Barry Short // Cedar City Council // Grade: F
How have the arts, culture, and/or humanities impacted your life?
Answer: I owned and operated a retail storefront dedicated to art sales for 20 years. My wife is an artist, I act as business manger.
Would you like to be considered for endorsement by Utah Cultural Alliance?
Answer: Yes
Utah's humanities and arts employ 112,000 Utahns, provide $4 billion in earnings, and $16 billion in sales. This is a larger economic impact than agriculture, mining, and real estate. Do you consider the arts and cultural sector an economic driver in Utah?
Answer: Yes
Government investment in arts and humanities organizations at fiscally responsible levels.
Answer: Opposed
Government investment in my local arts council at fiscally responsible levels.
Answer: Opposed
Cultural Districts (gov't can designate, fund, and create incentives/zoning ordinances to attract creative businesses to a district).
Answer: Strongly opposed
Low rent housing and studio space for artists.
Answer: Strongly opposed
Facilitating partnerships between tourism and culture.
Answer: Support
Facilitating partnerships between businesses and culture.
Answer: Support
Reducing regulations of creative businesses.
Answer: Strongly support
Capital investment (in museums, performance/concert halls, studios, galleries, nonprofit office space, etc.).
Answer: Opposed
Increased investment in public art projects to encourage murals, sculptures, utility wraps, and more.
Answer: Strongly opposed
Reduced fees (land/building use, garbage, utilities, etc) for festivals and special events.
Answer: Strongly support
Artistinresident at my city or county.
Answer: Neutral
Fiscally responsible government investment in the arts and humanities means to me (could be the right $ amount for the local arts council and/or its grants, etc.).
Answer: $0
7 counties and 33 cities have passed a RAP (recreation, arts, parks) tax. They are:
Counties: Cache (RAPZ); Duchesne (RAP); Salt Lake (ZAP); Summit (RAP); Uintah (RAP); Washington (RAP); Weber (RAMP)
Cities (all are RAPs unless otherwise designated): American Fork, Aurora, Blanding, Bountiful, Brian Head, Cedar City, Cedar Hills, Centerfield, Centerville, Clearfield, Fairview, Farmington, Green River, Gunnison, Helper, Layton, Lindon, Mayfield, Monticello, North Salt Lake, Orem (CARE), Payson, Price, Provo, Redmond, Richfield, Roosevelt, Salina, Syracuse, Spanish Fork, Tooele City (PAR), West Bountiful, Woods Cross.
I am: Running for office in one of these cities or counties
I support the RAP tax.
Answer: Strongly opposed
I make sure that the arts and humanities receive at least a 1/3 of RAP revenues.
Answer: Neutral
I will support putting a RAP tax on the ballot to be decided by voters.
Answer: Strongly opposed
I will make sure that the arts and humanities receive at least a 1/3 of RAP revenues.
Answer: Neutral
Optional: explain your answers.
Answer: My city is wasteful with the RAP tax, funneling much of it to overpriced pork barrel projects. I would much rather see our elected representatives held responsible for the amounts they designate to arts or any other area, rather than taking it out of their hands while allowing them to claim they've spent money on arts when they've just fed it to cronies.
Percent for public art programs, which optionally designate 1-2% of government capital costs for public art.
Answer: Strongly opposed
I support increasing my percent for art ordinance by .25-.5% to cover maintenance (vandalism, weather, etc.).
Answer: Neutral
(if applicable) My municipality's redevelopment authority should have a public art ordinance.
Answer: Strongly opposed
Incentives (such as tax breaks) to encourage private developers add public art to projects.
Answer: Opposed
Design standards.
Answer: Strongly opposed
Friendly ordinances that encourage public and private mural creation.
Answer: Strongly support
Increased investment in public art projects to encourage murals, sculptures, utility wraps, and more.
Answer: Opposed
I believe percent for art ordinances should apply to:-Public buildings.
Answer: No
I believe percent for art ordinances should apply to:-Transportation.
Answer: No
I believe percent for art ordinances should apply to:-Utilities.
Answer: No
I believe percent for art ordinances should apply to:-Private developments.
Answer: No
I believe percent for art ordinances should apply to:-All government capital projects.
Answer: No
Anything else you'd like us to know about you?
Answer: I believe firmly that arts are best supported through the private sector. I am a significant contributor to the growth and existence of one of the largest art festivals in the world - and it exists 100% through voluntary action, not coercive government policy.
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