Ice cream shop owners get a call from VP Biden thanking them for video about economic stimulus fund

[Kadie]

Ice cream shop owners get sweet call from the vice president: Joe Biden thanks pair for video about economic stimulus funds

By J.M. BROWN
Posted: 11/11/2010 01:30:37 AM PST

SANTA CRUZ -- A few hours after Vice President Joe Biden met with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday, he had another important appointment. It was short, but as usual the plain-spoken politician got his point across.

Biden called Zach Davis and Kendra Baker, owners of 2-month-old The Penny Ice Creamery in Santa Cruz, to thank them for a "damn good" YouTube video they made thanking President Barack Obama and congressional officials for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act that backed their small business loan. More than 13,000 people have watched the video since last month.

"So here's the deal, I'm comin' for ice cream," Biden said, telling the two he was a "genuine lover of ice cream." Biden said the YouTube video was "really well-done, and I'm glad you were able to benefit from the act."

Amid a crush of media and well-wishers, Davis replied on the shop's speakerphone, "I appreciate all the work that you've done and we're really thankful."

After the five-minute call, video clips of which were posted on the vice president's webpage within a few hours, Baker said she never dreamed the YouTube video would receive such a high-profile response.

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http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/localnews/ci_16581628


Great Video...

A thank you letter from The Penny Ice Creamery
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmWjlA9FlAo

[jaxx]

1. Thanks for the nice story. I bet there are many more like that one.

K&R

[SDuderstadt]

2. Wow!

What a great video! And, combined with the Giants winning the World Series, it just seems so many great things come out of the Bay Area.

[lame54]

3. Great video K&R

[MadHound]

4. Gee, will I get a call from the Veep for becoming unemployed due to his education funding policies?

That would be sweet as well.

[Gin]

6. good video.....happy for their success...good news for a change

about the little guy.

[Romulox]

5. Let's hope that this business isn't among the 50% that fails in the first 5 years

Else Biden's name may come up again.

http://www.pacificviews.org/weblog/archives/000966.html

[Scurrilous]

7. K & R

:thumbsup:

[treestar]

8. Great, best of luck to them!

Does a good job of showing how the business fans out and gives work to others.