Friday, April 24, 2009
Is It Just Me, or Is This Misleading?
So I took a real good gander at the Vote No! Web site today - and noticed immediately Angela Hunt's photo on it.
Now, let's begin this by saying the Vote No! site is for both Prop 1 and Prop 2, and urges a no vote for both. But that being said, it doesn't do much on the front page to distinguish between the two.
So just on first glance, it looks like Angela Hunt is urging people to vote no on both. And we know that's not true. While yes, she does urge people to vote no on the harebrained Prop 2, she's decidedly on the Vote Yes! side of Prop 1.
But she's also popular. She's known as being one of the smartest city council members and - to me - it looks as if they're trying to capitalize on that popularity by hinting she's for everything the Vote No! camp stands for.
Couldn't they have used a picture of someone else?
Update: Angela Hunt responded in the comments, and reports the photo has been removed.
And another update: Wilonsky has more at Unfair Park.
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