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Are they really "friends of Tom Taylor" if they still haven't told him that - of all words - "government" has been misspelled on his re-election web site for weeks?
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3/17/08 UPDATE: Spelling is FIXED!
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Maybe he really does want a good govenment.
Posted by: capper | March 07, 2008 at 11:23 PM
Still waiting for it to be fixed ...
Posted by: John Michlig | March 08, 2008 at 10:11 AM
Likewise I hope the folks at Middleton Hills read blueprints more closely than their website, which says the development is "eight miles from the State Capital in Madison."
Posted by: Terrence Berres | March 08, 2008 at 03:34 PM
What a party pooper...
Posted by: Greg Kowalski | March 08, 2008 at 05:27 PM
"Likewise I hope the folks at Middleton Hills read blueprints more closely than their website, which says the development is 'eight miles from the State Capital in Madison.'"
But, see, it has to be IRONIC to be noteworthy.
Some Middleton Hills marketing typist stumbled by adding "... in Madison." The building is "capitol," and the city is "capital." Ha ha.
But should "blueprint readers" know about line editing their copy? No appreciable irony there - - certainly not in the league a candidate for local office misspelling "government."
Plus, you KNOW Taylor has polled his friends: "Did you see my site? What did you think of it? Does it read well?"
"Excellent! Great! Wouldn't change a thing!"
Hence the title: "With friends like these..."
Posted by: John Michlig | March 09, 2008 at 09:17 AM
Unless it can be discounted as just "marketing" copy, the MH site's description of one of the available architectural styles begins, ironically, "Artful attention and care are given to all elements, inside and out...."
Posted by: Terrence Berres | March 10, 2008 at 11:10 AM
Um... just not as amusing. Sorry.
I know too many near-illiterate marketing suits to expect better web copy from PR typists.
Not to mention the fact that a great percentage of people who saw your original comment probably thought you were pointing out incorrect mileage between Madison and Middleton Hills. ("EIGHT miles? HA! Try seven-and-a-half!")
Posted by: John Michlig | March 10, 2008 at 11:19 AM
"I know too many near-illiterate marketing suits to expect better web copy from PR typists."
Suits who are then selected to market to the discerning home buyer? Maybe MH needs a Vance Packard Drive to go with Frank Lloyd Wright Avenue and Diversity Road.
Posted by: Terrence Berres | March 10, 2008 at 02:18 PM
Why do I get the feeling that a bully with the last name "Middleton" picked on you as a child, Terrence :)
Posted by: John Michlig | March 10, 2008 at 02:56 PM
Along those lines, Middleton Hills sounds like the name of an Omega in "Animal House". That might be a selling point among UW grads of a certain age.
Posted by: Terrence Berres | March 11, 2008 at 10:45 AM
John
Yes, but does he still beat his wife? :)
Posted by: Bryan Maersch | March 11, 2008 at 11:57 AM