"Ladies for Locke" draws rebuke
Nancy Sims, who describes herself as the primary female blogger covering the mayoral race, isn't pleased with some recent campaign literature that targets female voters.
Specifically, the "Ladies for Locke" invitation, posted on Sims's "Mayoral Musings" blog, was not a hit with her or others in her office:
Honestly. It is 2009. When are the women going to get seats on the Finance Committee and stop being segregated? When? Women can raise funds for political campaigns. Frankly, we don’t need to be segregated.
The Locke campaign had a boilerplate response for Sims:
Kim Devlin, spokesperson for the campaign indicated that the invite was the work of an overzealous supporter and it did not receive approval from the campaign prior to distribution.
Funny, but when I look at the invitation, I can read very clearly at the bottom: "Political Advertising Paid for by Gene Locke Campaign."
Maybe the campaign should be vetting materials that it's paying for more carefully. If the candidate and his staff can't manage that, it's not a good indicator that they can manage the more numerous and important details of municipal government.
Ladies by flickr user thenoodleator used via a Creative Commons License.
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Posted by Kevin Whited @ 09/10/09 08:18 PM | Print |
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