Monthly Archives: February 2010

Public Notice Fight: Courant May Have Given Away The Hidden Agenda Today – It’s The Foreclosure Ads, Stupid

February 21, 2010
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Public Notice Fight: Courant May Have Given Away The Hidden Agenda Today – It’s The Foreclosure Ads, Stupid

For several days I have been wondering about why the Hartford Courant and other daily newspapers are so worked up about the possibility of losing money from municipal public notices. Neither the Connecticut Council Of Municipalities nor the Connecticut Daily Newspaper Association claims to know how much money is involved – though the CDNA...

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Totoya Recalls: From The Perch Of A PR Professional

February 20, 2010
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Every business, organization and individual has a story to tell. Often the stories can be told a number of different ways. That has become obvious as Toyota Motor Sales USA and its Japanese parent struggle through the auto maker’s quality/safety crisis and related “public relations crisis” – one in which the company seems to...

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DirecTV Complaint: Contract Renews With Each Replacement of Defective Equipment

February 20, 2010
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The following complaint was sent by Beverly A. Lyons to Connecticut state officials as well as to us: I am reporting a situation that I feel should be looked into on behalf of all consumers who are may be subject to what I am describing below, or similar practices that seem to me to constitute unfair...

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How To Be A Smart Valet Parking Customer

February 20, 2010
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How To Be A Smart Valet Parking Customer

Imagine that you use valet parking at one of your city's best known hotels. When it comes time to fetch your car, the valet pulls your vehicle under the overhang, steps out and walks away. As you step toward your car, another man swoops in from nowhere, jumps into the driver's seat and speeds...

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