A pair of recently erected billboards near Driftwood stirred up a hornet’s nest of controversy during a heated town hall meeting Dec. 13.

The billboards were put up in late November on FM 1826 outside of the Rim Rock neighborhood in Driftwood, which is located near Salt Lick BBQ. The billboards are over 40 feet tall and have space for four 300-square foot advertisements.

Media Choice, an outdoor advertising company headquartered in Austin, owns the two billboards along FM 1826. However, at...