Question of the day: Should the people's property – by which I mean such basic public items as police vehicles, subway stations, and fire hydrants – be rented out as commercial billboards for hyping corporate products? Answer: Of course not!But it's happening anyway. For example, after Littleton, Massachussets, made an "advertise with the good guys" pitch, a supermarket chain bought ad space on the town's police cars. Philadelphia has rebranded its Pattison subway station as the "AT&T Station," even plastering the telecom giant's logo on each turnstile. And in Syracuse, the sheriff's office plans to adorn its rescue helicopters with ads.Who benefits from this crass commercialization of public spaces? Corporate sponsors, for sure. As one ad executive bluntly noted, we're always seeking "another place for eyeballs to be looking at [ads]." And, of course, public agencies get a bit of extra cash from these sell-out deals – but at what price? A sheriff's official in Syracuse admits that "some people are a little put off by the idea that we're getting sponsorship for what used to be a government duty."
To learn more, go to Public Citizen's Commercial Alert Project: www.CommercialAlert.org.
don't panic this is just another example of a blatant disrespect for our civil worker's, as expressed by Romney who wants to get rid of firemen,police,teachers, and start looking out for the American people, where did they come from the civil workers Orc with Mork? you that vote for Romney ask him is he going to hire a a private force to handle those problems, who's gonna pay for it? it will be a lot more then you pay in your taxes now. maye he'll opt to just have 3 garage elevators and sell one or two of his houses like that's gonna happen.
that is tantamout to telling "we the people" get an extiguiher and keep a bucket of water handy, oh and buy a gun, the NRA will thank "ME".
