Once the genie is out of the bottle, it’s real tough to get her back in there…<\/p>\n

CHICAGO (AP) \u2014 Seven vinyl banners draped this month along one of Chicago’s most iconic bridges, advertisements some have dubbed “a visual crime” and “commercial graffiti,” are reviving a debate about how governments raise money in tough economic times.<\/p>\n

In the aftermath of the Great Recession, a public school district in Colorado is selling ads on report cards and Utah has a new law allowing ads on school buses. Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s administration, straining to fill a $600 million budget hole, is looking to raise $25 million from ads on city property \u2014 including bridges, electrical storage boxes and garbage cans.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If municipalities can begin to generate a revenue stream from advertising on public facilities, do you think they will ever stop? Unlikely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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