Casino67 Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 RadioFoxNews:Seattle’s public transit system is under fire for rejecting an advertising campaign urging people to buy American and shop locally because it was too political.“It was a shock to us,” said Richard Tso, executive director of TAP America, a Seattle-based nonprofit organization.The rejected ads read: “December is Buy American Month, Shop Locally, Join Seattle’s TAPamerica.org.”Tso said his organization was prepared to pay as much as $9,000 for the ads to be posted on 45 Metro buses running through major shopping districts in downtown Seattle and Bellevue, WA.“The ads were rejected by King County as being too political,” Tso told Fox News & Commentary, wondering if the county was simply being politically correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 Casino67 “The concept of ‘Buy American’ is an issue of both political and economic debate,” spokeswoman Linda Thielkein wrote in an email to the newspaper. Should I be having this splitting headache? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casino67 Posted December 1, 2011 Author Share Posted December 1, 2011 Casino67 “The concept of ‘Buy American’ is an issue of both political and economic debate,” spokeswoman Linda Thielkein wrote in an email to the newspaper. Should I be having this splitting headache? All I could do was shake my head and snicker. Ain't the Left Coast for nuttin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saltbag Posted December 2, 2011 Share Posted December 2, 2011 Seattle is cute and all with their liberalism. I'd laugh if money wasn't getting sucked out of my state and sent to their state. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casino67 Posted December 2, 2011 Author Share Posted December 2, 2011 UPDATE: Seattle Reverses Ban on “Buy American” Dec 1, 2011 By Todd Starnes UPDATE: On Thursday evening Seattle’s Metro Transit reversed its ban and decided to allow the “Buy American” ads to be posted on city buses. “Upon further evaluation, the text of the ad does not express an opinion about a public issue,” said General Manager Kevin Desmond in a statement released to the Seattle Fox television affiliate. _____________ Bet they got a few phone calls and email. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyM Posted December 2, 2011 Share Posted December 2, 2011 The US Govt must be paying Seattle more to advertise locations of medical pot houses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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