{"id":2058,"date":"2009-03-04T12:57:05","date_gmt":"2009-03-04T20:57:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/?p=2058"},"modified":"2013-02-07T19:32:47","modified_gmt":"2013-02-08T03:32:47","slug":"distrust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2009\/03\/04\/distrust\/","title":{"rendered":"distrust"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s more news in the Oregon legislature&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/in-the-oregon-legislature-a-matter-of-broken-trust\">desperate move<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/status-report.html\">to<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/story.csp\">rape<\/a> and pillage the Oregon Cultural Trust.\u00c2\u00a0 Perhaps the name should be changed to the Oregon Cultural Slush Fund.\u00c2\u00a0 Using the word &#8220;trust&#8221; in the name certainly does lead one to expect that it wouldn&#8217;t be raided when the general fund coffers start to run dry.\u00c2\u00a0 This just shows just how little regard is given to the arts in this country.\u00c2\u00a0 Please use the &#8220;write your legislators&#8221; box in the left sidebar to email a letter to your legislators about this matter.\u00c2\u00a0 If enough of us speak up and get hopping mad, we can make a difference.\u00c2\u00a0 The Oregon legislature assumes that enough people won&#8217;t care or notice, that&#8217;s why this is on their money hunt agenda.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a direct link to save you some time: <a href=\"http:\/\/capwiz.com\/artsusa\/or\/issues\/alert\/?alertid=12781251&amp;queueid=%5Bcapwiz:queue_id%5D\">link<\/a> &#8211; please take a few minutes to do this, and then forward the page to all of your friends.<\/p>\n<p>And here are some links to the two blogs that are keeping a close eye on this issue:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/www.artscatter.com\">Artscatter<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/cultureshockpdx.blogspot.com\">Culture Shock<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Oh, and here&#8217;s the lame response I got from Rep. Tobias Read:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Dear Mr. Noble,<br \/>\nThank you for writing me with your concerns about the use of funds from the Oregon cultural trust to support vital state programs.\u00c2\u00a0 Please know that the use of the Trust&#8217;s funds in this manner is not something we have proposed lightly &#8211; it was, in fact, a decision taken only after we had reached the point where the only additional cuts that could be made would either cripple state services vitally needed in the recession or have a further negative impact on our K-12 schools.<\/p>\n<p>As you know, Oregon is currently in an economic situation which we have never before seen.\u00c2\u00a0 The legislature has never before been called upon to cut such a large percentage of our budget in such a short period of time.\u00c2\u00a0 We are looking at a gap of over $3 billion and growing &#8211; almost 20% of our budget &#8211; for the 2009-11 budget cycle that begins on July 1. We have been provided some support by the federal stimulus package, but still have a larger gap to fill than any we have experienced before. With shared sacrifice, we will make it through this time despite all the challenges and uncertainty.\u00c2\u00a0 Rest assured that in the meantime we are working to make sure our state will be in a position to thrive.<\/p>\n<p>I realize that this is small consolation to you, but the cultural trust is hardly alone.\u00c2\u00a0 We were also forced to sweep funds from agriculture,<br \/>\nfish and wildlife, and judicial programs funded by direct payments by stakeholders in those fields.\u00c2\u00a0 Please be assured that we&#8217;re also working tirelessly to find ways that we can increase and stabilize our revenue stream for future years so that we don&#8217;t have to make such difficult decisions in the future.<\/p>\n<p>Please feel free to keep in touch as the legislative session continues.<\/p>\n<p>Best,<br \/>\nTobias Read<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s more news in the Oregon legislature&#8217;s desperate move to rape and pillage the Oregon Cultural Trust.\u00c2\u00a0 Perhaps the name should be changed to the Oregon Cultural Slush Fund.\u00c2\u00a0 Using the word &#8220;trust&#8221; in the name certainly does lead one to expect that it wouldn&#8217;t be raided when the general fund coffers start to run [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1294,225,236,103,61,71],"tags":[392],"class_list":["post-2058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","category-bloggers","category-crime","category-fundraising","category-oregon","category-politics","tag-oregon-cultural-trust"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/sa8kC-distrust","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1982,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2009\/02\/26\/oregon-cultural-trust-to-be-raided-act-now\/","url_meta":{"origin":2058,"position":0},"title":"oregon cultural trust to be raided &#8211; act now!","author":"Charles Noble","date":"February 26, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"I received this email from the Oregon Cultural Advocacy Coalition (bold face added by myself): If you read the newspaper and listen to broadcast media, you know that Oregon is facing one of the most significant budget shortfalls in its history.\u00c2\u00a0 The State issued its revenue forecast on Friday.\u00c2\u00a0 Revenue\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;art&quot;","block_context":{"text":"art","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/category\/art\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":688,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2008\/01\/22\/record-year-for-oregon-cultural-donations\/","url_meta":{"origin":2058,"position":1},"title":"record year for oregon cultural donations","author":"Charles Noble","date":"January 22, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"From the Oregon Cultural Trust's press release [click here to download complete press release as a pdf file]: The Oregon Cultural Trust reports that Oregonians donated a record $3.5 million to the Trust in 2007 - up 20 percent from 2006 receipts. Oregon governor Ted Kulongoski commented \"In 2007, for\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;music&quot;","block_context":{"text":"music","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/category\/music\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"octlogo.jpg","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/octlogo.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2065,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2009\/03\/05\/oregon-cultural-trust-raided-for-18-million\/","url_meta":{"origin":2058,"position":2},"title":"oregon cultural trust raided for $1.8 million","author":"Charles Noble","date":"March 5, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"The Oregon legislature passed the budget bill that would skim money from many of the state's non-general fund assets in order to try and balance the budget.\u00c2\u00a0 Bob Hicks has an excellent recap here. It's one of the bone-headed decisions that will haunt us for years to come.\u00c2\u00a0 Why?\u00c2\u00a0 Well,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;art&quot;","block_context":{"text":"art","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/category\/art\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":6736,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2011\/08\/01\/oregon-cultural-trust-funds-1-54-million-in-grants\/","url_meta":{"origin":2058,"position":3},"title":"oregon cultural trust funds $1.54 million in grants","author":"Charles Noble","date":"August 1, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"David Stabler had a recent piece about the new round of grants that have been funded by the Oregon Cultural Trust for the 2011-2012 season, and so I went digging through the PDF press release from the OCT website to see what interesting projects would catch my eye. 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