1.   As a result, many states are opting to use the money for purposes other than buying billboards.

2.   Clear Channel is buying fewer billboards because of antitrust problems in Tampa, Florida, said Paxson Chairman Bud Paxson.

3.   Instead of putting up yard signs, those who can afford it might buy billboards.

4.   Young, who buys billboards for clients, says that prices are essentially back to where they were two years ago.