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Apr20
Can cities have brands? Mais, oui!

The gay mayor of Gay Paree (not that there's anything wrong with that), Bertrand Delanoe, says in an op-ed piece in  today's SFChron, Paris in the 21st century , that his city is eager to get down to business.  Which may come as some surprise to the economic illiterates who populate his country. and constitute an unfortunate brand-attribute of Paris (and France).  Monsieur Delanoe, in San Francisco to shmooze with the big-wigs and wiggettes of Paris' digital-sister city, is pushing for a high-tech commercial future for Paris, driven by new media and biotech.  Which is great.  Memo to Delanoe: First, you'll probably want to enlighten and indoctrinate Les Infants manning the barricades to economic progress in your society.  The "kids" of all ages epitomized by a teenaged demonstrator in the most recent riots (another brand attribute) who said she could not understand why France had to change.  "We believe in cooperation, not competition", she told a reporter for The Wall Street Journal.  That's French for "Why the hell do we have to work, anyway?"  The Frenchies and Germans are trying to preserve their 35-hour "work" weeks while young people in India and China are trying to figure out how to work 35-hours days, according to Tom Friedman. Pardon my French, Mr. Mayor, but your gonna need beaucoup fortune on your crusade.   But best of luck, nonetheless.  Brands can evolve, non?

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