In Rick Perry's first television ad of the general election campaign season, he has used Business logos and storefronts without their permission. Peg Mccoy of the Farm to Market store is very unhappy that she was never asked permission for use of her store or logo. She asked the campaign to take down the ad, but the campaign has no plans to take the ad down. The ad boasts about Texas being a "job-creating" powerhouse" and shows shots of McCoy's store and the Avenue Barbershop opening for the day. Read about the story here. See the actual ad here.
I applaud Ms. McCoy for standing up to the campaign. She flat out states that she doesn't endorse Rick Perry. I have a hard time siding with the campaign's statement that since the shots were filmed on a public sidewalk, it was all right to use the storefronts and logos without permission. Whether people want to admit it or not, a shopper might consider not shopping at the stores in the ad simply because the shopper dislikes Perry, so it's good that the stores are coming out and disapproving the use of their stores in the ad. It seems to me that Perry is being very arrogant in trying to take responsibility for the success of these businesses.
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