Helping Iowa?

[ladysnaps.livejournal.com]

Something found in my alerts this morning.

Gov. Chet Culver wants to use some Iowa star power to launch a new advertising campaign promoting the state.

The national ad campaign envisioned by Culver would feature Iowa natives who have made a name for themselves in the entertainment and sports worlds.

Those who might fit the bill, he said, include golf pro Zach Johnson, this year's Masters tournament winner, and Hollywood actors Elijah Wood, Ashton Kutcher and Tom Arnold.






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Personally, I'd love to see him help out. I was in Des Moines last year, and it's a great city.

The Des Moines Register

Comments

[bunniewabbit.livejournal.com]

I found this to be a bit silly, when I read it. They're hoping to enlist the help of an actor who left the state at the age of 8 and hasn't been back for years and years?

OTOH, maybe I'm wrong -- maybe he has very fond memories of his birth state and will be enthusiastic about helping. But I can only see him doing it if he's got nothing else to do at the time.

[sorceress1986.livejournal.com]

No, bunnie, I agree. I mean, he's had a spaces of time where he could go back, and apparently he hasn't. I think it's for his own personal reasons (understandably), but I still don't think using him as representation is wise.