The major dot to be connnected is that the billboard industry does not care that they top and cut down trees to make sure people have a clear view of their billboards. They do not care if they devalue property in surrounding communities. They do not care if their billboards in low profit areas (everything except freeways) are dilapidated, peeling and in poor repair. They do not care that they promote unhealthy activities like gambling and alcohol use in some of the most fragile communities. SO just why should they care that they are making an irresponsible choice about voting? After all, virtually no billboard executives/employees live in Minnesota communities which actually allow billboards.
Jeanne Weigum, certified billboard hater in Merriam Park Brionna Harder wrote: > Even if this is (as I too hope) a GOTV campaign, I think the > attention-getter that we are seeing is a horrible and irresponsible choice. > . . will everyone "connect the dots" on this? I guess we will see. > > Brionna Harder > Ward One > > >From: Javier Morillo-Alicea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "St. Paul Issues Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: Re: [StPaul] Billboards > >Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2004 09:06:25 -0700 (PDT) > > > > > > > >I know for a fact that this is the case, that the > >group sponsoring these billboards is trying to spur > >discussion and then, in two weeks time, the message is > >going to change to a pro-vote one. I still don't like > >the campaign, but the intention is indeed a > >progressive, Get-Out-The-Vote one. > > > >A friend is forwarding information to me about the > >organization putting up the billboards. I'll send it > >on when I receive it. > > > >Javier Morillo > >West Side - Best Side > >(with apologies to Gloria Bogen for stealing her tag > >line) > > > > > >--- Anne Carroll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Wouldn't it be interesting if the "don't vote" > > > billboards were the kickoff > > > for a tremendously effective get-out-the-vote > > > campaign? I know, I'm probably > > > hopelessly naive and foolish, but I'm not yet > > > cynical enough to think > > > they're sincere. This is still Minnesota and we do > > > still live in St. Paul > > > and the majority of people here still really do > > > believe in the importance of > > > exercising that right and fulfilling that > > > responsibility. > > > > > > The concept reminds me of the target market > > > anti-tobacco/smoking ads done by > > > youth in the last few years (until funding was > > > abruptly and unjustly cut). > > > They were measurably very successful with their > > > target audiences and used a > > > number of fresh and innovative attention-grabbing > > > tactics to do so. > > > > > > So I think about "don't vote" text, soon to be > > > followed by something like, > > > "if you want all those other people deciding YOUR > > > future." Or any of a dozen > > > other tag lines that focus on the historical or > > > prospective consequences of > > > not voting, and that indeed are effective in > > > encouraging people to vote. > > > > > > We'll all see soon enough, but I sure hope I'm right > > > on this one! > > > > > > -- Anne Carroll > > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------ > > > Anne R. Carroll > > > Carroll, Franck & Associates > > > Public Involvement, Strategic Planning, > > > Communications > > > 1357 Highland Parkway > > > St. Paul, MN 55116 USA > > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > 651-690-9162 School Board: 651-690-9156 > > > > > > "A politician worries about the next election. A > > > true states[wo]man worries > > > about the next generation, and children yet unborn." > > > - e.e. cummings > > > > > > "...leadership is about how you bring out the best > > > in people. Leadership is > > > what you give to the community you live in. > > > Leadership is what you give to > > > the world. Leadership is how you live an honest > > > life... You will be more > > > credible and you will be more powerful if you do not > > > separate the lives you > > > live from the words you speak." -- Paul Wellstone > > > > > > > > > _____________________________________________ > > > To Join: St. Paul Issues Forum Rules Discussion > > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > _____________________________________________ > > > NEW ADDRESS FOR LIST: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > To subscribe, modify subscription, or get your > > > password - visit: > > > http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/stpaul > > > > > > Archive Address: > > > http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/private/stpaul/ > > > > > > >_____________________________________________ > >To Join: St. Paul Issues Forum Rules Discussion > >Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >_____________________________________________ > >NEW ADDRESS FOR LIST: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >To subscribe, modify subscription, or get your password - visit: > >http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/stpaul > > > >Archive Address: > > http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/private/stpaul/ > > _________________________________________________________________ > Is your PC infected? 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