Middletown Forum : City of Middletown My Town Video http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/ This is an XML content feed of; Middletown Forum : City Council : City of Middletown My Town Video Tue, 06 Oct 2026 19:08:29 +0000 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:07:05 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 10.12 360 www.middletownusa.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=4273 Middletown Forum http://middletownusa.com/images/blog-logo.jpg http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/ City of Middletown My Town Video : VietVet wrote: AKBobby wrote:Wow... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4273&PID=31168&title=city-of-middletown-my-town-video#31168 Author: AKBobby
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Posted: Dec 16 2011 at 4:07pm

Originally posted by VietVet VietVet wrote:

Originally posted by AKBobby AKBobby wrote:

Wow who cares? You guys will cry about anything. If you don't think keeping up good morale is important then you guys have never held a job. It's a funny and goofy music video that probably took each department 10 minutes to do. Geez, much whining and crying about nothing.


It's more than that to some AKBobby. The whole thing, including the effort, the professionalism, the bumpkinish effect it had as a final product, re-enforces the town's image as a low budget, flea-market entertainment, laughing stock in the region. If we're ever gonna get to 50% of where the West Chesters, the Springboro's, hell, the Monroe's and frikkin Franklin's are now, we better put the brakes on this type of image killing behavior. It is intended as a light hearted, funny, comical type of production, but it is the epitome of what we are now and how we are looked at. It didn't help in creating a more sophisticated reputation and mires us in the "joke of the area" category. Need to try to have some class in what we do for a change.JMO


Ok I can agree with most of that lol. I just can't believe how people are going nuts over this I guess.]]> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:07:05 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4273&PID=31168&title=city-of-middletown-my-town-video#31168 City of Middletown My Town Video : Here's the link the City... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4273&PID=31164&title=city-of-middletown-my-town-video#31164 Author: Vivian Moon
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Posted: Dec 16 2011 at 1:39pm

Here's the link the City Managers Weekly NewsLetter
http://www.cityofmiddletown.org/docs/news/551.pdf
]]> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:39:09 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4273&PID=31164&title=city-of-middletown-my-town-video#31164 City of Middletown My Town Video : The illusion continues for the... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4273&PID=31163&title=city-of-middletown-my-town-video#31163 Author: Stanky
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Posted: Dec 16 2011 at 1:26pm

The illusion continues for the creators and "pro-city" folks behind this video. They believe our town is just like anywhere else and we just have a bad rap. They therefore think all is going well here and we need to be more proud of Middletown and trumpet ourselves. Kind of a get out the vote campaign. Anyone want to help plant a little more landscaping for Forbes? ]]> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:26:35 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4273&PID=31163&title=city-of-middletown-my-town-video#31163 City of Middletown My Town Video : How offensive it is to see... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4273&PID=31161&title=city-of-middletown-my-town-video#31161 Author: Jack Black
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Posted: Dec 16 2011 at 12:17pm

How offensive it is to see Jolly Judy sprawled out in her slenderizing Lane Bryant outfit.  And, there's Mr. Adkins wearing his "Festivus" toke.  After all, he has so much fun lavishly spending/wasting our hard-earned Federal tax dollars.  Embarrassed]]> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 12:17:36 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4273&PID=31161&title=city-of-middletown-my-town-video#31161 City of Middletown My Town Video : The problem with this is as... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4273&PID=31159&title=city-of-middletown-my-town-video#31159 Author: acclaro
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Posted: Dec 16 2011 at 11:32am

The problem with this is as follows. 1) In two years, no reference nor statement has been made or a notation, of a city employee that lost his life, disrespectful. 2) The music did not match the season. 3) It is inappropriate for the city manager and her friend to do a parity of laying on a conference table (although that probably does happen frequently in city hall). 4) If the intent was for the city workers, what was the purpose. It wasn't just leaders in on the video- the choreograph, the city had all departments from the Magistrate's clerk of court to the water department. These types of things in companies are done by execs for their employees, not employees in on the action---what's the point if you are the participant? 5) I cannot go anywhere from Columbus to Cincinnati that Middletown is not brought up in a negative, laughing stock vein. What purpose did reference to Forbes Magazine 4 years ago, do, other than reinforce and re-establish an article one would think, a leader would rather wish to diminish the visibility, not broadcast it? 6) It tool about 8 hrs to splice and assemble this entourage telling fellow city workers Merry Christmas. Pride? Not when the city manager is laying down on a conference table- defeats the purpose. Why can't anyone in Donham comprehend marketing do's and don't's?

Any visibility that generates more negative publicity than positive, is a net loss. Bad decision.
]]> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 11:32:00 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4273&PID=31159&title=city-of-middletown-my-town-video#31159 City of Middletown My Town Video : AKBobby wrote:Wow who cares?... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4273&PID=31158&title=city-of-middletown-my-town-video#31158 Author: VietVet
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Posted: Dec 16 2011 at 11:01am

Originally posted by AKBobby AKBobby wrote:

Wow who cares? You guys will cry about anything. If you don't think keeping up good morale is important then you guys have never held a job. It's a funny and goofy music video that probably took each department 10 minutes to do. Geez, much whining and crying about nothing.


It's more than that to some AKBobby. The whole thing, including the effort, the professionalism, the bumpkinish effect it had as a final product, re-enforces the town's image as a low budget, flea-market entertainment, laughing stock in the region. If we're ever gonna get to 50% of where the West Chesters, the Springboro's, hell, the Monroe's and frikkin Franklin's are now, we better put the brakes on this type of image killing behavior. It is intended as a light hearted, funny, comical type of production, but it is the epitome of what we are now and how we are looked at. It didn't help in creating a more sophisticated reputation and mires us in the "joke of the area" category. Need to try to have some class in what we do for a change.JMO ]]> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 11:01:12 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4273&PID=31158&title=city-of-middletown-my-town-video#31158 City of Middletown My Town Video : Morale? Don't know if you... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4273&PID=31156&title=city-of-middletown-my-town-video#31156 Author: ground swat
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Posted: Dec 16 2011 at 10:31am

Morale?  Don't know if you work for the city but it's going to take alot more than this to promote high morale. Talk to any city employees lately, worked with any of them?  We pay several dept. heads six figures and to hear them talk the "Queen" has a real hard time letting them do their job, I'd call that a morale buster!  Maybe instead of morale we call it goofing off. How many wanted to do this or how many were told to do this?

]]> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 10:31:47 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4273&PID=31156&title=city-of-middletown-my-town-video#31156 City of Middletown My Town Video : Wow who cares? You guys will cry... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4273&PID=31154&title=city-of-middletown-my-town-video#31154 Author: AKBobby
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Posted: Dec 16 2011 at 8:23am

Wow who cares? You guys will cry about anything. If you don't think keeping up good morale is important then you guys have never held a job. It's a funny and goofy music video that probably took each department 10 minutes to do. Geez, much whining and crying about nothing.]]> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 08:23:43 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4273&PID=31154&title=city-of-middletown-my-town-video#31154 City of Middletown My Town Video : the queen was a big party... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4273&PID=31153&title=city-of-middletown-my-town-video#31153 Author: bumper
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Posted: Dec 16 2011 at 8:20am

the queen was a big party girl while her time spent in lebanon.. ]]> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 08:20:28 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4273&PID=31153&title=city-of-middletown-my-town-video#31153 City of Middletown My Town Video : another theme 2 live byfor... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4273&PID=31151&title=city-of-middletown-my-town-video#31151 Author: spiderjohn
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Posted: Dec 16 2011 at 7:48am

another theme 2 live by
for those of u who didn't watch this legend play in my living room:
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmB7oBQSQyw
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