And once again a marketing firm fakes a bit of activism for fun and profit while their colleagues and supporters congratulate them for paid work disguised as public service.
To wit . . .
THE LATEST KANSAS CITY STREETCAR MARKETING CAMPAIGN ATTEMPTS TO SPIN DOWNTOWN SMALL BIZ DEVASTATION THANKS TO POORLY PLANED TOY TRAIN CONSTRUCTION!!!
Here's the effort:
www.in40weeks.com
Mission statement . . .
"Take the 40 Weeks Pledge to do something downtown every week for the next 40 weeks. See history in the making. Make some memories. Share them. Let’s journal this together. It is your reminder to check in on your downtown, with unique ideas each week that will give you a front row view of transformation."
And of course this seems like a response to THE EFFORTS OF KICK-ASS TKC TIPSTERS who reported the toy train streetcar devastation for small biz . . . The Star even followed our journalistic lead.
Strangely . . . I pretty sure this blog is keeping these guys employed by simply reporting the facts of streetcar construction FAIL. I don't know why they aren't nicer to me.
Now City Hall follows with good money after bad given to this firm that faked their activist street cred in order to win contracts and support an effort that Kansas City voters ultimately rejected.
Developing . . .