Find your baldness cure and city council member on Facebook
Posted on Mon Feb 9 2009
Considering Facebook's reach—150 million-plus users and counting—it's often surprising to see the weak level of ad support it garners. It's not uncommon, for instance, to spot headlines like "Anti-Aging Discovery" and "Stimulate Your Wallet" down the right column of your Facebook homepage. Now, there's a new ad out there, but instead of shilling work-at-home jobs or baldness cures, the advertiser is Maria Derr, a candidate for the New York City Council, 3rd District.
"Forget Sarah Palin," reads the ad, which shows the youngish Derr with a Palin-esque brunette 'do. The ad goes on to outline her C.V. (she graduated from John Jay College and New York Law School and is a native of the Village) and her deep roots in the community. Derr, a big Obama supporter, is gunning for Christine Quinn's seat. (Quinn will be term-limited in December.) Here's her campaign Web site. Will Derr's social networking woo the voters of the district, which spans Hell's Kitchen to the West Village to Murray Hill? Perhaps. She already has 226 supporters, and she hasn't even revealed 25 things about herself yet.
—Posted by Todd Wasserman
