Ruth’s List Florida is making sure those attending the Republican National Convention in Tampa know who to thank if they find the visit pleasant.

A billboard posted at the intersection of I-275 and Armenia Blvd. reminds the thousands of GOP faithful that while Tallahassee is almost 100 percent Republican, the rest of the state is not.

Ruth’s List Florida recruits, trains, and elects female Democrats running for office in the state, and is named for Ruth Bryan Owen, who was elected to the U.S. Congress from Florida in 1928, eight years after women won the right to vote.

The Ruth’s List billboard is one of many bombarding delegates, the press, and visitors.

C-Span has bought boards on Interstate 4 and Interstate 275 to promote its gavel-to-gavel coverage of the convention. Other groups promote positions opposing abortion or supporting measures to curb climate change…

The Public Notice, a Virginia-based nonprofit, is pushing its own message urging national political leaders to “stop digging” the deep financial hole the country now finds itself in…

Unfortunately, as with almost all the money being raised for campaigns, the media companies are the ones who benefit from all this “speech.” And it sure ain’t free.

Clear Channel Outdoor has seen an increase in politically oriented demand for its advertising space throughout the Tampa region, said spokesman Jim Cullinan. Clear Channel and CBS are the area’s two top billboard owners…

Clear Channel Outdoor’s former corporate sibling, Clear Channel Radio, has close ties to conservative talk-radio stars Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Back and Sean Hannity…