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Everyone NEEDS to know: In case you hadn't heard...
14 years ago
...Governor (asswipe) Brownback killed the arts program. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sarah....._b_812478.html
It still has to be voted on by the Senate (or maybe the House, I can't remember where the bill is currently), but since the majority of both houses is Republican, it will more than likely be supported.
There was an arts rally at the Capital in Topeka February 10th. I wasn't able to make it because I got off work the same time the rally started. It sounds like the rally went well (the entire art building at my college got to afternoon classes late and allowed all their students to be late because of the rally) and there were several representatives that spoke at the rally saying that they won't let this bill pass. However, we still don't have the amount of representative supporters that we need to keep this from passing yet...
As I reiterated in my last journal ( http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/2027399/ ), this obviously sucks for Kansas, but what scares me is how we're now an example for other states. Kansans kinda knew Brownback was going to come through and stomp out the arts and any other liberal programs/media (he's also trying to pull the ol' "There's no such thing as Rape" type of laws and pro-life bullshit, but that's another angry rant for another time). To kill the arts program calls attention to Kansas in a negative way, AGAIN (as if the Phelps and the creationism/evolution bullshit weren't enough). Kansas now serves as that example for states everywhere as to how they can get away with budget cuts or completely killing arts programs and showing how much money they "save" by doing so (not that they care about the moral of their citizens, obviously not).
Other states will have an easier time killing arts programs if they can pull Kansas out of their asses as their golden example of what will happen. THIS is the part that truly scares me.
I'm graduating from college this summer with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. Unless I work for some soulless corporation, I'm not likely to find a job that I love (and that is worth my time/effort) in Kansas. Its frustrating because I love this state so much, and we WERE heading in a good direction under our old governor. However, I'll be looking for new horizons outside of Kansas in the coming months.
What a horrible thing to happen in America. :(
It still has to be voted on by the Senate (or maybe the House, I can't remember where the bill is currently), but since the majority of both houses is Republican, it will more than likely be supported.
There was an arts rally at the Capital in Topeka February 10th. I wasn't able to make it because I got off work the same time the rally started. It sounds like the rally went well (the entire art building at my college got to afternoon classes late and allowed all their students to be late because of the rally) and there were several representatives that spoke at the rally saying that they won't let this bill pass. However, we still don't have the amount of representative supporters that we need to keep this from passing yet...
As I reiterated in my last journal ( http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/2027399/ ), this obviously sucks for Kansas, but what scares me is how we're now an example for other states. Kansans kinda knew Brownback was going to come through and stomp out the arts and any other liberal programs/media (he's also trying to pull the ol' "There's no such thing as Rape" type of laws and pro-life bullshit, but that's another angry rant for another time). To kill the arts program calls attention to Kansas in a negative way, AGAIN (as if the Phelps and the creationism/evolution bullshit weren't enough). Kansas now serves as that example for states everywhere as to how they can get away with budget cuts or completely killing arts programs and showing how much money they "save" by doing so (not that they care about the moral of their citizens, obviously not).
Other states will have an easier time killing arts programs if they can pull Kansas out of their asses as their golden example of what will happen. THIS is the part that truly scares me.
I'm graduating from college this summer with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. Unless I work for some soulless corporation, I'm not likely to find a job that I love (and that is worth my time/effort) in Kansas. Its frustrating because I love this state so much, and we WERE heading in a good direction under our old governor. However, I'll be looking for new horizons outside of Kansas in the coming months.
What a horrible thing to happen in America. :(
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG9CE55wbtY