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21 Days of Tretheway: Campaign Conversations (Day 3)
By M. Johnston • Jun 5th, 2010 |An Oldie but a Goodie
Ray and his staffers sit in Baskin Robbins eating ice cream.
Staffer: Sir the YouTube campaign did not work as some had hoped.
Rat [licking ice cream cone]: Do what now?
Staffer: Well after the sign-grabbing incident, someone went on YouTube and created a whole bunch of user accounts with names like “NatomasCreekside” which [...]
21 Days of Tretheway: Campaign Conversations (Day 11)
By M. Johnston • May 29th, 2010 |War Chest Dilemma
Ray sits with his staffers and an unidentified woman wearing a bonnet over her head in a cafe somewhere in downtown Sacramento. The woman’s name has been redacted from our transcripts.
Staffer: Sir you have approximately $82,000 in your campaign war chest. How do you want to spend it?
Ray [without missing a beat]: Elvis [...]
Fun with slogans for Angelique Ashby and Ray Tretheway
By M. Johnston • May 9th, 2010 |Hi friends. A few aggressive suggestions for possible Ray “Sign Cop” Tretheway and challenger Angelique Ashby campaign slogans.
Possible Ashby Slogans:
“Vote Ashby: Because serving your community is about more than planting trees, building forts, and cutting ribbons.”
“Finish what you started Sacramento; vote Ashby in and vote the rest of Heather Fargo out!”
“He let one side of [...]
The secret to mega success and wealth is right under your eyes
By M. Johnston • Apr 14th, 2010 |I, being such a huge advocate of corporate culture (wink wink), was delighted to receive this refreshing email from my dear wife this morning. It’s a great reminder that success doesn’t exactly equate to “when preparation meets opportunity” as we are told by those wise old adage makers. It also proves success isn’t reserved exclusively [...]
Read the rest of the story»Win-Win: Graswich grooms for city hall, Johnson silences loudmouth critic
By M. Johnston • Aug 15th, 2009 |Let’s get a pool going on on how long he’ll last in the MayorCorps. I give him six months max. Poor
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