Okay people, this one came out of left field, but I am lovin' it.
At last night's sold-out Waterfront Arts Gala, the Mayor announced he's signed an Executive Order: future bond ordinances will include a provision that 1% of the amount bonded will go toward funding public art.
The first implementation of the order will be an upcoming bond ordinance to pay for the Southwest Park's interactive sculpture. Had the city had this provision in 2017, the amount raised for public art projects would have been $200,000.
Thank you, Mayor Bhalla!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, June 26, 2018
MAYOR BHALLA SIGNS EXECUTIVE ORDER TO FUND ART INSTALLATIONS
In a surprise announcement at the Waterfront Arts Gala on Monday evening, Mayor Ravi S. Bhalla signed an executive order to help fund public art installations throughout the city.
The order declares that all city bond ordinances shall be drafted to include a provision dedicating one percent towards public art installations. This is meant to revitalize neighborhoods, promote economic prosperity, and improve the physical and psychological well-being of residents.
“Art is a fundamental part of improving quality of life, but it’s too often an afterthought,” said Bhalla. “My Administration is committed to not only keep public arts projects funded, but on the forefront of my agenda as Mayor. I’m also proud to say Hoboken is one of the first municipalities in our state to adopt a ‘percent for art’ policy, and I encourage other municipalities to also invest in the arts.”
The first implementation of the order will be an interactive sculpture at Southwest Park, which will be financed by the next bond ordinance. A community meeting on the sculpture will be held at 6 p.m. on Thursday, June 28 at the Southwest Park Terrance.
Based on the amount the City bonds on an annual basis, the effect is significant. For context, had this executive order been in place in 2017, the City would have allocated nearly $200,000 towards the public arts trust.
The executive order was signed during the inaugural Waterfront Arts Gala, which raised funds for Hoboken’s Cultural Affairs department. The brand-new event was a stellar success thanks to organizing by Cultural Affairs Administrator Geri Fallo. Ticket sales and donations from the sold-out event brought in more than $15,000 for the Cultural Affairs department. The department does not receive funding from the city’s budget and relies on fundraisers, such as the Gala, to finance year-round cultural and arts events.s
Brilliant. Love it.
ReplyDeleteExplain the chuckleheads to complain they were not consulted.
ReplyDeleteThey are too stupid to realize they will be consulted every time the city council has to authorize the next bond issuance. They are too stupid to realize that the mayor's office is the one that drafts bonding ordinances for consideration by the CC and not the other way around. They are too stupid to realize they have the power to amend these ordinances though if they do so too much and it materially impacts the viability of the financing, nobody will step up to buy any offered bonds.
So expect them to complain - that is what they do best. That is just about the only thing they do well.
Goofball, and by "goofball" I mean "evil goofball." Michael DeFusco, needs to be in the spotlight so he issued a statement being critical. He could have said, "great, I look forward to working with the Mayor and my Council colleagues to make this work. I support the arts too." That actually would have been more politically savvy because it's what people want. However, he's both a "goofball" and "evil" so he sent out a statement that has both ill intentions and hurts him politically. You give this guy enough rope... He just does not get bickering and fighting turns off everyone.
ReplyDeleteAll Hoboken, since most sane Hoboken people have been banned from De Fusco's Facebook page, even his council one (which is illegal, as it turns out), where did you see his statement? Maybe he heard from his illegally over the limit developer donors that they don't want no public art.
DeleteFolks, I wanted to take a moment to address some of the very strange anti-American confusion that has resulted from our hee-larious send-up of your editor's departed pet on Horse and Friends by our own beloved and always hee-larious Kuck Fluffner.
ReplyDeleteIt's important to remember that our enemies are less than human and do not experience human emotion like the rest of us. You'll notice we never refer to your editor in any sort of human terms. It's the same with these so-called separated kids at the border. They are not our kids. They don't experience longing for family like our kids would. Heck it's practically a summer camp for these illegal alien non-American children.
By the same token, it would be in extremely poor taste to make so-called humorous references to the loss of Yappy the Real Estate Agent's dog or Tippy the Councilbabe's rabbits. As regular contributors to Horse and Friends these folks experience all normal human emotions and it would be absolutely cruel to use their furry companions for so-called humor simply because you don't share their political opinions. Absolutely cruel.
But you notice they have no objection to our, again, hee-larious send-up of your editor's departed pet on Horse and Friends. That's because they're morally consistent. Always thoughtful about the feelings of real human beings. Always quite disinterested in the whining of the subhuman among us.
I hope this is cleared up now.
#LockUpTheTurban!
#EndTheInvestigation!
#TheStormIsHere!
#SpyGate!
Hugh Huge-- I understand why you are trying to change the subject from public funding for the arts-- which do not titillate you half as much as splitting up a border family or threatening to crush private businesses like Harley Davidson with taxes. We get it.
Delete"President Donald Trump’s newly unveiled 2019 budget again proposes the elimination of funding for the three major entities that award federal funding for public broadcasting and the arts: the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the National Endowment for the Arts."
And the lemming Republican Party nods that follows you like cowering sheep as your trade war drives American business overseas and hikes prices for consumers here.... let them be driven out of government in droves in 2018. True conservatives are speaking up and speaking out-- so are moderates like Mitt Romney. Thank you Mitt! (never thought I'd say that!)
So, how about a word of appreciation for Mayor Bhalla-- while YOU try to kill off the arts at the national level, our local government recognizes how important they are t our city, our culture.
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DeleteAnon- please... stay in the light. We cannot join in the depravity of Roman Brice (posting as "Snowflake Memoriam") and Kurt "Sadist" Gardiner-- two pathetic social outcasts. Okay? Stay in the light.
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