know we are not pleased with certain decisions. What a country.
Here are contacts at Lamar, if you are so incined to let them know your disappointment that a national business would take fees to become the "middle man" in this issue, something they admit was possibly pushing the limits from the beginning.
Regional GM - [email protected]
Phone – (307) 234-917
National Business Development Director (let her know how good these groups are for business development):
[email protected]
For contact information of all Lamar offices, here is a page with all of them.http://lamar.com/Contact
Thanks for your assistance in this effort. Businesses need to know their positions and actions have impact on others.
A pic of the Cody, Wyoming billboard.
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