Burnt Orange Report 9/12/10Austin Small Business Owner Objects to Use of Store in Rick Perry's First TV AdFarm to Market Grocery is a small business in Austin located on South Congress. Farm to Market sells goods, organic foods, and other sundries. The store and its caring owners, Angela Atwood and Peg McCoy, have a long history of community service and outreach. And now, thanks to the 2010 Texas Governor's race, they have the unexpected notoriety of being prominently featured in Rick Perry's first television ad of his general election campaign.
Earlier today, Governor Rick Perry and his campaign released their first television ad of the campaign season. The following is a screen-shot from the opening seconds of the ad -- which shows one of the store's workers carrying flowers to put outside the store:
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This afternoon, I went over and spoke with Peg McCoy, one of the owners. What struck me immediately about Peg was how caring she was. She is not political -- she's spent her life trying to feed, shelter, and care for those in need. Her work was featured in the Austin Chronicle in 2005, in a short piece titled, "Community Cornerstones"
No one should be surprised that Perry would "steal" support from small businesses. You would think his campaign would have had the decency to ask the store owners for permission to use their store front and employees in their ad. But no. not Perry. He's our own little dictator. Thinks he owns all of Texas.
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