But much of the impetus to ban advertising in cities has come from municipalities themselves.
Among the possible tools Mr. Johnson hinted at was withholding discretionary county funding from municipalities.
AT&T and Verizon have had to go town by town to win cable franchises from municipalities.
Previously, the commission jurisdiction was excluded from municipalities like White Plains, Yonkers, Mount Vernon, Mamaroneck, Larchmont, New Rochelle and Peekskill.
Some 685,000 tons of waste a year are collected from municipalities in the county and burned into ash.
"Large malls will follow through with requesting lowered property tax from municipalities," she wrote in an e-mail message.
Given Commerce's interest in attracting deposits from municipalities, it may not be surprising that the bank would try to capitalize on political ties.
Baseball owners soon had money thrown at them, from municipalities which wanted to build new stadiums for teams and from cable TV.
It sounds like a noble fantasy, given what North American sports teams demand from municipalities they deem lucky enough to have them.
On occasion, the organization acquires land from private owners, mostly through donations, Mr. Killoran said, "but mostly we buy it from municipalities".
Ms. Cole said that the Kettleman Hills facility was safe and that a vast majority of the waste handled was run-of-the-mill garbage from municipalities.
