CBS: NM tourism agency searches for new ad, PR agencies

New Mexico will never have any appeal to it. Its that plain and simple. One would go to New Mexico for these reasons and these reasons alone:

1. To enjoy the great outdoors- New Mexico has been one of the most beautiful places I have seen with its mountains, plains, valleys, and beautifully diverse ecosystems.

2. To get away from it all- When you want to get away this is the place to go. Hours or untouched land, no cultural diversity at all..hell there's not enough people in the state to be diverse let alone the fact that they have no interest in culture itself other than the Mexican/Indian one found there.

3. The Military- This is where all the James Bond secret agent stuff happens. This is where our countries brightest construct weapons of mass destruction. Spies, spooks, every faction of government can be found here in plain and out of site.

5. That's pretty much it.....I have had the pleasure of traveling the country and I must say that you couldn't pay me enough to live there. The people are rude..they don't say please or thank you , they don't have common courtesy, they dislike anyone who isn't from their state, they all swear that somehow the mexicans and those of Mexican decent somehow are Spaniards, they worship everything Indian and Mexican but hate both groups, most places in the whole state are small townish closing at dusk, they have an infactuation with red and green chile...they put that shit in everything they eat..and yes McDonald's sells it too there, the food sucks..bad, they dislike foods that have "too much flavor" , they hunt everything that they can for the hell of it, they are oblivious to history or any current events, they have no knowledge or ambition to learn of anything outside of their borders..I was asked how long hit takes to drive to Cuba, they have no clue of what culture is, you have to drive hours of unlit and unmarked highways for anything, they have a huge drug problem due to the fact there is nothing to do there, wallmart sells pre made shrines to place on the side of the road due to how many deaths occur on the road, and you every gas station is a full bar.

So when I read this article I could only laugh.

(AP) ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — State Tourism Secretary Monique Jacobson has decided against renewing her department's advertising and public relations contracts and will launch a national search for agencies that can help build a compelling campaign to boost New Mexico's national and international appeal.

Jacobson, in an interview Wednesday, said the department will put out requests for proposals next week to replace the contracts the state currently holds with M&C Saatchi in Los Angeles and the New York-based public relations firm Development Counsellors International.

Those contracts could have been renewed, Jacobson said, but she decided to throw the business out for a new round of bids to make sure whoever the state hires is "in line with the brand that we want to build for New Mexico." ...

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