Hall of Fame Advertising Issues
Turns out there are a few issues with the advertisements that made, or didn't make, it in to the program for the Hall of Fame Dinner fundraiser for the El Paso Democratic Party.
Many of the advertisements lacked the legal disclaimer lines they are supposed to have. But even more significant, some of the ads looked like a bumbled effort (almost no effort) or they had incorrect information on them.
Here's a couple of examples. This is the ad for El Paso County Chairman Danny Anchondo that appeared in the program:
Did you catch it?
Look again.
It says he's running for El Paso County Commissioner Dist. 1. He's not. He's running for Precinct #1. That might sound like a little thing and maybe it is, but its significant to me for two reasons. One, he's the head of the Democratic Party and he got something like that wrong. Two, and probably more significant, is that it could confuse voters. Trust me, older folks find technology confusing and intimidating as it is. Couple that with the fact that we only get to use our electronic ballots for a few minutes every other year to vote with and I can assure you, you don't want ANYTHING that will confuse a voter.
This ad from Victor Flores doesn't make sense to me at all. I found out the full page ads were really expensive, especially given that there were for something that was only given out to people in the room and I'll bet very few of them actually looked through the entire thing. So why pay for a full size ad and have it look like something done on Microsoft Word?
He's a nice guy, he deserved a better ad than that.:
Sources within the El Paso Democratic Party also indicate that a few candidates actually paid for ads that never made it in to the program.
No word on whether they have received a refund for the money they spent to secure the ads.
Many of the advertisements lacked the legal disclaimer lines they are supposed to have. But even more significant, some of the ads looked like a bumbled effort (almost no effort) or they had incorrect information on them.
Here's a couple of examples. This is the ad for El Paso County Chairman Danny Anchondo that appeared in the program:
Did you catch it?
Look again.
It says he's running for El Paso County Commissioner Dist. 1. He's not. He's running for Precinct #1. That might sound like a little thing and maybe it is, but its significant to me for two reasons. One, he's the head of the Democratic Party and he got something like that wrong. Two, and probably more significant, is that it could confuse voters. Trust me, older folks find technology confusing and intimidating as it is. Couple that with the fact that we only get to use our electronic ballots for a few minutes every other year to vote with and I can assure you, you don't want ANYTHING that will confuse a voter.
This ad from Victor Flores doesn't make sense to me at all. I found out the full page ads were really expensive, especially given that there were for something that was only given out to people in the room and I'll bet very few of them actually looked through the entire thing. So why pay for a full size ad and have it look like something done on Microsoft Word?
He's a nice guy, he deserved a better ad than that.:
Sources within the El Paso Democratic Party also indicate that a few candidates actually paid for ads that never made it in to the program.
No word on whether they have received a refund for the money they spent to secure the ads.
Comments
Post a Comment
We encourage constructive community dialogue, debate, and conversation - but we reserve the right to refuse to publish a comment or delete a comment if we feel like it. Be a respectful adult. Use common sense.