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http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_11447364

COLORADO SPRINGS — Colorado Springs officials hope to earn up to $5 million annually through advertising on city property and are exploring corporate sponsorship deals for some of the city's assets, such as naming rights to its minor-league baseball stadium.

The city is exploring sponsorship options through a $50,000 contract with Active Network of California.

Ads could include logos on police cars, naming rights to city assets such as the stadium and Garden of the Gods Park and advertisements on T-shirts for athletic-program participants.

So, what do you all think? Should a government sell advertising space to corporations? Why or why not?

If the Colorado Springs voting populace doesnt care, then I dont...

If they did it in Biloxi, then they better get revenue, and they better use it for the community and not to line their pockets....

If they did that, then I wouldnt care either, lol...

I don't really care, if its an obscure unknown company, then it helps them if I see it. If its a regular, then its not like I don't see it everywhere else.

I don't see why not. It would bring in some bucks, and doesn't seem to hurt anyone, except people who sell advertising space, maybe.

EDIT: although I wonder if things that are religious in nature would be allowed, among a host of other things.

Who cares, but they should be subtle. I mean, if your being a tourist you shouldn't have it shoved in your face.

I live in Colorado Springs and I do care very much. Advertising in Garden of the Gods - no thank you. Advertising on police cars - again, no thank you. They have advertising on the city buses and billboards (incidentally, thanks to public pressure, the "Imagine No Religion" ad came down and was replaced by ... nothing), that's more than enough advertising. I don't want to see this place reduced to a SoCal clone.