INC NEWS - Fwd: Kvetching by Arts groups

[Ellen Dagenhart]

FYI.

>Cc: bragin at nc.rr.com,
>  ellen Dagenhart <dagnhrt at mindspring.com>,
>  Sherry DeVries <sldevries at durhamarts.org>,
>  Robert Aitchison & Bob Aitchison <hafskip at mindspring.com>
>From: Robert Aitchison <hafskip at mindspring.com>
>Subject: Kvetching by Arts groups
>Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2008 13:55:11 -0400
>To: mwshiflett at hotmail.com
>
>
>Mike,
>
>I have read your complaint that arts organizations should not be
>kvetching about cuts.
>
>I wanted to step back in time to the late 90s, when the City, led by
>Mayor Sylvia Kerchoff, decided to fund arts organizations with a
>penny and a half of the tax dollar (the "penny pot") so we as a fine
>community would support arts.   This was not meant to be all the
>money the organizations would need to exist--far from it--but was to
>affirm the importance of arts to our community, our economy (!!) and
>our youth.  The application process was civilized and the city showed
>concrete support for something that makes life better for all Durham
>residents.
>
>All was well until, some time in the last several years, Council
>decided to open up the Pot to all non-city agencies and make it a
>"competitive" process.  There seemed to be no way to satisfy
>everyone, so last year Council decided to look at the whole process.
>The result was what we were told in the winter--we would have two
>more years, less money each time, then nothing.  We were not at all
>satisfied, but what could we do?  If it seems we are kvetching now,
>it is because we have to put up with what we see as a betrayal.
>
>The result is an "arts vs. cops" mentality, or so I read from your
>posts.  This is not what should be happening. Arts are the other part
>of the equation.  It should be Arts PLUS Cops = lower juvenile
>crime.  After I spoke on Monday, a policemen shook my hand!
>
>A civilized city, especially one that claims to be an arts community,
>should support the arts!  It's that simple.
>
>Anne Aitchison
>Twice President and flutist member (as a volunteer, I must add)
>The Durham Symphony
>
>

Ellen M. Dagenhart, ABR, e-Pro, GRI, SRES
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