Hire local companies to reach out to voters
As a Web geek and political junkie, I noticed things during this political season that the average person might not.
Alice Kryzan went 500 miles to find Chicago advertising firm Adelstein & Liston to produce her hokey, yet effective, television advertisement featuring faux foes. She won the 26th Congressional District’s primary.
Joe Mesi outsourced his Web design to PlusThree, a firm based in New York City, Washington, D. C., and North Carolina. He won his bid to “fight” for Buffalo in the State Senate. To quote Mesi’s “jobs” page: “My first priority . . . will be to bring well-paying jobs back to our area.”
Mesi could start by sending some of his campaign contributions back into Buffalo-based businesses. And while Kryzan was busy telling the boys to “take it somewhere else,” she could have been googling “advertising firms and Buffalo” as part of her “fight to bring good-paying jobs back to our region.”
I’m sure these aren’t the only examples. Politicians should put their campaign money where their mouths are and look to local talent to reach out to voters. They should demonstrate they care about Western New York by investing, when they can, in our region. Anything less just shows an insensitivity and cluelessness that we don’t need representing Buffalo.
Kara Kane
Glenwood
