Direct To Video
As early voting in the May 10 Austin city council races gets underway, the main candidates in Place 1 are crowding out the local airwaves. Uncle Lee Leffingwell, 67, goes after whispers that he’s too old or somehow lacking in the energy required to sit on the dais for one more year before he runs for mayor. His TV spot features him jogging around town in shorts apparently borrowed from Bill Clinton. BOR has a link here.
Meanwhile, Leffingwell challenger Jason Meeker is getting his mug on cable TV in a third-party ad paid for by his former campaign treasurer, Discount Electronics chief Rick Culleton. The ad attacks Leffingwell for supporting the infamous Las Manitas bailout loan as well as a pay raise for himself, then for good measure goes after Councilmember Jennifer Kim on the same issues. Both incumbents have refuted the attacks.
Speaking of Kim, she and her opponent Randi Shade each have TV spots of their own. See Kim’s here and Shade’s here.
Posted on April 28, 2008 – 9:07 am by APR
2 Responses to “Direct To Video”
So Kelly, is it true you give Jason Stanford the keys to APR? That’s what I heard.
Why is this “blog” still up?
By Edwin Baller on Apr 30, 2008
HAHA. I guess a better question is why do you still read it, Baller?
By agar on Apr 30, 2008