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Senate Shutdown

pirate_girl

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A budget proposal voted on by state legislators Wednesday may spell the end to a local landmark honoring Wapakoneta native Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon.
The future of the Neil Armstrong Air & Space Museum is uncertain after the Ohio Senate voted Wednesday for more budget cuts to the Ohio Historical Society (OHS) in their version of the state budget. The Senate budget proposal slashes more than $2 million in OHS funding, including $703,000 in Outreach Services, $600,000 in Historic Grants and $750,000 for sites and museums.

Members of the Senate Finance Committee unveiled the proposal on Friday before Wednesday’s approval from the Senate floor.
OHS Executive Director and CEO Bill Laidlaw said the museum cut would “severely limit our ability to recruit local organizations to helps us manage sites, thereby reducing access to them.”


During the past several weeks, State Historical Society officials held talks with Wapakoneta residents regarding a partnership to save the museum from closure. If the Senate’s proposed $750,000 cut is part of the approved budget later this month, the chances of a partnership may come to an end.
“It would definitely be a serious hindrance to it,” OHS spokeswoman Kim Schuette told the Wapakoneta Daily News in a telephone interview Wednesday. “It will hinder our ability to attract local organizations for sure.”
The Senate’s proposed budget differs greatly from the House proposal, cutting more than $2 million more from Ohio Historical Society funding. Under the Senate’s proposal, the cuts would slash Ohio Historical Society funding to $10 million for fiscal year 2010 from $13.5 million two years ago — a 26 percent decrease.

The Neil Armstrong Air & Space Museum is one of 14 of the 58 Ohio Historical Society historical sites that were initially set for a June 30 closure if either additional funds, or a local partnership was not obtained.
On Wednesday, Schuette assured the museum will be open up to the landmark 40th anniversary of the moon landing on July 20. But if the Senate’s proposed cuts are part of the bill signed by Gov. Ted Strickland later this month, the 37-year-old landmark is scheduled to close the day of the historic moon landing. :(
Schuette stressed the Senate’s version of the budget bill would not become official
until Strickland signs it into law by June 30. In the next several weeks, House and Senate conference committees will meet to iron out differences in their proposals.
In the mean time, Schuette advised Wapakoneta residents to get “hoppin’ mad” and call, write or visit their state legislator.

“We need people to get out there and contact state officials,” Schuette said. “Even if you just talk to their aides. They count telephone calls, they count e-mails. You have to show your concern.”
Also included in the budget cuts is $703,000 slash in Ohio Historical Society outreach services. With the cut, Schutte said several programs will fall by the wayside, including the Civil War Sesquicentennial event, National History Day and the Ohio Historical Marker program.

“That’s history on a stick throughout the entire state,” Schuette said of the historical marker program. “That’s something that’s been going on for more than 50 years and it’s how communities recognize their history.”
Wapakoneta recently erected to historical markers within its city limits — one next to the CSX rail crossing on Auglaize Street, and the other detailing the Shannon Stock Co., also on Auglaize Street.
For members of the OHS, and Armstrong Museum staff, the coming weeks will be met with apprehension at what cuts Strickland will sign into law.

Echoing Schuette, Armstrong Museum Director Rebecca Macwhinney implored all residents to make their voice heard, and save the museum from closure..
“Everyone needs to make a plea for Ohio history,” Macwhinney said. “We want to celebrate the 40th anniversary and continue moving forward and going strong.”
Last Updated ( Friday, 05 June 2009 )
http://www.wapakdailynews.com/content/view/109592/1/
 

Doc

Bottoms Up
Staff member
GOLD Site Supporter
Cuts need to be made in Califorinia also. They are talking of cutting Police and Fire budgets rather than 1/2 million dollar grants to study breeding habits of seals.

If Ohio has to cut budgets I would prefer to see this type of cut over road maintenance or police and fire budgests. I expect we all will feel these cuts in some way before it's all over.
 

XeVfTEUtaAqJHTqq

Master of Distraction
Staff member
SUPER Site Supporter
If the money isn't there then non-essentials like museums and parks should be cut. I would also think it might be good to shut down the state house and senate and stop paying those politicians. ;)
 

thcri

Gone But Not Forgotten
If the money isn't there then non-essentials like museums and parks should be cut. I would also think it might be good to shut down the state house and senate and stop paying those politicians. ;)

Best thing I heard all day.
 

muleman

Gone But Not Forgotten
GOLD Site Supporter
It is time to stop funding all the various multi-language programs for the illegals and start sending them back where they came from. The money spent on pork projects like a 250 million dollars John Murtha airport in Pa. is a prime example. They average 8 passengers a day but are building a second runway so planes can land crosswind if needed.
 
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