SkinsHokieFan Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 Anyone remember Mark Penn? Was a big shot in Hillary's campaign http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/71353-mark-penn-got-6-million-from-stimulus Mark Penn's two firms got $6 million from stimulus for PR campaignBy Alexander Bolton - 12/09/09 12:00 AM ET Nearly $6 million in stimulus money was paid to two firms run by Mark Penn, Hillary Clinton’s pollster in 2008. Federal records show that $5.97 million from the $787 billion stimulus helped preserve three jobs at Burson-Marsteller, the global public-relations and communications firm headed by Penn. Burson-Marsteller won the contract to work on a public-relations campaign to advertise the national switch from analog to digital television. Nearly $2.8 million of the contract was issued to Penn’s polling firm, Penn, Schoen & Berland Associates, according to federal records. Federal records also show that a former adviser to President Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign received nearly $70,000 from that contract to help alert viewers in difficult-to-reach communities that their televisions would soon no longer receive broadcast signals. The adviser, Alfredo J. Balsera, who heads a public-affairs firm based in Coral Gables, Fla., helped craft Obama’s Hispanic advertising message. Republicans on Tuesday criticized the federal spending on the advertising project as a waste of taxpayer dollars. They noted that the advertising campaign took place on May 5, only 39 days before the digital television transition was scheduled (June 12) Click link for rest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Genius Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 Anyone remember to look on the first page before they post a thread? http://www.extremeskins.com/showthread.php?t=311114 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinsHokieFan Posted December 9, 2009 Author Share Posted December 9, 2009 Anyone remember to look on the first page before they post a thread?http://www.extremeskins.com/showthread.php?t=311114 I blame too much work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Genius Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 I blame too much work Atleast you will be able to sleep after halftime of the Peach Bowl. Game should be over by then. The Vols don't have a shot at keeping it close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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