Tag: Arts Education and Cultural Enrichment proposal
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Arts millage passes, Cherry defeats Walling, voter turnout 27 percent, benefits kick in today
By Jan Worth-Nelson In two of the most watched contests of Tuesday’s election, the contentious Arts Education and Cultural Enrichment millage passed, 47 percent “yes” to 43 percent “no”; and in the 49th District Democratic primary race for state representative, John Cherry, son of a Genesee County political dynasty, defeated former Flint Mayor Dayne Walling,…
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Second arts millage town hall yields more questions and calls for support
By Jan Worth-Nelson It seemed clear nobody in the audience for the second town hall on the proposed Arts Education and Cultural Enrichment millage up for a vote Aug. 7 was opposed to the arts. Nina Jones Lewis, who moderated both panels, echoed several speakers in her concluding summary, “Yes, we’re poor and yes, we…
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