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| Moon |
In Lansing, people in the public relations business change jobs quicker
than Michigan weather goes from sun to rain to snow.
than Michigan weather goes from sun to rain to snow.
Mostly young or middle-aged, the members of this capital corps go from
one state government agency to another, or to a PR job at the Capitol. Or they
go to work flacking for an outside agency or lobbying group. Or, if they’re lucky, they’ll
latch onto a major election campaign.
one state government agency to another, or to a PR job at the Capitol. Or they
go to work flacking for an outside agency or lobbying group. Or, if they’re lucky, they’ll
latch onto a major election campaign.
Sometimes, the unintended consequences can be awkward.
Consider Jason Moon, who served as Michigan Democratic Party
communications director (that’s a fancy title for a spokesman) from 2003-08.
For five years, Moon wrote press releases and spoke in tune with then-chairman
Mark Brewer’s stridently partisan Democratic message. It was a job that required Moon to
engage in relentless negative action against the Republicans on a daily basis.
communications director (that’s a fancy title for a spokesman) from 2003-08.
For five years, Moon wrote press releases and spoke in tune with then-chairman
Mark Brewer’s stridently partisan Democratic message. It was a job that required Moon to
engage in relentless negative action against the Republicans on a daily basis.
From there, Moon took a job as the public information officer for the
state Office of Financial and Insurance Regulation, where he engaged in far
more low-key, bureaucratic subjects. When the office morphed into the
Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, Moon took on the title of LARA
communications specialist.
state Office of Financial and Insurance Regulation, where he engaged in far
more low-key, bureaucratic subjects. When the office morphed into the
Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, Moon took on the title of LARA
communications specialist.
On Friday, that unassuming post unexpectedly led Moon to become the lead
organizer/PR guy for an event featuring Republican Lt. Gov. Brian Calley. Moon was
on the move, trying to rustle up some press coverage for the Michigan GOP’s No.
2 man as Calley addressed the very un-Democratic subject of reducing business
regulations while speaking at a roundtable discussion in Clinton Township.
organizer/PR guy for an event featuring Republican Lt. Gov. Brian Calley. Moon was
on the move, trying to rustle up some press coverage for the Michigan GOP’s No.
2 man as Calley addressed the very un-Democratic subject of reducing business
regulations while speaking at a roundtable discussion in Clinton Township.
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| Calley |
Moon, who once wrote and said the most reprehensible things about other
pro-business Republicans such as Dick DeVos and Mitt Romney, was now putting out
press releases that said the Republican governor and lieutenant governor are
successfully working to “eliminate the
burdensome and unnecessary regulations hurting the state’s job providers” and they
are focused on the effort to “continue to build on the (post-Granholm) comeback
that we’ve started.”
pro-business Republicans such as Dick DeVos and Mitt Romney, was now putting out
press releases that said the Republican governor and lieutenant governor are
successfully working to “eliminate the
burdensome and unnecessary regulations hurting the state’s job providers” and they
are focused on the effort to “continue to build on the (post-Granholm) comeback
that we’ve started.”
Hey, for guys like Moon, it comes with
the territory.
the territory.
