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Saturday, September 10, 2011

Initiative 1183

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Has anybody besides me noticed the commercials by the police and firefighters who are campaigning against Initiative 1183 which would allow more sales outlets for liquor? Nearly all of them are wearing their uniforms and including their taxpayer-owned vehicles and/or buildings in those commercials. I don't think those are legitimate uses.

According to:
RCW 42.17A.555
Use of public office or agency facilities in campaigns -- Prohibition
-- Exceptions. (Effective January 1, 2012.)

No elective official nor any employee of his or her office nor any person appointed to or employed by any public office or agency may use or authorize the use of any of the facilities of a public office or agency, directly or indirectly, for the purpose of assisting a campaign for election of any person to any office or for the promotion of or opposition to any ballot proposition. Facilities of a public office or agency include, but are not limited to, use of stationery, postage, machines, and equipment, use of employees of the office or agency during working hours, vehicles, office space, publications of the office or agency, and clientele lists of persons served by the office or agency. ...

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UPDATE:

I just saw a pro-I1183 commercial: lo and behold, participants in that commercial were also "exploiting" taxpayer-paid vehicles, etc.
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5 comments:

Kardnos said...

good catch

a real winer said...

If they buy their own uniforms, which was the case when my father was a firefighter, that's probably OK. But, vehicles and buildings would be another story.

sidrat38 said...

Thanks to your comment, I just paid careful attention to one of those commercials..

You actually don't see a full police car or fire engine..just flashing lights..

The uniforms they are wearing do not identify the specific department/municipality they work for

It certainly is misleading, but it looks like a very carefully framed commercial..

Watch it again with a very critical eye..It SEEMS like more than it is

Anonymous98507 said...

Both of these videos identify the participants and the agencies they represent on-screen.

Anti:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyfHxomJEIQ

Pro:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59PRvgcbOpA&NR=1

sidrat38 said...

They do identify the participants and municipalities..but watch the commercials REAl closely..

They don't actually show a police car or fire vehicle/ambulance..just a vehicle with a light bar flashing...

The people representing their agencies..it's hard to tell if their actually wearing their uniforms..

.just kinda playing devil's advocate, here, anon..

I get your point, though...