Billboard Baron Karl Eller Is Trying To Budge The City Council.
By Dave Devine
KARL ELLER, A 1946 graduate of Tucson High School, has
made millions in several businesses during his professional career.
He's so successful the University of Arizona recently named
its Business School after him--but that might have more
to do with the $10 million donation he gave the UA than with the
fact that he built a convenience store empire.
When he purchased most of Tucson's billboards last year,
Eller apparently thought he had enough clout to end the often
bitter legalistic battles between the City of Tucson and local