http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/call_to_action The email below is just in from Annex Theatre artistic director Bret Fetzer. The issue is pretty simple—there's a lodging tax that basically funds 4Culture, due to expire in 2012. A bill currently in the state legislature, waiting to get on the House floor for a vote, would extend the tax. The tax is important—it is the primary source of funding for 4Culture and is listed on the donor wall of the Seattle Rep, up there with Eve Alvord and the Benaroyas, as if “hotel/motel tax” were a generous person. And, well, take it away Bret: SB 6638 has passed... Copyright 2008 Wed, 05 Mar 2008 12:14:09 -0800 Wed, 05 Mar 2008 12:36:29 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Benaroya, not Benyaroya. And it is worth noting that Bret's day job is at 4Culture, which, as Brendan pointed out, is the group that gives away all that hotel/motel tax. But nevertheless--send an email! Keep up funding!

]]> yay for the arts http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/call_to_action#c957519 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/call_to_action#c957519 Arts Wed, 05 Mar 2008 12:35:55 -0800 It also funds 4Culture's support of cultural heritage organizations -- groups like the Wing Luke Asian Museum, the new African-American Museum, and countless other local history/preservation projects.

]]> Save 4Culture http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/call_to_action#c957521 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/call_to_action#c957521 Arts Wed, 05 Mar 2008 12:36:29 -0800