12102018JimLorimerSupport
Dear President Hardin
The Arnold Sports Festival appreciates the Columbus City Council's leadership in the discussion about proposed ticket taxes to benefit the arts and facilities in our community.
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12072018OQHCSupport_Redacted
On behalf of the Ohio Quarter Horse Association, thank you for continued willingness to work with our organization
throughout the ticket admission proposal deliberations. We greatly appreciate the process to actively engage OQHA
and other stakeholders to more fully understand potential impacts and unique organizational structures in our
community.
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113018MikePriestltr
Dear Council Members,
Thank you for the continued opportunity to share our thoughts on the admissions fee issue before you. Last month, we respectfully submitted to you the Columbus Blue Jackets' opposition to the proposal of a seven percent admissions fee on events such as our games in the city of Columbus.
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11292018GCACTestimony
Council President Shannon Hardin’s new Columbus Art Alliance proposal for two funds to invest in the
arts and our community is a bold and forward thinking revision of the Greater Columbus Arts
Council’s ticket fee proposal.
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11292018BrianMillerSupport
I moved to Columbus in 1984 at the age of fifteen. I was raised in a New Jersey suburb, but very much in the shadow of the biggest of big cities. Since arriving and settling here, I have seen our city grow and evolve in many ways.
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Moore Columbus City Council ltr 11 28 18
Dear Members of City Council,
The question is not "What should we invest in arts and culture?" but "What is the cost of not thinking of imagination, creativity, culture, design, and art?" Michael Gonidakis nor Arnold Schwarzenegger can name a city that is attracting and keeping a vibrant workforce that is weak in these realms.
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Statement by Protect Art 4 Columbus Co-Chair Larry James 112718
Statement by Larry James, Co-Chair, Protect Art 4 Columbus, 11/27/18
Thank you, Council President Hardin. Thank you for your leadership and your willingness to listen.
This afternoon, on behalf of the 2,000 members of our diverse citizens coalition, Protect Art 4
Columbus, I stand with you and GCAC to support the proposed 5% Ticket Fee compromise.
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11262018TimEmery
I’m Tim Emery, and my wife, my kids and I own and operate Boston’s Restaurant
and Sports Bar in the Arena District. I’m here in support of the Arts & Culture Admissions Fee.
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11252018DavidProbstArts FeeSupport
I’m David Probst, Principal of Stonehenge Structured Financial Partners. I would like to add my support to the proposal before City Council to shore up funding for Nationwide Arena and the arts through an Arts Fee.
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11142018MargaretWellsSupport
Good afternoon,
On behalf of Janet Chen, Executive Director, and the entire ProMusica Chamber Orchestra organization, I would like to register our support of the Greater Columbus Arts Council’s proposed 7% ticket fee.
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10152018LauraKoontzSupport
Dear Mitchell J. Brown,
I am writing to express that I am in favor of the 7% ticket fee on entertainment events to benefit the arts and culture sector in
Columbus and I would like you to please consider voting yes on this issue.
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10142018JonShermanSupport
Dear Mr. Hardin,
I am writing in support of the proposed 7% ticket tax to support the arts in Columbus. I run the film program at Kenyon College and am a Columbus filmmaker. Support of the arts is vital to the growth of our city.
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10112018AmyWeisSupport
Dear Council Member,
Thank you for your service to our City. Columbus, like many other great cities is a great place to live and visit. I have lived here since 1987. I have seen our City grow, not only in population and opportunity, but also in beauty and experience over my time here.
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10092018NannetteMaciejunesSupport
Dear Council President Hardin,
If Columbus is going to continue to be recognized as a smart and open city where businesses and people thrive, we must invest in our cultural sector. Like most things we treasure, art requires careful stewardship and continual reinvestment. An investment in the Columbus Museum of Art is an investment in the very fabric of our community. One with clear economic and cultural rewards and immeasurable value.
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10082018NicholasAkinsSupport
Dear President Hardin:
I am writing in support of the Greater Columbus Arts Council's proposal for a public/private partnership to provide financial sustainability for central Ohio's non-profit arts and cultural organizations and Nationwide Arena. A fee on tickets to profit and non-profit entertainment and professional sports,
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09242018JohnBeelerSupport
Dear Mr. Hardin:
I am writing to express my strong support for the proposed ticket tax which City Council has under considerations. As a trustee of and donor to a number of arts organizations in Columbus, I know first hand how important the extra revenue can be for those organizations. Each of them are devoting more and more time to community outreach, while rising operating costs continue to outpace their ability to raise individual charitable contributions.
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09202018RonSaksSupport
1 From: Sent: To: Subject: FW: In Support of Proposed Ticket Tax From: Ron Saks Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2018 9:53 AM Subject: In Support of Proposed Ticket Tax Michael S. Brown Chief of Staff Columbus City Council 90 West Broad St. Columbus, OH 43215 Dear Mike, It was great to see you once again at the recent Col
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08312018KathyMcGinnisSupport
August 31, 2018 Dear Shannon Hardin, I currently serve on the Friends of WOSU Board, an advisory group of central Ohio citizens, which acts as a liaison between WOSU Public Media and the community. One of WOSU’s strategic vision statements is to be the foremost connection to arts, music and cultural experiences to the
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08272018DavisHarrisonSupport
Dear Council President Hardin:
As a partner and neighbor of the Columbus Museum of Art, I am writing to express my support for the proposed ticket fee. If Columbus is going to continue to be recognized as one of Ohio's most vibrant communities where businesses and people thrive, we must invest in our nonprofit arts and cultural sector.
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08262015PWPVolunteerCorpletterSupport
Dear Mayor Ginther,
As volunteers and friends of the Columbus Symphony, we urge you to support the proposed 7% fee on ticketed arts, cultural, entertainment, and professional sporting events in Columbus. Columbus' arts organizations are an important part of what makes our community such a great place to live. The Columbus Symphony's Picnic with the Pops is one of the best parts of summer in Columbus, attracting over tens of thousands to the Columbus Commons each season. As Picnic volunteers, we see people
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08222018KistaHasenSupport
1 From: Sent: To: FW: GCAC's Proposed Ticket Fee From: Krista Hazen Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2018 10:36 AM To: Subject: GCAC's Proposed Ticket Fee Dear Council Member Brown, My name is Krista Hazen and I am writing today to urge you to vote for the Greater Columbus Arts Council’s proposed 7% fee on arts, cultural, a
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082018CATCOSupport
Dear Council Member Brown,
I am writing today to urge you to vote for the Greater Columbus Arts Council's proposed 7% fee on arts, cultural, and professional sporting events.
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08162018JefferyEdwardSupport
Dear Emmanuel,
As a member Of the Board of Trustees of the Columbus Museum of Art, President of Edwards Companies and Chairman, CEO and President of Installed Building Products, I am writing to you to express my support for the proposed ticket fee. If Columbus is going to continue to be recognized as one of Ohio's most successful communities where businesses and people thrive, we must invest in our nonprofit arts and cultural sector.
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08152018JoyGonsiorowskiSupport
Dear Councilman Remy,
Columbus may be known as the "home of the Buckeyes", but attendance at nonprofit arts and cultural happenings is 1.6x that of home sporting events!
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10302018David HoheiselOppose
Hello Council President Harden, Council Members, and Associates,
I wanted to reach out and express my concerns about how the upcoming ticket tax would effect the Columbus
Fishing Expo, The City of Columbus, local hotels and our Youth.
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101218BretAdamsOppose
It is with disappointment that I am communicating with you via written communication in lieu of talking to you in person last evening in the public forum. I know what happened with my speaker’s slip. I registered at the same time as did Jim Lorimer and my speaker slip was time stamped long before many other speakers to
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101118MikePriestltr
Dear Council Members,
On behalf of the Columbus Blue Jackets organization, thank you for the opportunity to provide our response to the admissions tax issue before you. I respectfully submit this letter to formally state our organization's opposition to the current proposal of a seven percent admissions tax on events such as our games in the city of Columbus.
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101118GregPhelpsOppose
President Hardin and Distinguished Members of Columbus City Council,
My name is Greg Phelps. I reside at 2819 Sherwood Rd., in Columbus. I come before you today in opposition to the Greater Columbus Arts Council's proposed even percent fee on admissions to entertainment events including concerts and professional sports.
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062718JimLorimerOppose
The purpose of this letter is to express our deep concern regarding a proposed City Ticket Tax that we understand may soon be under some consideration by Columbus City Council. In response to this suggested proposal on June 27, 2018 a meeting was convened in my Arnold Sports Festival office that included the Chairmen and attorneys of 15 major events that are regularly and annually presented in our great Columbus community.
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11292018Leslie BroeckerTestimony
Thank you for allowing me to testify this evening regarding the proposed ticket tax. My name is
Leslie Broecker and I am the Midwest President of Broadway Across America. Broadway has very
serious concerns with the current proposed ordinance.
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10122018StefanieCoeTestimony
1 From: Sent: To: Subject: FW: Testimony Regarding the GCAC Proposal From: Stefanie Coe Sent: Friday, October 12, 2018 4:54 PM To: Subject: Re: Testimony Regarding the GCAC Proposal Mr. Brown, Can you please share this email with all the members of Columbus City Council? Council President Hardin, President Pro Tem Stin
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101118OQHATestimony
Testimony of the Ohio Quarter Horse Association Columbus ticket admission tax proposalColumbus City CouncilOctober 11, 2018 President Hardin, President Pro-Tem Stinziano and Members of Council, thank you for the opportunity to testify and share our concerns regarding the proposed ticket tax for the City of Columbus. My
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08152018MaggieBrohnTestimony
Re: Deep Concern for the Proposed Columbus Ticket Tax
Dear Columbus City Council Members,
By way of introduction, I am the Executive Producer of Hamilton on Broadway, in Chicago, on various tours
across North America, and internationally.
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07272018DavisStoneTestimony
Wicked, LLC 420 West 45th Street, 2nd Floor New York, NY 10036 (212) 768-8255 (phone) (212) 768-4516 (fax) 07/27/18 Columbus City Council City Hall 90 West Broad Street Columbus, OH 43215 Re: Concern for the Proposed Columbus Ticket Tax Dear Columbus City Council Members: On behalf of the entire company of Wicked we ar
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