Vive La Difference
By Mitch Berg
In Saint Paul, the Republicans rented space in a couple of nearly-empty old (1890’s) office buildings that had sold (to the current owners, not the GOP) for $10.
Hm. Saving money. Good, conservative management. (Comment about the Bush Administration’s spending excised for excessive obviousness).
Democratic National Convention Committee decided not to take cheap office space and instead rented top-quality offices in downtown Denver at $100,000 a month, only to need less than half the space, which it then filled with rental furniture at $50,000 a month. And in a costly misstep, the Denver host committee, early on, told corporate donors that their contributions were not tax-deductible, rather than to encourage donations by saying that the tax-exempt application was pending and expected to be approved.
So that’s where all the dotcom CEOs went.
July 7th, 2008 at 5:43 am
It reminds me of Roger Moe’s run for governor in 2002. His campaign rented space in Calhoun Square in Uptown. They probably got a deal; it was upstairs space, not on the more valuable main floor. But when you consider that people have to pay to park at Calhoun Square, and the impression it leaves when you have your office space there, well, it was symptomatic of a way of thinking that won’t resonate in outstate Minnesota.
Of course, their consultants had the cure for that! Let’s rent a stock car, and have it follow Roger in parades! Yeah, those country folks all love that NASCAR thing. Get them to associate Roger with stock cars, and they won’t remember that he was the ultimate lefty insider in the legislature!
July 7th, 2008 at 9:41 am
ANd you must have heard the local caterers in Denver are turning down the business because Democrats crazy regulations (like dictating the colors of the food). And these people want to run the nation.
July 7th, 2008 at 3:24 pm
http://www.denver.org/metro/dnc/news-detail?bid=6
* Half of the meal (or 50%) of the plate is made up of fruits and/or vegetables
* A colorful meal – include at least three of the following five colors: red, green, yellow, blue/purple, and white (Garnishes not included)
* No items are to be fried
* 70% or more of ingredients by pre-cooked weight are certified organic and/or grown or raised in Colorado
* 70% or more of ingredients by pre-cooked weight are fresh and (not pre-processed)