Vote yes!

I am not a politics kind of girl, but today is Arts Advocacy day here in MN. A group of arts people from all over the state go to the capitol and talk to legislators about why they should support arts funding. It is organized by a group called MN Citizens for the Arts and a friend talked me in to going. It was terrific. I spent the morning walking around the capitol, met with my representatives with a group of other arts advocates from my neighborhood, and sat in the 3rd floor balcony and watched the House in action. I am fortunate to live in districts which are very arts friendly, so really my legislators are already big arts supporters. By lucky scheduling, the amendment that we were excited about was the one that they were debating this morning. It would add 3/8 cent sales tax that goes to arts, history & conservation - they are calling it the "Heritage Amendment" and you can read a little bit about it at MPR. They voted and passed the bill in the House while I was sitting in the gallery, which was the coolest part of the day! So it will appear on the ballot in November. I was proud to be there.