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Last Updated on Friday, 4 January 2008 01:39 Written by rslcpol Friday, 4 January 2008 11:47
The debate on public service announcements is long and ongoing. The best way avoid any abuse of taxpayer funded TV time by ANY public official (because lets be honest, anyone who’s ever run for office thinks they should be sitting behind the big desk at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue) is to use actors, or professional staff members of the sponsoring state agency.
Are those phrases from Securities Commissioner Chris Biggs, Treasurer Lynn Jenkins and Secretary of State Ron Thornburgh public service announcements or code words for “vote for me”?The answer, according to Thornburgh, depends on who is talking.
“I am sure there is a line,” he said. “It is almost like ‘beauty is in the eye of the beholder.’