Kick in the Gut...

Every December the mailbox starts to fill up with Christmas Cards from family and friends, and each year Dawn and me say to each other, "OK, next year we really need to do cards!" Then the next year comes around and we make the economic decision that it's just not in the budget. It will be nice once we are able to do them again, but until then I won't lose any sleep over it. (The crazy part is, it's not the design/print that makes it expensive, since I can provide the services!, it's the black hole known as the United States Postal Service that charges a fortune just to send out a piece of paper.)

But I digress...

Well yesterday I got a card in the mail from my Missouri State Representative Nick Marshall. As I opened the card I was pleased 

to see that first it said, "Merry Christmas" at the top and not politically correct junk of "Happy Holidays". That was then followed by at the bottom with "...and He shall be called...the Prince of Peace". WOW, talked about blown away, here was a politician not afraid to use the real reason for why we celebrate Christmas every year. I opened the card to see what other goodies might be inside. Inside the card continued

on to say, "May there be Peace on Earth and in your heart this Christmas and all the New Year". Overwhelming pleased with this Christmas card from my state representative. Full disclosure, I have no clue who Nick Marshall is, never met him (that I know of), so I wasn't on some special list to get a unique card, this card was sent out to his constituents. Wow, way cool, I need to check out this guy some more and see what he is all about. How refreshing it is to get a REAL Christmas Card from a politician. Then I set it down, it wasn't until Dawn picked up the card to look at it, and flipped it over and said, did you see the back...uh oh i thought...yep and there it was printed at the bottom of the card. Vistaprint...ARE YOU SERIOUS!! A politician of a VERY local

community used an online printer that doesn't do an ounce of support for our local area. Not saying Nick's Committee should have used my services with Bononi Designs to design and print his cards, but they could have used one of a handful of local companies that offer those services in Parkville or expanded to one of many that are in Kansas City alone, but to ship the print work to Vistaprint is a kick in the gut. I would think that his committee would understand that when they spend money with us local companies then that money goes right into our spending in the local community, whether it is my family enjoying some great pizza from Stone Canyon Pizza in Parkville or my wife getting a hair cut at Aura Hair Studio. Maybe next time his committee is looking to design or print something they will look around and the great talent we have here.

And with that, Merry Christmas everyone!

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