The 26 have spoken. But you ain't heard nothin' yet.

TU and I were never the best of friends, but I had hoped we could patch things up after the whole "beware of the 26" thing.

Kids, the Times-Union has turned on us. They've recently launched their own little agency called Blue Bridge Media. Apparently this gal still reads the newspaper and noticed the full page ad for a Sweepstakes! Enter to win a free logo, ad campaign and marketing plan. Wow! That's better than a vacation to Hawaii.

Being the ever-nosy person I visited their site and was quite stunned at the first sentence.

"Any agency can give you catchy phrases, but BlueBridge has the skills and expertise to create an entire campaign or a simple project to capture your target audience with a pool of resources to bring you and your customers together." Awesome dude.

I love me some catchy phrases. Especially ones like "Don't bite the hand that feeds you." Apparently, they've already snaked one job from the JEA slayer. How long will it be before they alienate the other agencies in town, the last bastion of hope for a slumping industry.

FYI, BlueBridge.net is misspelled on the contact page. While your at it, run a spell check on that 5 page wonder.

Mary vs. Goliath Follow up

JEA just released a meeting agenda for Thursday, September 13. Item #3 reads:

"JEA IFB# JEV-078-07 Request approval to rescind the solicitation and reject all bids for the Integrated Brand Communications Services Project."

JEA takes a jab from the left, Mary ducks and swerves. Ding, Ding, rooouuunnnd #1 goes to Mary!

Props to Jan Korb for the scoop.

JEA%20Awards%20Committee%20Agenda%209-13-07.pdf

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