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TxDOT’s idea of a contest: The winner goes to New York City
As part of a holiday safe-driving campaign, Gov. Rick Perry’s state is giving away a grand-prize trip to the home of all things Yankee, New York City.
I’m not kidding. The Texas Department of Transportation wants us to spend money in New York.
Six months after Perry unleashed TV ads mocking New York’s soda ban and saying “Opportunity Awaits” in Texas, his highway department will reward safe driving by sending one winner for an opportunity Texas apparently can’t match: a Big Apple New Year’s Eve.
The “NYC for NYE” Sweepstakes includes airfare, two hotel nights, dinner, a Broadway show and a limo with driver.
Value: $5,350 in tourist spending for NYC.
Zip for Texas.
I’m not kidding. The Texas Department of Transportation wants us to spend money in New York.
Six months after Perry unleashed TV ads mocking New York’s soda ban and saying “Opportunity Awaits” in Texas, his highway department will reward safe driving by sending one winner for an opportunity Texas apparently can’t match: a Big Apple New Year’s Eve.
The “NYC for NYE” Sweepstakes includes airfare, two hotel nights, dinner, a Broadway show and a limo with driver.
Value: $5,350 in tourist spending for NYC.
Zip for Texas.
The complete article is at http://www.star-telegram.com/2013/12/03/5389170/txdots-idea-of-a-contest-the-winner.html?rh=1 .
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