No Third Terms: Mr. Burns for Mayor
| October 18, 2009

It's always great when you stumble across something interesting when walking down the street, which is how I happened to discover this.


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Apparently, this propaganda campaign has already been all over the news and blogs, but it was new to me as I saw the posters in front of a restaurant in the West Village. After a little bit of research, I found out that the artists are Art in Odd Places (aiop). The art piece is a direct response to Mike Bloomberg's attempt at a third term after recently succeeding in changing legislature to allow for a three term limit for New York City mayor (something that has already changed back twice previous to a two term limit). The artist group encourages people to write in "Charles Montgomery Burns" on voting day,  November 3rd, in opposition to Bloomberg (read below).


burnsformayor.com web site


“Burns for Mayor was formed to defeat Mike Bloomberg's bid for a third term. We will not rest until all New Yorkers write in Charles Montgomery Burns on the ballot this November 3rd. It's someone else's turn, vote Burns!”
– Art in Odd Places

Link:  Burns for Mayor

Tags:  poster, propaganda, simpsons

Topic: Posters