The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, losing money and beset with complaints about high fares and poor service, has decided that a winning strategy is to start irritating the communities it serves.

In a tersely worded letter to the MBTA, Quincy Mayor Thomas Koch called the agency’s plans to erect a revenue-boosting billboard along Burgin Parkway “quite offensive” and said he is ready to fight to keep it out of the city.

Vandals are taking aim at billboards and police fear someone will get hurt. Police have taken several reports of the signs being hit with bullets. Five incidents have been reported in the last six weeks and all are located around major expressways. Now, the sign company is fighting back.

Ads, signs or billboards that clutter roadsides can be hazardous for older drivers, according to the latest study.

State Rep. Doug Miller authored more legislation on behalf of Comal County prior to Friday’s deadline for bills to be filed in the Texas House of Representatives.