Shock Poll: 47% of Dems Demand a Third Party. So WHEN Will the Rebellion Begin?
Scott Pinsker | 12:53 PM on June 21, 2025
Here’s a dirty little secret about the PR profession: The PR experts in private practice think the PR “experts” who work for politicians, political parties, and government agencies are a bunch of low-watt bulbs. There are exceptions, of course, but as a general rule, the most productive, outside-the-box creative, high-energy PR minds are exclusively in the private sector. The ones who accept government jobs, alas, tend to be lazy, bureaucratic, and full of roadblocks — and good Lord, forget about reaching ‘em after 5 p.m.!
But if you work in PR, you have to deal with ‘em, because the government’s tentacles are so far-reaching. From official statements to agency proclamations to the actual laws and regulations, almost everything involves the local, state, or federal government. Big and small, they’re everywhere.
They’re the 500-pound gorilla.
(An early SNAFU of mine: When celebrity chef Emeril Lagasse was receiving mayoral proclamations from a pair of Florida cities — which I was responsible for writing; this was all negotiated behind-the-scenes — I thought I’d save time by using the same verbiage for each city, and simply switch the names. I didn’t realize they actually read those proclamations out loud beforehand, and the two events would be staged together. Whoops. That was awkward. Plus, one of the mayor’s keys-to-the-city was quadruple the size of the other, so the less-endowed mayor felt “inadequate” and got all grumpy. Isn’t politics fun?)
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