Art tax: Misplaced priorities on display in Tacoma
Re: “Early chunk of art tax money starts to make impact in community,” (TNT,12/30).
Tacoma faces a plethora of financial challenges: the cost of hungry and homeless people, public school class sizes, law enforcement manpower, pothole repairs, etc.
Nevertheless, this fair city will apparently spend a whopping $6 million a year through its Office of Arts and Cultural Vitality.
My family shops often in Tacoma, and it is a sobering thought that our increased sales taxes will fund things like ukulele classes.
Thomas P. Hoyle, University Place
This story was originally published December 31, 2019 at 11:33 AM with the headline "Art tax: Misplaced priorities on display in Tacoma."