Tonight Capital BlueCross hosted a public listening session to discuss their sponsorship of exercise equipment located in Riverfront Park along North Front Street in Harrisburg.
Twenty-fice citizens and the tradionial meedia were in attendance. Dan Miller, reporter for The Patriot-News, was on hand along with several television stations an Roxbury News. The Patriot-News led their coverage with the following sentence:
Harrisburg’s Riverfront Park is no place for Blue Man, city residents told Capital BlueCross today during a public meeting the health insurer held about the controversy stirred up by the company’s blue-and-white signs along the river.
As someone who spoke at the meeting, I must object to the lead-off sentence of Mr. Miller’s article. The consensus of the citizen’s who spoke was gratitude toward Capital BlueCross for their donation to the city, as well as acknowledgment that the error in placing this signs was ultimately the city’s. There was also sincere gratitude to Capital BlueCross for convening the meeting. Now the ball is in Capital BlueCross’s court.
A diversre audience showed up to participate in the listening session, but the consensus was unanimous: the signs as they are do not fit the their surroundings in the park. We will be waiting to hear how they respond to the comments made by the residents.
