And the hits just keep on comin'
Another sales pitch arrived in the mail yesterday from the proposed new taxing district for the Multnomah County library:
The last one was so disingenuous. I wonder if that gal even knew what they were going to use her picture for when they took it.
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Comments (8)
A quick search on this site for "old woman" gives this photo http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-photo-3671029-happy-senior-lady.php
Posted by cmj | October 24, 2010 3:58 PM
a friend of mine modeled for one of those stock photo gigs and her face ended up on an abortion provider's website.
I'd rather be the face of election porn
Posted by anthony | October 24, 2010 4:09 PM
Yes, and she's not even from Oregon but Valhalla, Wisconsin. Just another Measure running on myth.
Posted by lw | October 24, 2010 4:22 PM
looks like a Viagra ad to me.
Posted by Mister Tee | October 24, 2010 4:46 PM
This post and the one below highlight the problem of government inefficiency. They should have just paid once for the picture of that Tri-Met driver with the E-Reader on his dashboard, and used it for both Measures.
Posted by Bill McDonald | October 24, 2010 4:52 PM
Thanks for pointing out all of the sneaky issues with this measure (especially your previous post). Knowing how disingenuous they are being makes my "no" vote very easy to cast.
Posted by Doc Golightly | October 24, 2010 10:25 PM
Granny knows what you did last summer, in the library.
Posted by JS | October 25, 2010 1:12 AM
Government uses your money to shaft you in many ways. Using tax money to pay for lobbyists and marketing campaigns are just two unethical (if not illegal) examples.
If it's illegal, no worries. There are hundreds of lawyers lined up to take tax money to defend the indefensible. Often the objective is not to win but to make the lawyers money and cost the challengers money.
I ran for a seat on the board of a state-sanctioned monopoly Wasco Electric Co-operative. Wasco Electric used ratepayer money to send out a "hit piece" to the voters defaming and impugning me. This despite the fact that I would never win no matter how many votes I received. Details are at: http://www.reformwascoelectric.com
Banana Republic or Constitutional Republic? I think we are more like the former than the latter.
Posted by Britt Storkson | October 25, 2010 7:10 AM