Sunday, December 7, 2008

Durham Schools VS Performing Arts

Durham Schools To Cut $1.3 Million

I saw this news story on the nbc-17 website and thought, what if the Durham City Council could cut the budget for the Durham Performing Arts Center budget and grant that money to the Durham Public schools so they will not have to cut. What a great idea. Maybe the could cut the light from the Bridge to the sky and give this money to the schools. Just think about what our schools could do with the money they are about to loose. I know the power bill for the light is not 1.3 million but surely there is money they Durham City Council could come up with to help their schools. I hope the Durham City Council and other cities in similiar circumstances will see this idea and move some money around. I know that the Durham Public Schools is funded by the County and not by the city but they could give a grant like I suggsted.
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Phil said...

You have to remember that the City nor the County funded any of the theater so the is money to reassign. The City Fathers felt as you did in the early phases and only allowed the county's legislated hotel Occupancy tax to be used that fund visitor oriented projects.

The$46.8M theater was funded with the occupancy tax, and private donations for naming rights.

You should be aware that if the theater is successful, the City is sharing the profits and may have extra money to allocate one day.

December 8, 2008 at 9:06 AM

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