Florida Gov. Rick Scott is fond of the phrase “Let’s Get to Work,” using it on the campaign trail throughout the fall and now in the governor’s office.
But the governor never officially trademarked his campaign slogan. So, an Orlando-area radio host went ahead and claimed it as his own, according to a posting at Central Florida Political Pulse, at
orlandosentinel.com.
“We own it,” said Jason “Buckethead” Bailey, the host of The Buckethead Show on Real Radio 104.1 WTKS in Orlando. “He had never ever service marked it during this entire campaign. And we question whether he really means it.”
Bailey said the idea sparked from an on-air conversation about the governor and his job creation plans. Bailey’s co-host Oddo joked that the governor probably never looked to see if the phrase was trademarked. So Bailey asked a group of lawyers to look into it. When the phrase was available, he decided to buy it.
Now, Bailey is challenging Scott to a 30-day job creation contest.
The show is setting up a website and job fair for unemployed Floridians. It’s also airing a 30-minute job creation segment every Thursday and offering to stop any other segment if an employer calls in and wants to go on the air to announce a job opening. Bailey wants to see direct proof that Scott, during that time period, is putting more people to work than his show.
“At the end of this challenge, we want to lose,” Bailey said. “We should lose. We should lose. The governor should be able to put more people to work than we can in 30 days.”
If Scott wins, Bailey said he will hand deliver the service mark papers to the governor in Tallahassee. But if Bailey wins, he will ask the governor to stop using his trademark phrase.
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