Is right-to-work Pure Michigan? New Pure Michigan ad says so

[James48]

Disgusting- the State of Michigan is now running a new ad touting the new "right-to-work" law passed and just signed into law.

No- it's not "Pure Michigan", but lots of folks are angry tax-payer dollars are being used to advertise right-to-work.

The state of Michigan wasted no time in touting its upcoming status as a right-to-work state in a full-page ad in the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday. The ad declares that Michigan has made history, and goes on to say:

“Michigan is the newest Right-to-Work state. This once-in-a generation transformation has Michigan poised to become a preferred place to do business.”

Although it throws salt into a pretty raw wound, the decision to buy the ad certainly makes sense -- get in front of a global audience making business decisions. The state waves low business taxes, the end of the personal property tax, and its move to neutralize unions in front of CEOs in hopes that they’ll bite. We’re all watching that process closely to see if they do.

And it would have been just fine if the state stopped there. But it placed the “Pure Michigan,” logo at the bottom of the ad, and ends its pitch with this sentiment: “The perfect storm of opportunity, resources and passion is Pure Michigan.”

Pure Michigan highlights many great things about Michigan including our lakes, the Detroit auto show and the tourist destinations across our state. Things we can all agree are good for Michigan. That’s one of the reasons why the campaign is so popular. It has more than 420,000 Facebook fans and more than 43,000 followers on Twitter, where the #puremichigan hashtag, for the most part, is synonymous with beauty.

Right-to-work advocates may argue that the WSJ ad features one positive on top of another. But this issue has divided our state, and by connecting right-to-work to Pure Michigan, it politicizes a distinctly positive, politically neutral campaign that encourages state pride. It’s disappointing that the state decided to tie Pure Michigan to an issue that has torn Michigan apart.

What do you think. Is right-to-work Pure Michigan?

Read the article here:

http://www.freep.com/article/20130109/BLOG2509/130108116
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Or make your OWN FACEBOOK COMMENT On the Pure Michigan facebook page here:

https://www.facebook.com/puremichigan

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1. Texas North?

[James48]

2. Michissippi

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3. BOYCOTT

Contact the ADVERTISERS of the PURE MICHIGAN campaign, and tell them you will not tolerate the racism connection and “right-to-work” advertising they are supporting, and that you will be boycotting their business, and telling all your friends to boycott their business, because the PURE MICHIGAN campaign is using taxpayer dollars to advertise supporting “right-to-work”.


PARTICIPATING TAINTED “PURE MICHIGAN” ADVERTISERS:

These companies are now prominently featured on the “PURE MICHIGAN” web pages- please call them and tell them they are supporting “RIGHT-TO-WORK” fascism and you’ll be boycotting them until they pressure “PURE MICHIGAN” to change.

Bay Pointe Inn Lakefront Resort - 1-888-486-5253
Petoskey Area Visitors Bureau - 1-800-845-2828
Bay Inn of Petoskey- [phone]
Crystal Mountain Ski area, Thompsonville, MI (800) 968-7686
“Discover Kalamazoo” tourism office [phone]
Grand Hotel, Mackinaw Island- [phone]
Traverse City Convention and Visitors Bureau- [phone]