Cash-strapped local governments have sometimes turned to the idea of “public-private partnerships” recently, but when People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals comes calling to oblige? As the Longmont Times-Call’s John Fryar reports:
“I don’t think it’s a serious proposal,” said George Gerstle, director of the Boulder County Transportation Department.
On Thursday, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals sent Gerstle a letter proposing to resurface some of the subdivision roads – if the county would agree to stencil a PETA ad over each such repaved road.
“The ad features a sexy silhouette of a curvaceous woman holding a sign that reads, ‘Word on the Street: Go Vegan! PETA,'” the organization wrote Gerstle…
Gerstle said Friday afternoon that even if PETA’s proposal is serious and not just a publicity stunt, “we don’t want to go down that path of having advertising on our roads.”
Boulder County officials have estimated that it could cost $22 million or more to bring all of the more than 150 miles of paved roads in more than 100 unincorporated residential subdivisions up to good condition in five years, and as much as $25 million if the work were spread over 15 years.
Earlier this year, PETA offered to replace trash cans that Colorado Springs was forced by their ongoing budget crisis to remove from city parks–declined, apparently having scantily-clad PETA girls telling the next generation of El Paso County conservatives to “go vegan” outweighed the benefits of trash cans in the parks. It’s a perennial debate, like ads on school buses, but PETA’s involvement makes the question politically, um, titillating.
Would you let PETA start your town down the slippery slope of ad-supported road maintenance? Why or why not? A poll follows.
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the UN!
On the other hand, naked women on bicycles. Even CrazyDanВ® might approve.
Don’t forget the Nazis.
Okay, in less than two comments, Godwin’s Law has been evoked.
How can you even tell they are Nazis without the fancy uniforms?
But, naked Nazis would be Amaesing.
Didn’t you see Inglourious Basterds?
Are there other ones?
is allowed to pave the stretch of road behind it.
and I’m a member. And, I have an arsenal. And, I can use it.
Is that the road maintenance money saved would just end up going to the prison system, not to education or healthcare or other infrastructure projects where it is needed. With an iron-clad guarantee that the cash saved goes straight into the education budget or stays in the road budget but it applied to other things like bridge repair, I’d be all for it. At least drivers would keep their eyes on the road there rather than on their cell phones or GPS screens.
half of the predicament we’re in right now is exactly caused by this idea that we can get other institutions to pay fo rpublic services. Coke, Pepsi and Ftrito-Lay get to bid fo rour schools concessions to help their budgets? Why not!
It’s long past time we stood up and started to invest in th eservices we need. Forget this starve the beast, outsource eveygthing, big business is really benevolent crap. And that PETA would go down that road at all is really just sad.
First PETA, Next the Marlboro man.
If you allow one in, you have to allow them all.
On the other hand it could be interesting to see the beer and liquor companies choosing to sponsor the roads in front of bars and liquor stores.
Why not pay for infrastructure with ads? They pay the upfront cost and we cover the maintenance and set a time table when the ad has to go. Sounds great to me.
Put a nice sign with the sponsor’s name on it.
Probably need to light the sign so it’s visible at night.
You would be fined if you parked in the road and blocked views of the sign.
Brilliant. Let’s start now. I bet the DNC has some money for sidewalks.
In my view, this could be no different than billboards..
Do you mean regulations on the “free” market?
Shudder.
People Eating Tasty Animals. Everything looks better next to mashed potatoes and gravy.
If an animal didn’t die, it wasn’t a meal.