Government Affairs
An Update On The Efforts To Save Military Music
Mon, Jul 7, 2016
by Drew McManus
It’s time for an update on current efforts to help block proposed a funding amendment in the 2017 Defense Appropriations bill designed to gut military music programs. If you’ve been keeping up with what has been going on, you already know that the next step in the process was to get the amendment removed prior to
Attack Of The 50 Foot Ticket Bots
Fri, Jun 6, 2016
by Drew McManus
Ticket bots, programs used by unscrupulous ticket resellers to purchase large swaths of available tickets at lightning speed, are back in the news thanks to a sharp increase in predatory reseller tactics. Two articles in particular focusing on this problem are worth your time; the most recent is from the 6/7/2016 edition of the New
The Latest Example Demonstrating Why You Need An Effective Government Affairs Committee
Fri, Apr 4, 2016
by Drew McManus
The New Haven Independent published an article by Paul Bass on 4/20/2016 which reports that the New Haven Symphony (NHS) may lose its primary venue, Yale University’s Woolsey Hall, where the orchestra has performed for 114 years (not a typo). According to the article, the NHS is being used as a pawn in a larger
Channeling Your Rage Over Health Care Costs
Wed, Nov 11, 2015
by Drew McManus
If you’re fortunate enough to be in a position where you don’t have to directly manage your health care, you probably haven’t noticed the flood of ire spilling out across the country in the wake of health insurance providers rolling out their costs for 2015 plans. For most, you’re fortunate if premiums are only going
Trump On The Arts & Humanities: You’re Nothing But Waste