Invoice Talen, who is best generally known as Reverend Billy, is now operating to be the subsequent Mayor of New York Metropolis. Some longtime INeedCoffee readers will recall that in 2002, Reverend Billy went after espresso large Starbucks. He delivered sermons in Manhattan on the ruthlessness of Starbucks Espresso. From Reverend Billy’s Starbucks Invasion by Invoice Talen:
When Starbucks’ scouts enter a brand new neighborhood, they hear for the laughter. They discover the place tradition continues to be unique, not corporatized, and that’s their opponent and prey, for Starbucks is a jealous God. They method the landlords of the neighborhood, whether or not it’s a diner or a restaurant or a bar. They provide way over the standard tenant can afford, as a result of Starbucks arrives with its Nasdaq humorous cash. They arrive from a totally totally different financial system, and evict the enterprise that native residents have constructed for years. It is a well-known Starbucks tactic and has been repeated all through the nation and overseas. It’s a form of bombing. It’s violent. READERS. DO I HAVE A WITNESS? STOP THE BOMBING!!
Reverend Billy / What Would Jesus Purchase by Mason Wendell
Reverend Billy is now going after Wall Avenue and banking bailouts. Since New York is house to this disaster, Billy has determined to run for Mayor as a member of the Inexperienced Get together. The election will happen on Tuesday, November third, 2009. From his platform web page on the Reverend Billy Talen for NYC Mayor web site:
As Mayor of New York, Reverend Billy Talen will proceed the work he has accomplished for greater than a decade as a champion of native ingenuity and neighborhood know-how. United as he already is with the town’s many communities, his administration would be the connecting power reaching out to all New Yorkers, to create a metropolis that’s sustainable, simply and free; defending public area, self-determination, and the suitable for each New Yorker to earn an trustworthy, impartial dwelling.
As a good friend and contributor to INeedCoffee, we want him the perfect of luck.
RESULTS: Reverend Billy completed 4th within the Mayoral election with 0.8% of the vote.
Sources
Billy Talen – Contributor web page on INeedCoffee.
Reverend Billy’s Starbucks Invasion – Utne article by Invoice Talen
Reverend Billy Pictures From Austin Starbucks Rally – Photograph set taken by Flickr person Mason Wendell (March 2007).
Full Listing of NYC Mayor Candidates For 2009 Election – Wikipedia
Invoice Talen aka Reverend Billy Broadcasts His Candidacy for Mayor of New York – March 2, 2009 story on the marketing campaign announcement.
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