Arizona a laughing stock once again
Arizona definitely needs a public relations campaign or the rest of the world is going to continue to think we’re a bunch of yahoos. Whether we’re bringing guns in bars or bringing loaded assault weapons to Obama speeches, we can’t seem to stay out of the national parody news.
We did it again on Tuesday night. Stephen Colbert used Arizona’s latest proposal to privatize its jails as the punch line for his popular “The Word” segment:
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Seriously, do our lawmakers try to make us look dumb? I feel bad for the state tourism folks. Thank god we have the Grand Canyon or nobody would ever visit!
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November 5th, 2009 at 1:17 pm
All you have to do is watch the Simpsons to see how much we are made fun of – heard us blasted on their show at least a dozen times over the years on everything from MLK Day to ASU.
And, for any Dan Patrick radio fans, one of the co-hosts is from AZ and used to work at Downside Risk – made fun of AZ residents for carrying guns in there all teh time in the 90s.
November 5th, 2009 at 1:55 pm
You missed the Jon Stewart segment on selling the Capitol.
November 5th, 2009 at 2:12 pm
These issues certainly don’t help us promote tourism to Arizona. It’s all the more reason why we need our own residents to show pride in their community and serve as the best spokespeople for our state and cities wherever we travel.
November 9th, 2009 at 10:29 pm
Be thankful they are talking about us at all. We don’t need a PR campaign. We need to start producing something more interesting than concealed weapon permits, crime sweeps and dissing the president. Until then, be grateful our state gets talked about. No such thing as bad press.
Spend less time worrying about what others are saying about us and spend more time making Arizona awesome.
November 9th, 2009 at 10:50 pm
Worse than not helping promote tourism they also hurting professional recruitment and attracting the type of talent that we need.
Most spring training fans and Grand Canyon gawkers rarely think of politics, when making their vacation plans. And if they do, the draw of the attractions usually outweighs the negative perception.
On the other hand, a bio-science engineer,or software designer does pay a lot of attention to the political and culture climates of potential cities when deciding to relocate