You confirmed my suspicion that the “overhead
projector” that Sen. McCain was referring to was for a planetarium.
Sen. Obama had an opportunity to make a point that funding museums/education
isn’t necessarily pork, and am disappointed that he choose not to.
Steve Richardson
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Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008
8:01 PM
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Subject: [MUSEUM-L] Something to
Consider
The
debate is on. Most of politics belongs off the list EXCEPT as it affects the
well being of the museums. One of the candidates, in one of the first responses
made, called out the other because they had voted for a $3 million
appropriation for an overhead projector at a planetarium and indicated that
(paraphrasing) it was absurd to spend this kind of money for this kind of
thing. This is the second museum of which I am aware this same candidate has
opposed funding (the other is in
The
overhead projector was for the Adler
Planetarium. The museum in
There are
many, many issues we face in today's incredibly tough economic times, and the
new president will be faced with many challenges. We talked earlier about the
need to know where the candidates stand on museums. I surface these points
tonight because there is new, compelling (from my perspective) evidence as to
who is and who is not a supporter of the museum community.
I leave
it to you to draw your own conclusions and vote your conscience.