Comments on: On the one year anniversary of deciding to fight back, things are looking pretty familiar http://praxistheatre.com/2009/09/on-the-one-year-anniversary-of-deciding-to-fight-back-things-are-looking-pretty-familiar/ Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:29:29 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Michael Wheeler http://praxistheatre.com/2009/09/on-the-one-year-anniversary-of-deciding-to-fight-back-things-are-looking-pretty-familiar/comment-page-1/#comment-1928 Michael Wheeler Fri, 04 Sep 2009 12:55:07 +0000 http://praxistheatre.com/?p=1036#comment-1928 Thanks Megan, Wow, speaking about organizing against the government when they torch the arts: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/bc-backs-down-from-arts-cuts/article1273727/ The BC budget cut funding for culture by 90%! This is totally unprecedented and certainly won't be the last we hear of it. "Tuesday's budget projected staggering cuts down from $19.5-million in 2008-09 to $2.25-million in 2010-11, and dropping to $2.2-million in 2011-12." Most sectors were asked to take a 7% cut - Culture 90%. It's like the AGO all over again, but on a massive Olympian scale. Lots of cash and resources to make things look wonderful and cultured for the cameras, ribbon cutting and the spotlight. We can all eat Zoodles for breakfast lunch and dinner and put on plays in the alley behind the theatre when they're gone. Thanks Megan,

Wow, speaking about organizing against the government when they torch the arts:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/bc-backs-down-from-arts-cuts/article1273727/

The BC budget cut funding for culture by 90%! This is totally unprecedented and certainly won’t be the last we hear of it.

“Tuesday’s budget projected staggering cuts down from $19.5-million in 2008-09 to $2.25-million in 2010-11, and dropping to $2.2-million in 2011-12.”

Most sectors were asked to take a 7% cut – Culture 90%. It’s like the AGO all over again, but on a massive Olympian scale. Lots of cash and resources to make things look wonderful and cultured for the cameras, ribbon cutting and the spotlight. We can all eat Zoodles for breakfast lunch and dinner and put on plays in the alley behind the theatre when they’re gone.

]]> By: Megan Mooney http://praxistheatre.com/2009/09/on-the-one-year-anniversary-of-deciding-to-fight-back-things-are-looking-pretty-familiar/comment-page-1/#comment-1926 Megan Mooney Thu, 03 Sep 2009 22:43:05 +0000 http://praxistheatre.com/?p=1036#comment-1926 Nice to have a reminder about this. We're a culture with a very short memory. Politicians count on it. Nice to have a reminder about this. We’re a culture with a very short memory. Politicians count on it.

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