This Main Street sharrows symbol feels all patched and forlorn -- and a billboard comes tumbling down.

But just LOOK at that professional landscaping.

Never a dull moment on Main Street, is there? The beautification project is the political gift that keeps giving costing, and the billboard is less of an eyesore as a twisted heap than it was while standing.

But the aristocrats? Very happy.

On the American Atheists’ "skip church" billboard campaign.

Deep in the heart of superstition ...

American Atheists launch provocative campaign in religious Deep South, by Peter Foster (The Telegraph)

Advertising hoardings show a young girl writing a letter to Father Christmas: "Dear Santa, All I want for Christmas is to skip church! I'm too old for fairy tales."

Counterpoint: Billboards are a waste of money, anyway.

American Atheists’ Billboard Campaign is Misguided, by Steve Neumann (Patheos)

While I admire American Atheists’ chutzpah for operating deep in hostile territory, I think their strategy is misguided. This Christmas season they are showing billboards in the Bible Belt with little children saying things like “Dear Santa, All I want for Christmas is to skip church! I’m too old for fairy tales.” I don’t think this is the best use of their resources, for several reasons.

My conclusion: Polemics never got anywhere by being meek and self-effacing, and we'll have to break a few eggs to halt the encroachment of theocracy in America.

Here they are: Billboards with "Come to City" removed.

Comments? This one's at the Silver Creek bridge, westbound, as Brown's Station Way becomes Spring Street.

ROCK and droll all over: A billboard I'd like to see.

Good news on the anti-tolls front: Southern Indiana business owners create a 501 c-6, build a website and purchase billboard space.

Less than a week after its first organizational meeting, a new anti-tolls coalition powered by Southern Indiana businesses already is in position to take the tolling facts to the people.

Businesses come together to oppose tolls as Rep. Clere remains AWOL.

With a series of critical Bridges Authority meetings on the immediate horizon in early December, Wes Johnson and Mike Kapfhammer (owners of Buckhead’s and Rocky’s), Chris McCarty (S & S Powersports) and Paul Fetter (Clark County Auto Auction) have committed monies to found a 501 c-6 organization called the Organization for a Better Southern Indiana.

Already a website has been built, and the group has purchased two billboards: On northbound and southbound I-65, both of them just north of the Eastern Blvd exit. Installation could come as early as December 1. The billboard designs are pictured above.

In an e-mail, Paul stresses the importance of the group’s next meeting on Monday, November 29th at 5:30 p.m. at the Buckhead Mountain Grill (707 West Riverside Drive, Jeffersonville, Indiana).

Please remember to invite other businesses to our next meeting. Work on new connections, and try to bring two or three new businesses with you. Remember, this is our fight. We must stay focused and engaged.