KFC - filling potholes and stomachs with equal aplomb

I love this idea! According to a story by the Tribune staff that appears today at the Chicago Tribune's web site, "KFC has sent off a letter to the nation's mayors, offering to patch their potholes for free. Well, the company will leave behind a stenciled brand on the patch informing people the road has been "Re-Freshed by KFC.""

As long as cities are not managed well enough to afford the maintainence of their own infrastructures, this seems like a fine idea. Let the profitable private sector patch the potholes and if all they want in exchange is to leave some advertising behind, it seems like a great deal. When you think about how Chicago, for example, has sold off its parking meters to an outside firm, this seems like a fairly benign concept by comparison. It's transparent, genuinely helpful, and the profit aspect seems fairly harmless. As long as KFC (or Corporation X) would adhere to all codes and be contractually obligated to certain timeframes, I say bring it on. In KFC's case, maybe they could even use their leftover mashed potatoes as a filling material.

Asphalt with that?

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ronnie_suburban wrote: In KFC's case, maybe they could even use their leftover mashed potatoes as a filling material.

thats what I was thinking, some of their "gravy" and mac & cheese mixed in for a more durable & stonger patching material.

That's why they invented the Famous Bowls.

HI,

I was just watching WGN news with the idea of potholes sponsorship. They might have mentioned KFC, though I did not catch it in the segment. There were man on the street interviews with one woman solemnly stating, "The city should accept any help they can to fix those potholes."

At this point, what the heck. At least someone is taking initiative.

Regards,