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"LET DUBUQUE CALL YOUR BLUFF"
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"LET DUBUQUE CALL YOUR BLUFF." Seeking to boost tourism in Dubuque, Darlene Coomes coined the slogan in 1982 as part of a crusade to attract visitors. She even tongue-in-cheek challenge to "Chicago Sun-Times" travel editor, John J Smith after reading an article suggesting that Dubuque was one of the worst weekend vacation spots in the Midwest.
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Source:
Freund, Bob, "Dubuque Gets It's Day in the Sun-Times," Telegraph Herald, May 16, 1982, p. 17