Billboard in Kaufman County near Kemp, Texas is really only visible in media stories about the billboard

There have been multiple stories about a billboard put up in Kaufman County next to Kemp, Texas.

It has gotten some coverage across the state of Texas and national as well as locally in the DFW area.

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/texas/article/Texas-billboard-backs-Confederate-heritage-13705747.php

https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/article228219704.html

https://foxsanantonio.com/news/local/controversial-billboard-in-north-texas

(Note: After photo documenting the billboard I visited the Kaufman County Courthouse. This is my blog about the Confederate Injustice center there. https://newtknight.blogspot.com/2019/03/kaufman-county-confederate-injustice.html#.XJam1pg2qiP)

This is what it looks like next to the South bound lane. The billboard faces south. What you notice is that the bottom billboard is in disrepair. It is abandoned and we will see why with the next picture.

The highway north and south bound lanes in this section are very widely seperated. So this is the view of the billoard headed north. As you can see, unless you knew the billboard was there, you would not likely even notice it, and even if you saw it you would need binoculars to see what the billboard was trying to express.

You would get somewhat closer headed further north along the highway but you would be looking at the billboard sideways and not be able to read it. If you were driving south you would have to be looking for it in your  rearview mirror.

That is likely why the other billboard is in disrepair. There is no need for it since no one would use it.

The billboard only functions in news stories about it.  That hasn't kept the city of Kemp, Texas from wanting it gone. They have passed a resolution against it and pointed out that it violates the use of a graphics of the Mavericks sport team. It is a small town, I drove through it and there aren't a lot of people. They don't have money and I am thinking they are hoping the Mavericks pay for the attorney.

A small town like this often dreams of some business locating a factory or facility there to keep the town from dying and a billboard like this is not a help at all for that.

http://www.fox4news.com/news/kemp-officials-expect-dallas-mavericks-to-take-action-on-controversial-confederate-billboard