Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Staff report
YOUNGSTOWN
At a meeting Tuesday, about 75 members of the Valley’s arts and cultural community were updated on progress made by Power of the Arts, an umbrella organization of area arts and entertainment groups.
Steering committee member Mark Mangie called on POA members to urge state legislators to support an effort to allow all counties to enact a cigarette tax to fund cultural groups. Currently, only Cuyahoga County has the power to impose the tax.
POA members were supplied with contact information for all regional lawmakers at the meeting, which was held at The Butler Institute of American Art.