It’s done.  We have now elected our 44th president.  And while it is a moot point, I thought it would be good to review what Obama has in store for art and arts education in America compared to what we could have gotten had McCain been elected.

I performed 2 Google searches: “barack obama policy arts”; and “john mccain policy arts”.  The first bits of interesting information are the search results themselves.  For Obama, the top result on page one linked to a PDF on the barackobama.com website.  The PDF was the official Obama/Biden policy on art and arts education.

McCain?  Well, McCain’s own website did not show up until page 3 of the Google results, and that search result linked to McCain’s energy policy, nothing to do with art.  The first result for McCain’s arts policies was a link to a PDF on the Arts Action Fund website: a non-profit that aims to ensure that arts-friendly policies are adopted at all levels of government.  This document appeared to be the authentic McCain arts education policy, and that is where we will start. Read The Article

Good People Need Your Help

Sept. 26, 2008 - Ron and Danae O’Leary, owners of the local restaurant The Bungalow, suffered a terrible blow. Ron has developed a heart condition that could require a transplant costing them hundreds of thousands of dollars. Even if the condition can be controlled by medication, it is likely to be beyond reasonable cost.  You see, Ron has no health coverage as he opted to invest all available money into he and Danae’s dream, their restaurant.  Ron and Danae, through The Bungalow, have helped support our local art scene by booking local, original musicians every week. These are good people who need our help.

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