Category: Advertising

The Billboards Are Back: City Hearing Next Week

March 5, 2009

Posted by engagedcitizen under Advertising, Civic Engagement, Community Development, Downtown, Get Involved, Government, Issues, Pittsburgh, Sustainable Development, Take Action

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Remember the big debacle last year regarding a certain LED billboard on a certain transportation center (at the corner of Grant and 11th Streets in Downtown Pittsburgh)? (See this, that, or the other post from last year.) Well, lucky for us, we have a say in the issue. As the City prepares to develop policy…

McCain ad running during Stanley Cup final

May 29, 2008

Posted by mmp under Advertising, MoveOn.org

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Just saw that McCain is running this ad on NBC as Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final is starting: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yI4mNspYdCA[/youtube] McCain will be trying to seperate himself from Bush in Western PA as in a lot of other places around the country. In the meantime, MoveOn.org will be reminding people how remarkably similar McCain…

Consol Energy donates to Romney-affiliated Super Pac
pipelinepg:

The Pittsburgh-based natural gas and coal extractor contributed $150,000 to a Romney-affiliated Super PAC in July. Consol executives also gave $22,000 to the Republican front-runner’s campaign during the most recent Federal Elections Commission filing period, which covered October, November and December 2011.

02/08/12
@PoliticsPA looks at the PAGOP Endorsement Policies - PAGOP to County Chairs: Non-Endorsed Candidates Need Not Apply

Ironically, those elements in the GOP want to run things more like Pa. Democrats.
Dem state committee endorsements are not binding despite requiring a higher, two-thirds threshold (the PAGOP only requires 50 percent plus 1). Democratic county committees can – and often do – endorse primary opponents of candidates that have been endorsed by the state committee.

And efforts by reformers who want the party to emulate the GOP – by tightening up the bylaws or to committing noteworthy financial resources to back up endorsements – are the subject of intense scrutiny by progressives and activists.

So who’s right? GOP party leaders point to the most important statistic of all: win rate. Since 2001, the GOP has won 54 percent of contested statewide elections.

Related articles
- Corbett’s slate exposes GOP rift (philly.com)
- Let voters determine primaries, not political parties, groups say (pennlive.com)
- Gov. Corbett takes risks with Republican Party, pressures endorsement for his candidates (pennlive.com)
02/08/12
@PoliticsPA looks at the PAGOP Endorsement Policies - PAGOP to County Chairs: Non-Endorsed Candidates Need Not Apply

Ironically, those elements in the GOP want to run things more like Pa. Democrats.
Dem state committee endorsements are not binding despite requiring a higher, two-thirds threshold (the PAGOP only requires 50 percent plus 1). Democratic county committees can – and often do – endorse primary opponents of candidates that have been endorsed by the state committee.

And efforts by reformers who want the party to emulate the GOP – by tightening up the bylaws or to committing noteworthy financial resources to back up endorsements – are the subject of intense scrutiny by progressives and activists.

So who’s right? GOP party leaders point to the most important statistic of all: win rate. Since 2001, the GOP has won 54 percent of contested statewide elections.

Related articles
- Corbett’s slate exposes GOP rift (philly.com)
- Let voters determine primaries, not political parties, groups say (pennlive.com)
- Gov. Corbett takes risks with Republican Party, pressures endorsement for his candidates (pennlive.com)
02/08/12

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