Tuesday, October 16th, 2007...8:54 am
Next Up: An Invasion of Marana to Find their WMD
A correspondent reported that they saw a bumper sticker for Dan Spahr. No word on whether the car was being driven by Mr. Spahr.
The correspondent claimed that the sticker said, “Support Our Troops - Dan Spahr 2007.” Um, what?
(I was told at a campaign training I went to back in 2000 not to refer to them as “bumper stickers” any more but rather “bumper strips.” Aside from pretentious pros who have spent more time at these trainings than talking to actual voters, I have never heard the term anywhere.)
In a related note, I see Lori Oien has taken to billboards to advertise her candidacy. Here’s to hoping she wastes more money on such things. Every election there seems to be a candidate who decides to throw some money into billboards, and I never see these folks win. My suggestion for more ways to waste sparse campaign cash: combs and emery boards with her name on them…it is pure genius.
Another side note since I am prone to such things: Clear Channel, the owner of most of the billboards in town, is involved in an ongoing litigation with the City. It probably ain’t a conflict of interest for a council candidate to do buisiness with these guys, but I find it unseemly. By the way, even though her last report was filed last week, I can’t find where Oien paid for these billboards.
9 Comments
October 16th, 2007 at 10:27 am
I look forward to the free emery boards every election cycle!
October 16th, 2007 at 12:01 pm
Hey, Marana may need a regime change, they haven’t been playing well with others.
October 16th, 2007 at 4:34 pm
Actually the billboards were paid for by the Tucson Police and Fire Unions that support Lori. I guess they figured billboards are harder to steal than yard signs.
Your wrong about winners. Last year our governor was smiling at the voters from billboards in Phoenix.
October 16th, 2007 at 5:08 pm
Bumper strips? That’s ridiculous.
October 16th, 2007 at 9:44 pm
I think you are wrong. Emery boards are an excellent idea. Tonight I received one of them from the FWNACC, (Flowing Wells Neighborhood Association and Community Coalition). It was inexpensive, useful and got their name recognition out to the Neighborhood Association Leaders of Tucson.
October 17th, 2007 at 5:26 am
What about the “I am a Fan” of fans?
October 17th, 2007 at 9:14 am
And I thought the only place an emery board was controversial was when it was discovered in a pitcher’s back pocket during a baseball game.
Boy, was I all wet!
October 18th, 2007 at 7:00 am
IR -
Might be a good idea for the neighborhood association, but a waste of money for a candidate who needs to make sure that money is spent on actual voter contact.
October 18th, 2007 at 4:18 pm
Colorez!’s Oct. 11 issue dealt with Spahr’s bumper sticker, in the Not-So-Straight Talk Express political column, written by yours truly.
Here’s what I wrote:
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In the Ward 4 race, you can vote for either Democrat incumbent Shirley Scott or Republican challenger Dan Spahr.
Spahr, the Dabney Coleman look-alike who apologized for GOP homophobia at the Equality Arizona candidate forum, has new bumper stickers around town. They say “Support the troops” in larger font than his Web site address.
I wrote to him to ask why he thinks his candidacy has anything to do with supporting the troops.
“I believe the troops are our sons and daughters, so we should support them in every/any way possible,” he replied, and told me about his son, a West Point graduate who served in Kosovo. “His job as a tank commander was to try to keep the Muslims from killing the Serbs and vice versa. He now works for Toyota.”
But why “Support The Troops” and not “Save The Whales” or “Eat Your Veggies?” Why would people who support the troops vote for Spahr and not Scott? How is a vote for Spahr a vote for the troops?
“Please understand Support The Troops was a slogan adopted because it is patriotic. Nothing more. If I thought Save The Whales would have gotten on more bumpers
I would have used it,” he replied. “I am honored to be apart (sic) of the American election process.”
I guess he’s honest. If you want a guy who is honest about cynical political manipulation, Dan Spahr is probably your candidate.
What about Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell? The city council voted unanimously over the summer to oppose the military’s policy of discrimination; does he disagree with the policy?
Spahr doesn’t even seem to have heard of it before. “I don’t have any background on this issue and would like to learn from your perspective,” he wrote.
Spahr changed the subject line of our email exchange to “I will win on Nov. 6!” and told me that he’ll get elected because the voters feel manipulated and lied to.
“They will send me to council to send a message to city haul (sic), produce some results or you are next to be voted out!” he wrote.
Yeah. Shame on those people who would shamelessly manipulate the voters.
By the way — Save The Whales, Yes on Proposition Kynn!
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