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Re: SECOND ART MUSEUM AUDIT IS IN, AND RESULTS ARE SOBERING

Niccolò — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:56:31 -0000

How the wind doth blow.

Re: SECOND ART MUSEUM AUDIT IS IN, AND RESULTS ARE SOBERING

Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machia — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:42:41 -0000

Well then it ain't gonna happen John B.
You're dreaming. Pretending really. Ever hear of realpolitik?
It isn't healthy to be so deluded.
I vote but it never does any good. There are too many people eager to believe in phoney John Edwards types apparently because he has good hair and talks a good game. I spotted him for the lying fake he is years ago.
By the time Obama or McCain gets in it will likewise be too late for people to change their votes to candidates who have lost in primaries long ago.
Shame that people can't learn. Shame they never will. Best to acknowledge it and live in the real world. As Spengler commented,"Optimism is cowardice".
Have a nice day.

Re: SECOND ART MUSEUM AUDIT IS IN, AND RESULTS ARE SOBERING

Marina — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:08:44 -0000

You're preaching to the choir, John. I'm simply trying to highlight the fact that the lack of changes in leadership at LBMA has not been addressed. Trust me, I do my part in the democratic process and do not just sit back and wait for things to change! But there is no election that will affect the LBMA leadership (unless you know of an election I don't know about??) and I would very much like for the press to examine what is going on there.

I'm done with this thread...

Re: SECOND ART MUSEUM AUDIT IS IN, AND RESULTS ARE SOBERING

Marina — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:32:51 -0000

I totally agree with you John - my only point is that until there is real change in leadership at the Museum, we are foolish to believe that anything else has changed up to this point! Part of what we should "demand" is a total overhaul in leadership at both the staff and board levels, but no coverage so far has addressed the qualifications of the people currently in those posts.

Re: SECOND ART MUSEUM AUDIT IS IN, AND RESULTS ARE SOBERING

the commish — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:45:04 -0000

John B: You go. Who says idealism is dead? I wish the "Who" lyrics about "meeting the new boss....." weren't rattling around in my head now.

We'll all end up pretty tired "demanding" all the things the city should be doing. Maybe next we could demand our legislators get the budget passed?

Maybe we need to "demand" the city find that money LB got from the hotel tax for housing, but can't seem to find it was credited to any fund. The homeless have no voice to make "demands" - maybe you could look into this.

Re: SECOND ART MUSEUM AUDIT IS IN, AND RESULTS ARE SOBERING

Marina — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:30:21 -0000

Since there has not really been a change in leadership at LBMA - the current director was President of the Board then Development Director when all this garbage happened, and the Board has not changed at all - why should we expect any real changes to be made?