• A reader recently informed us that her company had gotten an e-mail solicitation from the U.S. Local Business Association (USLBA). The e-mail claimed that her company had won a 2008 Best of Tucson Award, and--among other things--gave the company a chance to "order" a plaque or something.
This solicitation has nothing to do with the real Best of Tucson™, a registered trademark we own and vigorously defend after more than two decades of producing the Best of Tucson™. Please, if you ever get a solicitation like this involving Best of Tucson™, do what this reader did: Let us know.
Our lawyer sent the USLBA a letter informing them that using the Best of Tucson™ name was not appropriate. (It's worth noting that, according to the Better Business Bureau, the USLBA has been making similar vanity-award offers across the country; you can learn more online.)
A big thank you to Lisa, the reader who let us know about the USLBA solicitation.
• If you are involved in any way with a New Year's dinner, concert or special event, please let us know ASAP. We're publishing a comprehensive guide to Tucson New Year's goings-on in the Dec. 25 issue--and we need the information soon, thanks to early holiday deadlines.
Please send the 411 on special dinners and food-related events to Karyn Zoldan no later than Saturday, Dec. 13 (and please copy the listings desk).
For music-related events, please e-mail Stephen Seigel at [email protected]m no later than Friday, Dec. 12 (and--again--copy the listings desk).
For anything else New Year's-related, e-mail the listings desk no later than noon on Monday, Dec. 15.
Thanks for the help!
