Let politicians dump money into bus ads, reduce taxes
Apr 3, 2015, 12:10 PM | Updated: Oct 14, 2024, 9:25 am
King County Metro will not let a Seattle City Council member pay for an advertisement that would generate $10,000 in revenue. (AP)
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Update: King County accepted Kshama Sawant’s ad Thursday, after the name of the active candidate was removed. The name was the only part of the ad that violated Metro’s policy.
Taken from Friday’s edition of the David Boze Show on AM 770 KTTH.
Kshama Sawant is upset that King County Metro will not allow her ad to appear on the side of buses.
They say, “Minimum Wage Rises April 1 We Won!” and “Know Your Rights,” with a phone number underneath.
Sawant is willing to pay $10,000 to secure 32 ad spaces for the entire month.
Metro rejected the design because it is political.
There are plenty of reasons to disagree with Sawant. However, this is a disagreement with King County Metro.
Somebody’s offering Metro $10,000 to put up a sign that says minimum wage goes up in April. It did. You could go back and say the political part is “we won!” and the policy statement is “minimum wage rises April 1.” Even if you wanted to keep with your policy, you could.
Change the ad to say, “Minimum wage rises April 1.”
But let’s face it, the whole point of banning political advertisement is basically Seattle and King County are full of a bunch of babies who can’t handle seeing signs that they disagree with on the side of buses.
If someone wants to pay for an ad and decrease the amount of money people are taxed – so that Metro can pay for more of its own weight – why wouldn’t we?
Let the political groups pay more money. Why are we stopping them from doing so? Enough is enough.
Taken from Friday’s edition of the David Boze Show on AM 770 KTTH.
