Comments on: Council Porks Out—$48 Mil $70 Mil! http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2008/05/13/council-porks-out-48-mil/ <em>City Paper</em> Writers on News, Politics, the Media, the Arts, and More Sat, 06 Sep 2008 22:59:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Mike Licht http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2008/05/13/council-porks-out-48-mil/#comment-150770 Mike Licht Tue, 13 May 2008 20:22:43 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2008/05/13/council-porks-out-48-mil/#comment-150770 Skipper: Arts earmarks are like crack. First it's Washington Ballet, then Arena, then Harman Hall, then Ford's Theatre. If Council members are such art experts, let's make them dance Swan Lake before they propose more arts pork. Mayor Fenty's pal Mike Bloomberg and the NY City Council quit arts pork in favor of competitive grants. It's not just fair, it means arts lobbyists no longer waste the time of NY City Council members. See http://notionscapital.wordpress.com/2008/04/29/arts-earmark-rage/ Skipper: Arts earmarks are like crack. First it’s Washington Ballet, then Arena, then Harman Hall, then Ford’s Theatre.

If Council members are such art experts, let’s make them dance Swan Lake before they propose more arts pork.

Mayor Fenty’s pal Mike Bloomberg and the NY City Council quit arts pork in favor of competitive grants. It’s not just fair, it means arts lobbyists no longer waste the time of NY City Council members.

See http://notionscapital.wordpress.com/2008/04/29/arts-earmark-rage/

]]> By: Skipper http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2008/05/13/council-porks-out-48-mil/#comment-150659 Skipper Tue, 13 May 2008 15:33:54 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2008/05/13/council-porks-out-48-mil/#comment-150659 Please! Come November, no one will remember or care about this $10 million grant. Look to see how much money the Washington Ballet has gotten over the past few years. Look to see why it got so much money. Look to see what ramifications ensued. Please! Come November, no one will remember or care about this $10 million grant. Look to see how much money the Washington Ballet has gotten over the past few years. Look to see why it got so much money. Look to see what ramifications ensued.

]]> By: Mike Licht http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2008/05/13/council-porks-out-48-mil/#comment-150657 Mike Licht Tue, 13 May 2008 15:23:49 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2008/05/13/council-porks-out-48-mil/#comment-150657 The $10 Million grant to Ford's Theatre seems to be sailing right through, despite widespread public rage. Council members either have a death-wish or don't plan to run for re-election. The $10 Million grant to Ford’s Theatre seems to be sailing right through, despite widespread public rage. Council members either have a death-wish or don’t plan to run for re-election.

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