While I'm actually a fan of good, creative advertising and the work it gives creative people (what was the Sistine Chapel, after all, but one massive ad for the church?) the fact is that a lot of billboard ads are crappy, and that we need more money for art, especially art education and underserved communities. (Beautiful City also says that it could generate a 50%/$11 million increase in funding for city artists and arts institutions.) So I urge you to give the petition a look, as well as the related video below.
"Beautiful City builds Billboard-tax-for-Art Momentum"
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Call (or email) your councillors!
1. Bill Saundercook: 416-392-4072 councillor_saundercook@toronto.ca
2. Cesar Palacio: 416-392-7011 councillor_palacio@toronto.ca
3. Frank Di Giorgio: 416-395-6437 councillor_digiorgio@toronto.ca
4. Cliff Jenkins: 416-395-6408 councillor_jenkins@toronto.ca
5. Michael Walker: 416-392-7906 councillor_walker@toronto.ca
November 30, 2009 at 8:31 PM
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December 11, 2009 at 9:08 PM