This is way cool! Don has TWO pics in the NY Times today! He's on page A-1 and on page A-3. What really cracks me up is the guy next to the mayor grabbing a fish in his mouth that it looks like the mayor is holding out. Only in Duluth...

Correct on the good for the image thing.  Now lots of people will pick it up in and out of context.  Also correct that the guy with the fish in his mouth is a scene stealer, witness this blog: 

http://dantheuscfan.tumblr.com/post/466702414/fish-to-the-face-duluth-mn-city-officials-woo

What's also important is that while we get a few rubberneckers on the more dramatic publicity here, we have something to get them to stop all the way and take a look at the community.  I submit that this community on PDD is a perfect example of that, as are our schools (higher ed and to a lesser extent K-12) some bright spots in industry and hi tech and ... Lake Superior continues to prove itself a top attraction.  The Ness in Lake Superior bit wasn't intended as the top eyeball grabber of this campaign, but people around the country in their coverage have really been moved to mention it.  Until now, that is.  From now on the coverage will be about the guy with the fish in his mouth.  My wife thinks it was actually photoshopped.  I don't think so, but it was brilliant.  That guy will be a local bar hero within 72 hours. I see him singing the national anthem somewhere by this time next year, probably a hockey game.

oops.  same link as above.  http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=125023170

Well, I hope it sparks some more attention, and I also hope that it doesn't make the local minnows -- us -- look like we're simply nipping in a shallow pond at the detritus on the toes of a giant.

Strategically smart, but may have bad repercussions.

Did anyone read the last part of the article?