Newspaper Columnist Disappointed by Lack of Outrage Over 'Golden Bitch' Billboard

Not a peep, from freeway drivers or adjacent auto shop customers

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Jeff Kramer, a humor columnist with alt-weekly the Syracuse New Times, has a new play opening Friday. And as a warm-up to the April 21 debut, there is a funny related column in this week’s edition.

The play title The Golden Bitch, albeit legitimately dog-derived, is something he thought might possibly stir up some outrage when emblazoned on a 40-foot-wide local billboard. In fact, the company that hosts the billboard, Lamar, stipulated that any such citizenry complaints could merit the removal of the ad.

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