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Guest Column: Bailout for Cultural Council
A CRAMDOWN TO BAILOUT THE ST. JOHNS COUNTY CULTURAL COUNCIL
Randy Covington
Conservative Research Network
February 13, 2011
For years, the process by which bed tax monies have been allocated, especially in Category II has been seriously flawed. The pool of money CAT II draws from is approximately $1.0 million dollars a year in the current down economy and is projected to accumulate to some $34.0 million dollars over the next 20 years under the current rate.
In comments from St. Johns County Administrator Michael D. Wanchick that were received by Historic City News last week, it appears that staff sees the writing on the wall; another $12 million of lost revenue in property taxes next year.
Historic City News passwords and logins are changed every week; some more frequently than that, however, for whatever extra effort that entails, the added protection against hacking attempts is worth more than any insurance policy.
The ostensibly “non-political” local arts agency for St. Johns County has been recommended by a panel including Cultural Council debtors and alumni to manage a grant program and to market St. Johns County as an art, cultural, and heritage destination for the St. Johns County Tourist Development Council.
Priscilla Proctor has notified local Historic City News reporters that Flagler College will host the Women’s History Project from Thursday, March 8th through Thursday, April 7th.
“Tickets are going fast for our second annual Dart for Art on February 26, 2011,” Pregnancy Center Director Maria Gleason told Historic City News this week.
The information contained in this report is taken from sources deemed reliable; the accuracy and completeness of which Historic City News does not control and cannot guarantee. The original public records are on file with the St. Johns County Clerk of Court and should be consulted before taking any action.