Sunshine Week

New Sunshine Campaign Print, Web Ads in English and Spanish

New print and Web ads in both English and Spanish are available on the Sunshine Week Web site. The ads may be used by any participant free of charge now, during Sunshine Week (March 16-22), and through the November 2008 elections.

Featuring the Sunshine Campaign "spokesmammals" Ronnie and Donnie, as well as the "Vote for Sunshine" campaign button imagery, the ads remind people that open government is a non-partisan issue and a right shared by everyone.

There are two print ads; one includes space for the participant's logo or name, while the other carries only the Sunshine Week logo. Both English and Spanish versions of the ads can be downloaded in color or black-and-white.

There are four different Web ads, all available free in English and Spanish. The ads conform to Internet Advertising Bureau standards for banners, skyscrapers and buttons. Participants are encouraged to use them on their Web sites and blogs, linking back to the Sunshine Week home page or to their own Sunshine Week and Sunshine Campaign coverage.

Get all the ads here.

Giuliani in Jacksonville: Tells Florida Times-Union Zone of Executive Confidentiality Needed

In a meeting with the editorial board of the Florida Times-Union in Jacksonville, Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani said although he "ran a very transparent administration" as mayor of New York City. Nevertheless, he added, "in the sense that things were legally protected, or needed to be legally protected, we did. Sometimes we had disputes over that, and we'd go to court."

Giuliani said, "There's a certain zone — whether it's a mayor or a governor or a president — of executive confidentiality that everybody wants in order to make decisions."

Citing the frequency of his press conferences, "pretty close to every day," Giuliani explained that the role of the mayor of New York City is to be in close communication with the press.

"I think you have a right to ask the questions, and I think I have an obligation to answer," he said. "But I also have an obligation to keep confidential those things which are legally protected."

Watch the video from the Times-Union editorial board meeting with Giuliani online here.