RTP-area local music and culture

[Duncan Murrell <dvmurrell AT nc.rr.com>]

Done.

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On Jun 9, 2004, at 11:55 AM, info AT durhamloop.org wrote:

> Writing letters to the editor is EXACTLY how to get the larger issues 
> across
> to the press. They love it when letters reference recent news stories, 
> such
> as today's articles in the News & Observer and Herald-Sun.
>
> I urge those of you involved in this discussion to send off a letter. 
> Many
> of you have raised great points on this newsgroup. It's good for us to 
> talk
> about these things, but city council, the press, and the general 
> public are
> not on this list. Please write letters to the editor!
>
> Thanks,
> Caleb
>
>
> Herald-Sun
> letters AT heraldsun.com
>
> News & Observer
> forum AT newsobserver.com
>
> 250 word max, include name, daytime phone, and address (for 
> verification)
>
> (You should pick one or the other paper - don't send the same letter to
> both.)
>
> ***
>
> Possible topics for letters include:
>
> - financial worries (see conclusion page of powerpoint
> http://www.unc.edu/~hepler/durham/  )
>
> - Durham Cultural Master Plan - fix our existing buildings and cultural
> resources FIRST (see Alex's recent post)
>
> ... And my strongest suggestion (to be timely):
> - Public process and transparency
>
> Why did Mayor Bill Bell deny the public an opportunity to speak on this
> issue Monday night at council? Over 60 citizens respectfully and 
> patiently
> waited four hours for an opportunity to offer public input on the 
> proposed
> theater, valid concerns (above and beyond Clear Channel) that council 
> needs
> to consider during the four month study extension -- before they make a
> final decision.
>
> This project has been moving forward quietly behind closed doors for 
> years
> with no constituency, no public will, no clear need, and no financial
> viability. Mayor Bell's insistence on having a vote without hearing the
> public reinforced the suspicious that this is a back-room deal that 
> cannot
> stand up to public scrutiny. What do they have to hide?
>
> Council's unprecedented behavior Monday night is an insult to the 
> democratic
> process, and to the intelligence of the voters and taxpayers of Durham.
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ch-scene-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org
> [mailto:ch-scene-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of alex kostelnik
> Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2004 10:13 AM
> To: RTP-area local music and culture
> Subject: Theatergate: (N&O,Herald letter)- we need a focus on bogus
> financials
>
> Dear Duncan
>
> One way to get the financial evidence across is to sum
> this up in a letter to the editor of the N+0.
>
>
> --- Duncan Murrell <dvmurrell AT nc.rr.com> wrote:
> > I offer these comments as a feeling-guilty
> > bystander:
> >
> > Having read this and the H-S article, I'd say that
> > perhaps a little
> > more work could be done to get it across to the
> > press that the
> > objections of that "young crowd" go beyond
> > objections to the Clear
> > Channel. I read that PowerPoint presentation, and it
> > deserved much more
> > consideration than the throw-away line buried in the
> > second-to-last
> > graf of the N&O article, "a local technology manager
> > ...  presented
> > data collected from theaters across the country to
> > show they are
> > money-losers." I thought the presentation was much
> > more nuanced than
> > that, and much more devastating. When the words
> > "money-loser" and
> > "Clear Channel" get equal weight in these articles,
> > I think the effort
> > will start to win over the people who, at the
> > moment, aren't paying
> > attention.
> >
> > If you all are still willing to put together a
> > website, I'd help
> > write/edit some stuff.
> >
> > d
>
>
>
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