Mayor Meeker and the Garbage Truck
For the last couple of weeks Mayor Meeker’s been meeting with unhappy city garbage workers. Last week, in a show of bonhomie and empathy the Mayor spent the morning riding a garbage truck. He told the News and Observer (10-14-06) he “wanted to learn about the job as sanitation workers protest for better pay and working conditions.” But ask yourself: How did the Mayor’s excursion on the garbage truck end up in the newspapers (who described what he was wearing down to his blue cap). Could it be this was a political PR stunt – and the Mayor tipped off the press off in advance – rather than a show of empathy?
Mayor Meeker and the Garbage Truck
For the last couple of weeks Mayor Meeker’s been meeting with unhappy city garbage workers. Last week, in a show of bonhomie and empathy the Mayor spent the morning riding a garbage truck. He told the News and Observer (10-14-06) he “wanted to learn about the job as sanitation workers protest for better pay and working conditions.” But ask yourself: How did the Mayor’s excursion on the garbage truck end up in the newspapers (who described what he was wearing down to his blue cap). Could it be this was a political PR stunt – and the Mayor tipped off the press off in advance – rather than a show of empathy?