[MainstreetTowns] Political Question

[Mainstreet]

Chelsea,

How frustrating! I haven't had anything like this happen, but I'd love to hear feedback from others in case this comes up in the future. To me, this seems like a nonissue. If they participated, they should have their face out there to show they support Main Street!

Were the candidates/teams wearing "Vote So-in-So" shirts or buttons or in any way advertising their candidacy? If so, maybe you could photoshop the advertisements away and re-upload? (I can help with that if you need.)

Jessica

From: MainstreetTowns [mailto:mainstreettowns-bounces at lists.onenet.net] On Behalf Of Chelsea McConnell
Sent: Thursday, July 5, 2018 2:34 PM
To: Main Street Towns
Subject: [MainstreetTowns] Political Question

I recently had someone reach out to me about photos from our Battle of the Burger event that I posted on Facebook on our PCMS page.

We had 17ish teams.  A volunteer took pictures at the event, including shots of all the teams.  I put all of these on Facebook.  Two of the teams are candidates running for office.  Posting their photos was not a political stance.  They were posted with all the other event pics.  So, now I've had someone reach out and say I need to delete the photos of the candidates because it looks as if we might be taking a political stance.  The pictures were posted in an album.  In no way were the ones of the candidates made to stand out.

Does anyone know if there are any laws regarding something like this?  I hesitate to take them down, because as someone who had a team in our event, their participation helped make our event successful.  Additionally, one of the candidates running for office also owns a local radio station and does a ton of in-kind advertising for us.  I certainly don't want to hurt our relationship.

Have any of you experienced something similar?

Chelsea McConnell
Executive Director, Ponca City Main Street
516 E. Grand Avenue
Ponca City, OK 74601
(580) 763-8082

"Our mission is to serve Ponca City and its citizens by promoting quality of life through efforts focused toward economic growth, historical preservation, cultural development and revitalization of the downtown and surrounding area."

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