Steve: Your lack of credibility is very frustrating.
* Just because the arts are not filling your potholes does not make them less valid or important. By your argument, we should eliminate our firehouses and let our parks go to pot while we're at it.
* Arts organizations are backfilling services (music and arts education) that have been de-funded over the past several years.
* The city is backing an Armory loan of $10.6 million, not $35 million.
* Mr. Adams did not guarantee the loan. He wasn't on the Council at the time. Yes he worked for Vera during some of the Armory discussions, yeah yeah, we know.
* PCS's top ticket price of $60 for 5th Row Center is hardly "upwards of $100." Many tickets to Cabaret were $15. The average ticket sold was closer to $25.
* The show was sold out for most of its run. Capitalism succeeds, while access was provided for various ages and income groups, and PCS takes another step toward paying off its loan. How is this a problem?
Now that some of your misstatements have been corrected, let's address your question about how arts and culture helps our community. To begin, I recommend you have a look at this page:
http://www.creativecapacity.org/about/what/
And for a demonstration of the purely economic benefits, check out:
More misinformation from Steve
Steve: Your lack of credibility is very frustrating.
* Just because the arts are not filling your potholes does not make them less valid or important. By your argument, we should eliminate our firehouses and let our parks go to pot while we're at it.
* Arts organizations are backfilling services (music and arts education) that have been de-funded over the past several years.
* The city is backing an Armory loan of $10.6 million, not $35 million.
* Mr. Adams did not guarantee the loan. He wasn't on the Council at the time. Yes he worked for Vera during some of the Armory discussions, yeah yeah, we know.
* PCS's top ticket price of $60 for 5th Row Center is hardly "upwards of $100." Many tickets to Cabaret were $15. The average ticket sold was closer to $25.
* The show was sold out for most of its run. Capitalism succeeds, while access was provided for various ages and income groups, and PCS takes another step toward paying off its loan. How is this a problem?
Now that some of your misstatements have been corrected, let's address your question about how arts and culture helps our community. To begin, I recommend you have a look at this page:
http://www.creativecapacity.org/about/what/
And for a demonstration of the purely economic benefits, check out:
http://www.racc.org/resources/research/aep3.php
Now... let's discuss.