There are many questions to ask now that Silicon Valley venture capitalist Tim Draper’s proposal to split California into six states appears headed for the November 2016 ballot.
Like, where can you buy that Six Californias tie he rocked at the press conference?
Draper wearing The Tie during a press conference at the County of Sacramento Voter Registration and Elections Department in Sacramento Tuesday.
Indeed, Draper told The Chronicle Wednesday that “we we are taking orders for ties. How do you think we should price them?”
Spoken like a true free market capitalist. Besides, it might help him pay for his $3-a-head signature gathering.
Thinking like true hacks marketing geniuses, we were going to propose $6.66 a cravat. But that might pack a wee bit too many Satanic overtones for some.
So tell us, and Tim: How much would you pay for a tie with six miniature six-state Californias — a piece of political swag that will obviously go down in history?
While he was open to selling the tie, the Riskmaster declined to answer our other questions about the SC Tie.
Like which, if any, of the Six Californias was it manufactured in?
Handy political tip: A tie made outside The Six isn’t good optics.
Given the bright primary colors and sledgehammer-to-the-head-obviousness of design , maybe it was dreamed up in the State of Southern California.
And what is the tie made of? If it is silk, it better be the work of free-range, grassfed silkworms, or Draper can say goodbye to any support from his proposed State of Silicon Valley — which is currently still known as The People’s Republic of the Bay Area. If it’s polyester, he’s got The State of Jefferson locked down.
This campaign promises to be anything but dull. How can it not be when its chief champion — The Riskmaster — can sing his own theme song (hat tip Mother Jones).
And how many ballot proposition funders are willing to go shirtless on camera. Somehow, we can’t imagine Charles Munger, Jr. doing this — wearing only a bowtie of course:
