“The arts are vital to our city\u2019s collective personality and history and we must support this industry if we wish to remain a world-class city that welcomes and encourages everyone to pursue his or her passion.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\nBut check this out \u2013 funding the arts isn\u2019t just about preserving culture, it\u2019s also an economically smart move. In 2015, Kansas City brought in $7.9 million in local revenue and $10.9 million at the state level via the arts.<\/p>\n
“If the Governor thinks politicians are ‘addicted to spending taxpayer money’ and cites the arts as a an example of the problem \u2013 then may the taxpayers of Kansas City have that $10,900,000 back, please?\u201d Says Mayor James in his letter.<\/p>\n
Veto or no veto, Kansas City has committed to matching funds and making that conservatory a reality.<\/p>\n
Art and creativity are important y\u2019all. Insist on their proliferation, no matter what.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
He said funding the arts shouldn\u2019t be a priority. But then something happened. Kansas City Mayor Sly James responded with his own public letter, saying that art is very much a priority. “The arts are vital to our city\u2019s collective personality and history and we must support this industry if we wish to remain a world-class city that welcomes and\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6644,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,5],"tags":[656,657,658,659,660,527],"class_list":["post-2272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-american-resilience","category-beasts","category-borderless","tag-arts","tag-bipartisan","tag-kansas-city","tag-local-government","tag-mayor-sly-james","tag-rise-up"],"yoast_head":"\n
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