hello
i know this is probably not supposed to be a political arena but i am hoping the good folks of tucson and vanishing tucson will step up to right a wrong.
the tucson city council and mayor are talking about stopping ALL funding for access tucson AND selling off their historic building? in downtown tucson. this may already be a done deal but it will definitely be decided in the next few weeks!.
this is a travesty for the arts and for freedom and for tucson.!
the only way to possibly stop this from happening is to contact every council member and the mayor and let them know this should not even be considered. they already cut the funding from $300,000 to $100,000 and now want to stop ALL funding. there are only 4 paid staff members running the whole station and rely on many many volunteers. even if you never watch the channel, you should still be outraged that this is being considered and questioning why this is being done. these volunteers are the ones filming the council sessions and showing up and asking the hard questions of our elected officials.
i think this has to do with their talk of "transparency" and who really runs tucson and how they dont want to be asked questions or filmed at council meetings by access tucson volunteers.
you can find all their emails at tucsonaz.gov/citygov
otherwise, the next set of emails coming from vanishing tucson will be "remember that beautiful building on broadway in downtown that used to be where access tucson and many other memories were at?"
thanks
david bushey
producer of the bushyreport on access tucson.
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