Boston goes nuts, Seattle not so much
BBSNews 2007-02-01 -- Boston was paralyzed yesterday by authorities who saw an electronic ad as a suspicious threat but Seattle took it in stride. In Boston, the mayor Thomas M. Menino was reported by the New York Times as saying:
"It is outrageous, in a post-9/11 world, that a company would use this type of marketing scheme," Mr. Menino said in a statement. "I am prepared to take any and all legal action against Turner Broadcasting and its affiliates for any and all expenses incurred during the response to today’s incidents."
Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley said:
"We're not going to let this go without looking at the further roots of how this happened to cause the panic in this city."
Meanwhile Seattle said through the AP:
"'We haven't had any calls to 911 regarding this,' Seattle police spokesman Sean Whitcomb said Wednesday."
It was further said in the article:
"The devices turned out to be a publicity campaign for a late-night cable cartoon. Most depict a character giving the finger."
No word yet on which official will be called to account for blowing this way out of proportion.
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