Posted on 11/13/2009 11:27:13 AM PST by NormsRevenge
The California Milk Advisory Board may have shot itself in the hoof.
The board, which promotes the state's dairy farmers and is overseen by the California Department of Food and Agriculture, is again preparing to film commercials touting California milk from California cows -- in New Zealand.
In January, it plans to shoot part of its new series of 10 California "Happy Cows" TV commercials in Auckland, taking advantage of that country's low production costs.
It comes just after California began offering film tax incentives this summer to reverse so-called runaway production that has caused the loss of thousands of jobs in the Los Angeles area as other states and countries have siphoned off film and TV crews with lucrative financial incentives.
Under the state's first film tax credit program, which took effect in July, California is offering $100 million in credits for about 50 film and TV projects. Commercials, however, were excluded from the program.
"Obviously, the governor prefers that everyone produce their film, television and other projects in California," said Camille Anderson, spokeswoman for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who strongly backed the measure.
Local union officials were cheesed off to learn that the state milk board was farming out TV work to foreign locales.
"It's totally out of line," said Ed Duffy, business agent for Teamsters Local 399, which represents location managers, studio drivers and casting directors. "If they're promoting California products, they should be shooting in California."
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MOOOOove along folks.
Nothing to see
Just state gubamint at its best..
Its the end of California as we know it, and I feel fine (in Texas)
Workers should be taxed more to subsidize milk cow farmers to then subsidise lefty film companies to film in California to get then now broke workers to buy more expensive Kalifornia milk, that they can’t afford, unless they have food stamps or WIC which are supported by more taxes on the taxed out workers...
rinse, lather, repeat.
LMAO!!
Sounds like the makings of a new Fox reality show:
“When basic capitalism and economic reality collide with government animals... and their cows.”
Drill for oil or shut up and go broke.
Stop the damn taxes and Union control! Then maybe the jobs will come back!
Teamsters Local 399 sounds sour as they try to milk this.
How much money does it take to film a cow for 30 seconds? Crazy.
All the Happy Cows have left CA for greener pastures.
bwahahaha
All the Happy Cows have left CA for greener pastures.
bwahahaha
And they say cows are stupid...
Schwarz etal could learn from them...
You know, maybe if they stopped trying to farm and grow cows in a desert, things would work out better... I mean, they already consume over 50% of the water in the Colorado River to keep the cows waters, while the massive federal subsidies based on the farm’s distance from Eau Claire, Wisconsin have ensured that they keep farming in a desert, while the dairy-land of Wisconsin has basically become devoid of cows...
You must be one of those Cheese-heads I’ve heard about.....
;)
Curdish revolt.
Kalifornia cow union = SEIMOO
We're allowing union thugs to decide where businesses must spend their money now?
Dream on. You made your bed; now sleep in it.
< /sympathy>
Why the hell does the state have milk ads? Why the hell do we have a Calfornia Milk Advisory Board? We need to cut everyone of these jackass boards, their directors and their budgets. Sheesh. What the hell do we still need milk commercials for. “Honey, I went to the store for your beer and then I remembered that cute milk commercial and got a carton instead”. Pleeeeeeeease!
Even the State of California won’t do business in California any more.
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