[Peace-discuss] Adams Billboard *Vote Yes to Impeach* a precise political statement

[C. G. Estabrook]

If they insist on censoring our message -- if they won't sell
us the space -- I think we should take them to court.  A call
to our legal advisor would be in order -- or see if we can
find someone to sue them (altho' I admit that access to this
particular medium will probably not make much headway against
"private enterprise").  

But what they're willing to post is the Bush administration's
position -- see
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/22/AR2006052200115.html

AWARE funds should not be spent for that!  --CGE


---- Original message ----
>Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 17:26:37 -0500
>From: Jan & Durl Kruse <jandurl at insightbb.com>  
>Subject: [Peace-discuss] Adams Billboard *Vote Yes to
Impeach* a precise political statement  
>To: peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net
>
>AWARE and Friends:
>Below is the message from Adams Outdoor Advertising.  As you
can see 
>they have a problem with placing one of our Ballot
initiatives on a 
>Billboard.  Adams response seems to be in the realm of double
talk.  A 
>copy of the actual design will be brought to the AWARE
meeting this 
>Sunday May 28 so folks might see it first hand.  ( graphics
to large to 
>post)  The design Adams "feels comfortable with" is a ballot
with only 
>one item for voters to approve:
>[ X ]  Bring the Troops Home NOW!
>If you are interested you might be thinking about how we
proceed since 
>the GM feels that this being a public service message and
Adams being 
>"simply the advertising provider" Adams wouldn't feel
comfortable 
>making such a precise political statement such as: ( [X] Impeach 
>Bush/Cheney).
>I guess I wonder about this since AWARE and other Peace
groups are 
>paying for the BillBoard after-all.
>Bring ideas and suggestions for what we do next!
>
>Below is the message from Zack the graphic design person from
Adams.
>Here's the two billboard layouts that we talked about.  The
first one 
>is similar to the previous layout that we did, with the
changes we 
>talked about on Monday.  The second board is the voter's
ballot idea 
>that you wanted to go with for Oct. - Nov.  We put together
that layout 
>just as you wanted with the exception of the 'impeach Bush &
Cheney' 
>line.  After talking with our GM we feel that with this being
a public 
>service message we wouldn't feel comfortable making such a
precise 
>political statement, since we are simply the advertising
provider.  If 
>you have any questions, please contact Rick Mills, our
General Manager.
>Thanks, and let us know what you think.
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