Yesterday, cooler, calmer, wiser and more intelligent heads prevailed, by my way of thinking, as the representatives of Kansas overruled the governor and his proposed dissolution of the Kansas Arts Commission:
Senate moves to preserve Kansas Arts Commission funding
Wichita Business Journal
Date: Thursday, March 17, 2011
The Kansas Senate on Wednesday voted to reject an executive order from Gov. Sam Brownback that would have eliminated the Kansas Arts Commission and turned its duties over to a nonprofit.
Unfortunately, it's not going to end there as Governor Brownback is said to be thinking of vetoing their vote, in his effort yet to kill the arts commission:
The report says some expect Brownback to use his power to veto individual budget items as a way to nix the commission's funding.
Governor Brownback is so clearly running for US president in 2012 with his moves it's plain, obvious and brutal. He seems to be wanting to out-do Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, what with all the national attention and press he got from his work at destroying unions and collective bargaining in that state.
It's sad and it's frustrating but hopefully the right things will come from all this extremism. It doesn't look good from here but we'll just have to fight for what's good and right and hope for the best.
It's ironic, too, that, just as the city of Kansas City, Missouri is about to get our fantastic, new and beautiful Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts (thanks to Ewing, Marion and Julie Kauffman, of course), which will be such a boon to the city in so many ways, the arts in Kansas seem destined for a hit, if the governor has his way.
Regarding the dissolution of the Kansas Arts Commission locally, I'm reminded of a few quotes, down through time:
Art is much less important than life, but what a poor life without it." --Jasper Johns, painter, sculptor
And this one:
"Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable." --George Bernard Shaw.
Keeping in mind Shaw never made it to Topeka, either.
Link to original post: http://www.bizjournals.com/wichita/morning_call/2011/03/senate-moves-to-preserve-kansas-arts.html
P.S. Speaking of the arts and by way of shameless self-promotion, go to KC Photog Blog, if you haven't already (http://kcphotogblog.blogspot.com/) and check out the photography. I'll only do this once, I promise.
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