The Pub-dogs had another interesting article up this week: PublicWatchdog.org - The Golden Girl. They cover a little-known get-around gal named Linda Szczepanski, or "Linda Ski" as they call her, and so will we.
Linda Ski is the Vice President of Empower Public Relations, which is owned by Samuel Chapman, Chief Executive Officer for Berman Center Inc., and husband of noted sex therapist, Dr. Laura Berman.
Linda Ski has also been the campaign and public relations manager for Mayor Howard Frimark, as well as providing her services to Frimark's aldermanic acolytes James Allspaghetti (4th Ward), and Thomas Carey the Unfriendly Ghost (6th Ward), and the Kalo Foundation of Park Ridge.
As the PRU Crew's curiosity about Linda Ski was raised, we started surfing the net to see what we could find. And we find irony hiding in plain sight.
It seems Mr. Chapman has banned gossip at Empower Public Relations, and is reported to have fired employees who have engaged in gossiping. Gawker.com has a video clip of brief interviews with several Empower employees: The Message Is The Message: Gossip-Banning PR Firm Is Its Own Best Client.
It seems to us that Linda Ski and her fellow employees at Empower Public Relations may preach about the ills of gossip, and may practice what they preach in-house. But the mandate against gossip doesn't seem to be something Linda Ski demands of her clients, such as Mayor Howard Frimark who many have said may be the biggest gossip monger in all of Park Ridge.
Or so we've heard.
December 6, 2007
Of Preachers, Practice, and Public Relations
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Hi Linda,
We put this up especially for you, so that you wouldn't have to search the tags or google yourself looking for a mention on PRU.
No such thing as "bad publicity", eh dollface?
Dear PRU,
Thanks for this informative post.
However, I do believe that while Mayor Frimark DOES regularly gossip, he isn't required to follow the rules. You know...like the rules about not crossing the tracks when the gates are down.
Perhaps the PR firm can comment on that on his behalf?
Let's follow up even farther....
check out :
www.hiddenviolations.com
LOL
Thanks guys and gals!
As I applaud your efforts to have an informative blog for all to search and find- I just want to make something clear...
Howard Frimark, Jim Allegretti and Thomas Carey are in no way, shape or form associated with Empower Public Relations and never have been.
Happy Holidays & Happy Reading!
Howard Frimark gossip? Impossible! A little birdie told me that Howard would never do that.
Happy Holidays & Happy Reading to you to, Linda.
Thank you for the clarification on Frimark, Allegretti, and Carey.
Maybe you could help clarify something else...
Who is Barbara Attell?
Lets all enjoy our holiday season as the mail comes with our new tax bills.
Thank you Howard for this.
Thank you city council.
Thank you to Gov. Blago.
And thank you cook county...President Stoger.
A great job by all......
Tax & Spend we can call our gov't.
See you at the polls!
Oh ..by the way.....its not being a dem or a repub....its called being an American.
Stand up for the truth!
Oh that is who Linda is. I always thought that she was the staff "loaned" to Howard's campaign by Alderman Doherty.
Oh wait, that was off the books and not reported.
My bad.
hmmmm...I thought only Hooters waitresses were "loaned" to the mayor and his peeps.
to anonymous at 11:41.
What are we looking for on the web site?
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