GOVERNOR SAYS HE IS RECEIVING SUPPORT FOR CUTS

SOUTH DAKOTANS FOR THE ARTS ADVOCACY ALERT!


GOVERNOR SAYS HE IS RECEIVING SUPPORT FOR CUTS
Reports in media statewide today quote Governor Rounds saying that many South Dakotans have told him they support his proposed cuts, and he encourages lawmakers to “support the whole package.”
See the story in the Rapid City Journal:
http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2009/02/02/ap-state-sd/d963et0o0.txt

Let’s be sure to keep Governor Rounds in the loop in our advocacy to save the South Dakota Arts Council.

TODAY’S ACTION: Let the Governor hear from you!
http://www.state.sd.us/Governor/
• Tell him what the elimination of the South Dakota Arts Council would mean to you, your children and your community.
• Remind him that zeroing out state funding for the Office of Arts will cost the state far more than it saves, both in federal funds and in local economic impact.
• Remind him that the arts play a major role in his 2010 Initiative, his vision for South Dakota’s economic and cultural development.
• Let him know that the elimination of the Office of Arts is an unacceptable outcome of “the whole package.”


For more information contact: South Dakotans for the Arts www.sdarts.org
Email: soda@rushmore.com Phone: (605) 722-1467