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Siwsan

(26,268 posts)
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 08:15 PM Oct 2013

UPDATE: The meaning behind Flint's "I'm Worried About the Blueberries" sign is revealed

There was a post, earlier in the week, about this sign. I promised to update people on the meaning



Mystery solved: Man behind strange 'Blueberry Billboard' in Flint comes forward, explains meaning
FLINT, MI – It’s not about drugs or schools or children or global warming. In fact, it’s not even about blueberries.
The infamous billboard on I-69 billboard in Flint that reads “I’m Concerned About The Blueberries” is simple, according to the man who finally came forward to identify himself as the person who commissioned the sign.

“This is a stunt. It was something I decided to put up to grab people’s attention so they could start thinking about blueberries,” he said.
“But now you need to make the transition to know what the heck I’m talking about. Blueberries are the concerns and the hurdles and the struggles that all of us deal with in a day.”

The man is Flint entrepreneur and business owner Phil Shaltz. Tom Carroll is the vice president of CBS Outdoor – the owner of the billboard. He was able to confirm that Shaltz is the man behind the billboard and that it went up on Oct. 7, 2013.

Shaltz is the president and CEO of Shaltz Automation, a managing partner for a number of downtown Flint restaurants, founder of the nonprofit Flint Diaper Bank, and he sits on the Hurley Board of Managers, among other things.

“There will be people who see this billboard and see this story, that are so disappointed that this is what it’s about,” Shaltz said.
“Some people want it to be about racism or drugs or the school system, but it’s all about something very simple and very human that touches all of us.”
http://www.mlive.com/business/mid-michigan/index.ssf/2013/10/mystery_solved_owner_of_the_st.html#incart_river_default

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UPDATE: The meaning behind Flint's "I'm Worried About the Blueberries" sign is revealed (Original Post) Siwsan Oct 2013 OP
OMG he spent a pile on a crazy stunt! gopiscrap Oct 2013 #1
It certainly got people talking and thinking Siwsan Oct 2013 #2
Probably got more than a few people chuckling, too. randome Oct 2013 #5
And what have we learned from this? Warren DeMontague Oct 2013 #3
hey Mr. Shaltz hfojvt Oct 2013 #4
This guy gets it. nt Fantastic Anarchist Oct 2013 #6

Siwsan

(26,268 posts)
2. It certainly got people talking and thinking
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 08:26 PM
Oct 2013

It's right down the road from me, and I found out about it on DU!

 

randome

(34,845 posts)
5. Probably got more than a few people chuckling, too.
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 08:34 PM
Oct 2013

And probably making up their own interpretations of what it meant.

Kudos to Mr. Shaltz!
[hr][font color="blue"][center]Stop looking for heroes. BE one.[/center][/font][hr]

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
3. And what have we learned from this?
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 08:30 PM
Oct 2013

...that Mr. Phil Shaltz may be many things, but a master of metaphor he is not.

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