The Billboard is going up.
These billboards can vary and
probably should but one thing to consider is that this huge 14' by 48' vinyl is
reusable. The cost was a little over $4,000.00, half of that was for
the vinyl and the other half was for displaying it for one month. So if
it is moved and reused it will be half the price at $2000. It may be
possible to add writing to this but I'm not
sure.
This started with Ken initially putting
advertisement on his truck. Here is a link to a shielded room and these
vehicle decal advertisements..... Added now is the Billboard:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/28932432@N05/
TI's from Michigan, Illinois and Wisconsin met
to discuss his Idea and come up with a few design ideas and donations.
Ken has put up the majority of the financing. Donations would help keep this going with
the hope of moving this from state to state. It is
also hoped that this
$4,000.00 investment can be turned
into a million dollar one if the news media picks this up.
Just
so you know in Wisconsin the father of a young man who was shot by
police had already put up a billboard simply showing a gun pointed at
you and saying, "Should police be allowed to judge themselves", and
below, "Brought to you by the family of Michael Bell", with their
website MichaelBell.com. The billboard consisted of a gray
background with black lettering. The issue was I believe that Wisconsin
is the last state where the police judge themselves in criminal cases
not the court system. The father did win a civil law suit. The
unfortunate part was that along with the son dying an officer who was
involved in a possible cover-up committed suicide.
It created a big stir
and there were news conferences. This is the goal of Ken and the other
TIs who have worked on this project, to bring attention to the plight of
all of us.
The web site on the sign is, "areyoutargeted.com". Jeremy stated that he has beefed up his web site and is ready
for the possible increase in traffic.
It may well be one day that
we can have a phone manned 24/7 like other crisis centers. The
government is a many headed beast they may even fund it if enough
attention is brought to what is happening to us.
We still need
donations so this can keep going. It
isn't who gets the recognition it is a matter of bringing public
awareness to our situation and ending
it.
Peter Rosenholm
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