{"id":884,"date":"2021-03-11T15:35:56","date_gmt":"2021-03-11T15:35:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scenicmichigan.org\/?p=884"},"modified":"2026-01-08T15:27:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T15:27:03","slug":"celebrating-the-life-and-legacy-of-frank-kelley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scenic.dorsay.io\/index.php\/2021\/03\/11\/celebrating-the-life-and-legacy-of-frank-kelley\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Frank Kelley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/scenic.dorsay.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Frank-Kelley.webp\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-885\" src=\"https:\/\/scenic.dorsay.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Frank-Kelley.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"244\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Scenic Michigan celebrates the life and legacy of Frank Kelley, Michigan\u2019s attorney general from 1961-98, who died March 5 at the age of 96. Lauded across the U.S. as a giant of public service and champion of civil rights, consumer and environmental protection, Kelley served on Scenic Michigan\u2019s Board of Directors and was a vocal and effective state leader in efforts to limit and remove billboards littering Michigan.<span class=\"x_Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In 1992 Frank Kelley and former Michigan First Lady Helen Milliken celebrated Earth Day in Traverse City with the kickoff of a statewide campaign to ban the millions of square feet of billboards. Kelley decried the \u201ctrashing our nation\u2019s highways and scenic terrain with gaudily-painted, tawdry, neon-flashing billboards which detract from and cheapen our natural attractions. \u2026 These roadside advertisements detract from the scenic glories surrounding travelers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kelley and Milliken toured Michigan with a presentation they called The Great Terrain Robbery. \u201cThe time is right to reclaim our countryside\u201d from special interests said Kelley.<\/p>\n<p>Kelley was fond of quoting Ogden Nash:<span class=\"x_Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that I shall never see<br \/>\nA billboard lovely as a tree.<br \/>\nPerhaps, unless the billboards fall,<br \/>\nI\u2019ll never see a tree at all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kelley pointed to small information panel signs as effective, informative, cost-effective, unobtrusive wayfinding for businesses and points of interests. \u201cThe time has come to do something about billboard blight,\u201d Kelley stated. \u201cThe only sign in our sky should be the rainbow.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scenic Michigan celebrates the life and legacy of Frank Kelley, Michigan\u2019s attorney general from 1961-98, who died March 5 at the age of 96. 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