Plainfielders may be momentarily amused to read in today's Courier (print edition only, sorry!) that Mayor Sharon Robinson-Briggs hosted the Statewide Double Dutch contest. Nearly two weeks ago!
The amusement may fade quickly when they learn that her public relations staff -- for which the annual tab is what? $200,000 now? -- managed to get neither an advance story nor a picture story in Plainfield's paper-of-record.
How can that be, you ask? Good question.
Thirty-three teams participated in the event, which took place on May 3 -- nearly two weeks ago. According to the Courier, the 16 teams given first-place honors will go on to the world finals in North Carolina.
Personally, I would have found a picture story compelling. I'm sure the parents and team members who participated would have been thrilled.
Even Mayor Robinson-Briggs might have been thrilled for the photo-op.
Did it take THAT long for her crack staff to write up the event? If so, who dropped the ball?
Or, metaphorically more appropriately, who got tangled in the ropes?
The amusement may fade quickly when they learn that her public relations staff -- for which the annual tab is what? $200,000 now? -- managed to get neither an advance story nor a picture story in Plainfield's paper-of-record.
How can that be, you ask? Good question.
Thirty-three teams participated in the event, which took place on May 3 -- nearly two weeks ago. According to the Courier, the 16 teams given first-place honors will go on to the world finals in North Carolina.
Personally, I would have found a picture story compelling. I'm sure the parents and team members who participated would have been thrilled.
Even Mayor Robinson-Briggs might have been thrilled for the photo-op.
Did it take THAT long for her crack staff to write up the event? If so, who dropped the ball?
Or, metaphorically more appropriately, who got tangled in the ropes?
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Perhaps because the "Plainfield team" only performed an "exhibition" for the event. The real question was how did this benefit Plainfield. I didn't see any advertisement for the event so that Plainfield residents could attend. So if it wasn't for Plainfield's benefit, what was the City's cost to entertain non residents.
You're suggesting we entertained them? Even I hadn't thought of that. If we did, it's another example of our tax dollars at work.
Again what does Laurence Rice do? Isn't he the PR Director for the City of Plainfield?
I wish I could find a job where you get to call yourself the Director, get paid and do not one darn thing
"Public relations" in Plainfield is a joke. We need to get a leader in the mayor's role who can show some real leadership in improving Plainfield's image and attracting business and visitors to our downtown.. and fill the PR positions with people who can write well, know how to market a town and who will be a visible, active presence in our community. Oh, and they should know how to run a municipal cable access channel with some current programming that someone would actually want to watch.
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