Third time’s a charm

Hemant Mehta of Friendly Atheist supports NEPA Freethought Society bus advertisement campaign Yesterday, I launched a fundraiser for a bus advertisement promoting the NEPA Freethought Society slated to appear on a County of Lackawanna Transit System (COLTS) bus in Pennsylvania. Today, Hemant Mehta — a supporter of my proposed bus advertisements since 2012 — voiced his support […]

Support NEPA Freethought Society bus advertisement

The NEPA (Northeastern Pennsylvania) Freethought Society seeks to advertise on a bus in Scranton, PA Today, September 11, I launched an Indiegogo fundraising campaign following close to three years of attempts to advertise the NEPA Freethought Society — a local group which I co-organize — on County of Lackawanna Transit System (COLTS) buses. COLTS has […]

“Atheists” bus advertisement again rejected

An advertisement I submitted promoting the NEPA Freethought Society — a Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania-based community group of which I am the co-organizer and spokesperson — and containing the word “Atheists” has been rejected by the County of Lackawanna Transit System (COLTS). In early 2012, I submitted an advertisement proposal — similar to that which I recently submitted […]

Vote “Atheists” for billboard of the year

Hemant Mehta, the “Friendly Atheist,” has launched a year-end poll in which readers can select their favorite ‘atheist billboard’ of the year. Making the final cut of 18 billboards is a billboard I submitted to the County of Lackawanna Transit System (COLTS) in early 2012, on behalf of the NEPA Freethought Society, which was slated […]

Support for “Atheists.” bus ad from local resident

Supportive e-mail from local resident Last night, I received a supportive e-mail from a resident of Northeastern Pennsylvania (presumably from Scranton) who would like to see the “Atheists” bus ad I proposed back in January [this is the prototype/mockup] on Lackawanna County buses. For those who may have missed the story, I proposed a very simple bus […]