A billboard will be following legislators to dinner tonight.
The mobile billboard, which is on the side of a Fairway advertising truck, will be circling the General Assembly building for six hours today.
The N.C. Association of Long Term Care Facilities is arguing for an increase in the rates that assisted living facilities get from the state.
After a short break, the mobile billboard will circle local restaurants tonight, in order to catch lawmakers at rest as well.
Roger Bone, a spokesman for the association, said they're targeting high-end restaurants popular with legislators — Sullivan's Steakhouse, 18 Seaboard and Bloomsbury Bistro.
In the wake of recent ethics reforms, they're also aiming low — K&W Cafeteria in Cameron Village.
"We've not been able to bring the attention to this issue that it needs," he said. "So we've got to try something different."
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