The five squared off over renewable energy, community policing, education, impact fees, tax incentives for economic development, and public arts funding.
"What's happened to public arts funding is in no small measure the fault of the arts institutions and the individuals who run them."
In the late 1980s, city and county leaders recognized The Arts Council as the official local arts agency for public arts funding.
The theft demands included an increase to arts funding.
Unlike in Europe, all arts funding was through private donations and not government funding.
The findings could, Oatley believes, have significant implications, particularly in a climate where arts funding is under threat.
The event was successful and grew in subsequent years with the help of cultural arts funding.
The former culture secretary Chris Smith will tonight (Wednesday, 23 July) give his thoughts on the cuts to arts funding.
The 1% have been very adept at distracting the 99% with divisive arguments over race, arts funding, reproductive rights, and fading memories of the 1960s.
I had no idea how arts funding was obtained.