From Jeremy Iggers column in today's Strib Taste section, page T6
Bye-bye Billboards:
Chino Latino's billboards boasting that Our happy hour is
cheaper than a Bangkok brothel are gone, thanks to a protest
campaign of calls and e-mails complaining that the message was racist
and
Apparently a gleeful acceptance of the global prostitution of girls is not
simply a local phenomenon. How nice of Chino to down the billboard, now I'm all
happy. Can't wait to take my new daughter there when she's old enough to swallow
the sarcasm. Anyone get a photo of this billboard before it
First of all, hats off to Lynnell Mickelsen and others on this list who so
believe in the power of the comsumer, as well as the power of citizens, to
let their voices be agents of change. Whether it's through this List or
through the ballot box, one or two voices can truly make a difference.
