Seattle slogan a waste of money


October 2, 2008 · Updated 11:43 PM 

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Two hundred thousand dollars, $200,000, $200,000. What? Who? Why? Metronatural. Why such an amount? Who ... some very wasteful, arrogant bureaucrats? What are they going to do with our tax money next? Apparently not spend it on education, public health, welfare, environment, public housing, etc ...

What happened to things like a contest at a school or such? Even a brainstorm after an all-important coffee break would have been acceptable. Well, maybe that's asking a lot with a real brain needed in the equation.

And just think ... these people are getting paid. Ridiculous.

Mike Murphy

Fall City


Editor's note:

"Metronatural" is the new marketing tagline for Seattle. It is the result of a 16-month, $200,000 effort by Seattle's Convention and Visitors Bureau, a private, nonprofit organization funded by membership dues and a percentage of state hotel and motel taxes.

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