[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 124 (Tuesday, July 23, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E963]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          HONORING WILLIAM MAY

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                            HON. SAM GRAVES

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 23, 2019

  Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. Madam Speaker, I pause to call attention to 
the upcoming retirement of a Missouri leader, advocate, legal scholar, 
and friend of small business.
  For twenty years, Mr. William ``Bill'' May has served as executive 
director and general counsel at the Missouri Outdoor Advertising 
Association (MOAA). He will retire at the end of 2019.
  An attorney, Bill May is considered an expert on regulation of out of 
home advertising in Missouri. His advice and counsel are sought by 
officeholders and staff, government officials, landowners, and 
billboard companies.
  Bill began his career with Pioneer Outdoor Advertising in 
Springfield; he was promoted to general manager and general counsel. 
Soon after he assumed leadership of the Missouri Outdoor Advertising 
Association in 1999, voters faced an anti-billboard statewide ballot 
measure (``Proposition A'') which was defeated on November 7, 2000.
  Recognized nationally for his trade association leadership, Bill is 
an effective advocate for property rights, new technology, and common-
sense flexibility for our state to save time and money in carrying out 
its regulatory duties.
  As a supporter of law enforcement, I commend Bill and his colleagues 
in the billboard industry for partnerships to help find fugitives and 
missing persons and also deliver emergency information.
  Please join me in congratulating Bill May and his wife Gail for their 
long service to Missouri and the out of home media industry.

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