Monday, August 18, 2008
Gov. Jodi Rell didn’t get quite enough media exposure last Friday, when she chose the shadow of the Farmington Nordstrom, at the fabulously SUB-urban West Farms Mall to extoll the virtues of the tax-free week for sales of clothes and shoes less than $300.
Fine and dandy. Plus, it gave reporters a chance to get her in the field on other issues. The Blogster asked Rell whether she’d put one of those planned “How Am I Driving?” bumper stickers on her Lincoln Town Car.
It’s unlikely, let’s put it that way. Then she pretended the hard-working State Police who are her security detail, always drive the speed limit. Hmmm.
Be that as it may, Blog-o-rama likes the idea of reporting state employees who speed by on the highway like they’re on their way to a fire.Why should WE subsidize their poor gas mileage?
But back to the meaning of this post. Rell, a master at overstating things, has a 1 p.m.media event TOMORROW in Branford to yet again talk about the weeklong tax holiday. This one’s at the Kohl’s in Branhaven Plaza on West Main Street. It makes the Blogster wonder whether she’s combining personal shopping with media events. She would readily admit that she’s more of a Kohl’s shopper than a Nordstromite..