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ODOT Paid THIS Guy $7,500???

“In fact, when I was 17, I was thinking one day about what the name of a company one day. So I have the Internet, and I think it was the Internet … I think it was Netscape, then, and I went to a Latin / English dictionary and I have typed in “Stone,” and what emerged was the first “Saxum.” And saxum large stone mean in Latin. And I thought if anyone could name a company “large stone” could do Renzi 6′9 “Stone.” View more….

(Hat Tip: pickup Dictionary)

We love The Lost Ogle’s take on consultant Renzi Stone’s $7,500 windfall:

Yep. The Oklahoma Department of Transportation just paid Saxum PR $7,500 to create and “analyze” a Twitter account. There’s no word if ODOT also bought the clear coat rust protection, extended warranty and a credit report monitoring service, but I wouldn’t be surprised if they did.

Seriously, $7,500 to create a Twitter account and get 500 followers?!? That seems kind of steep. Hell, it only took us five minutes to create a fake ODOT twitter account and then analyze that it’s much better than ODOT’s official one. It’s more entertaining, too. Read more…

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