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Thursday, July 3, 2008 - 12:03 PM EDT
LIUNA launches radio ads on Virginia road regs
Washington Business Journal - by Tierney Plumb Staff reporter
The Laborers’ International Union of North America started airing radio ads Thursday on four local stations urging progress on improving Virginia’s roadways and transit system.
“Investing in Virginia’s transportation system will dramatically improve safety and quality of life, while creating 50,000 good jobs in local economies,” said Terence O’Sullivan, general president of D.C.-based LIUNA.
“Delegates in the Virginia House must take care of Virginia’s basic priorities – the roads, highways, bridges and transit systems that the working men and women of the state rely on every day.”
This is the construction union’s first campaign targeted strictly to Virginians. Financial terms with the radio stations were not disclosed.
The ads will run locally on WTOP, WMAL, WJZW, WRZQ, and other stations in Virginia, Norfolk, Richmond and Fredericksburg through July 9.
That’s when the state Legislature reconvenes and is expected to further consider transportation measures. The House of Delegates stalled on a comprehensive transportation proposal put forth by Gov. Tim Kaine last week.
The ads state that “the Virginia House of Delegates continues to play political games with our safety and our time” and should instead “put Virginians back to work fixing our bridges, expanding our roads and improving our transit system.”
