Kansas Arts Supporters Urge Governor to Reverse Defunding Decision
Submitted by Steve on August 31, 2011
From Scott Rothschild at the Lawrence Journal-World:
With the state surplus growing, and because Gov. Sam Brownback wrongly predicted Kansas would continue to receive federal arts funding, supporters of the arts on Tuesday called on Brownback to restore state assistance to the Kansas Arts Commission.
But Brownback's office said that wasn't going to happen.
His spokeswoman Sherriene Jones-Sontag reiterated Brownback's statement that arts funding was not a core function of government and that the governor wants to "right-size" state government during tough economic times.
"You don't go out and buy art for the house when you are behind on the mortgage," Jones-Sontag said.