Advertising images are not credentials
Normandy, Michael Jordan, Bill Gates and Ronald Reagan. John Wayne and M.L.K. We played Sinatra on the moon. Babe Ruth and Clint Eastwood. A country guy from Tennessee. An old lady ironing and some African-American kids.
“I’m Zach Wamp’s son, and I approve of these images in my commercial for Congress, even though they have nothing to do with my credentials. Don’t you?”
Now that’s a brave bet.
BETTERTON WALLACE
Did Riverwalk start with a suggestion?
One night back in 1979, ’80 or so, I was in a bar on Brainard Road. There were people there from the city government asking people for suggestions about what we could do to improve the city. I suggested a sidewalk along the river similar to the one they have in Frankfort, Germany.