I missed this one when it was first posted. Now that this thread is alive again, I figured I should respond.

Quote Originally Posted by PQZ View Post
Higgins sold the Historic Commission on the concept that if he were allowed to hang the big ad, he would use the moeny to do predevelopment and then redevelope the building. FOBC and others suppoorted this. The DDA and HDC staff advised that he was likely to pay off liens, keep the buildings as is and do nothing.
PQZ:
Please make up your mind as to what you want to attack the FOBC for. First, you say we never attended public meetings; then you say we say that we were at the HDC meeting lobbying on behalf of this billboard.

For the record, the FOBC never took a position on the Broderick billboard - either pro or con.