Corporate Sponsored Pothole Repair!

Guest post from AAA Reader James Ewert:

A certain greasy chicken franchise is adding another item to its menu: pothole patching. In Louisville, KY and potentially in a town near you, what was once a city service paid for by tax payers might become another avenue for advertising. The fried chicken restaurant extended an offer to mayors across the country to have the restaurant fill the city’s potholes and in return be allowed to affix a chalk logo to the newly paved asphalt. I know it’s a recession and all, and municipalities are feeling the pinch when it comes to typical city services like snow plowing and pothole patching, but come on; do we really need a fried chicken restaurant filling potholes for us? – James Ewert

Thanks James!  If you’re concerned about corporation sweeping into rescue us from tax cuts, see these previous posts:

• The Golden Gate Billboard
• Chanel in Central Park
• MTA’s ads on Subway windows
• all posts tagged taxes