Ted joined Dan Proft and Amy Jacobson this week to discuss the fundamental problems J.B. Pritzker has campaigning for tourism to attract people to Illinois.
Ted stated, “Think about what the [Governor] has to overcome now. Over a thousand murders in Cook County. Everybody knows that is the biggest campaign that’s being covered by every newspaper and TV station across the country…It’s going to be tough. We’re going to need much more than a campaign. Especially since there a lot of other cities to visit that have a lot less crime.”
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Unfortunately this message strikes me as a case of “extremely tone deaf” or gross incompetence. Day late dollar short. The King (JB) had his way with his citizens, he crushed everyday people and reinforced that Illinois was “all about the science”. The legislature did not want to show up without the same excuses. The Queen (LL) led the way with her own version of the King’s and we the peasants are left with nothing but straws to grasp. They did a fine job of completely breaking the state. The level of incompetence and complete lack of “governing” which is basically… Read more »
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It’s like an abusive alcoholic husband that beats his wife and kids almost daily and guts the place in his fits of rage, and then wants to have family over for a dinner party to celebrate the couple’s anniversary. Tone deaf indeed!
The governor is promoting tourism in Illinois. That’s fine. But if I’m an out-of-at owner, I’m looking at the rest of Illinois. There’s Galena, Springfield, Shawnee National Forest, Starved Rock. Try those places, but Chicago ? Not while you have to risk becoming the next crime statistic. Just outside Chicago there’s a place called Illinois!
Outside Cook County there’s a place called Illinois.
Come to Chicago for the food—Then become the FOOD. Circle of life!
They don’t need marketing, they need propaganda. They are not trying to increase purchasing desire, they are trying to create an alternate reality.
The reality is criminals are running wild and the local mayor/police/prosecutor/judges won’t deal with them because of race.
“Our ideas and core principals simply have a marketing problem”
Said every committed Democrat ever.
Tourism ad, “Come to Chicago and see the chalk outlines of murder victims on the streets and sidewalks”. That should bring bus loads of visitors
That will bring busloads of victims too. More Chalk Lines will be the new sloagan