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The High Point Enterprise recently surveyed candidates for the High Point City Council and High Point mayor to gauge their support of the arts. This five-part series examines those results, as well as offering participating candidates a chance to give their views in depth.
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Survey results provide indication of levels of support for the arts by High Point candidates. 2A
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Gauging local support for the
Greensboro Cultural Center at 200 N. Davie St. in downtown Greensboro.
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HIGH POINT – When a new group of SONNY HEDGECOCK | HPE city leaders begins serving in Decem- Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts is located at 251 N. Spruce St. in Winston-Salem. ber, their two-year terms likely will involve them in decisions on city support filiate groups has declined of the arts. since 1999, when $292,000 Should the city of High Point financialwas raised, compared to $160,000 this year. ly support nonprofit arts groups? In these TODAY: Survey gauges candidates’ The Arts Council retimes of tight budgets, where would any opinions on the arts ceived $117,063 this year such funding fall in the list of city prioriWHERE from the city, $123,224 in ties? MONDAY: Mayoral candidates offer 2009-10 and $183,500 in Should the city become involved in es- DO THEY views 2008-09 and 2007-08. tablishing an arts center in High Point? STAND? The amount for 2007-08 If so, should that involvement be enTUESDAY: Council candidate is a big was an increase, and it couragement, full funding, ownership or Local political supporter of the arts included $58,500 for movsomething in between? candidates ing expenses and initial In an effort to gauge opinions on arts and the arts WEDNESDAY: Perspective from a modrent of Enterprise Center issues, The High Point Enterprise mailed ■■■ erate arts supporter at 305 N. Main St., where surveys to the three mayoral candidates the Arts Council and High and 20 candidates for High Point City THURSDAY: Arts should be self-funded, Council. The Enterprise received return Point Community Theatre have space. council candidate says surveys from two candidates for mayor When the extra $58,500 was given in 2007, it was termed a one-time allocation. The and 11 candidates for council. The Enterprise then spoke with the two city budget lists only the lump sum givAt the end of June 2009, the Shakespeare mayoral candidates and three council en to the Arts Council, and this year no Festival ended its affiliation with the Arts candidates selected at random to repre- stipulations were placed on how the Arts Council, citing as reasons reduced fundsent levels of support for the arts from Council was to spend the money, accord- ing and a new Arts Council regulation ing to Pat Pate, assistant city manager. high to none. limiting fundraising by the Shakespeare The North Carolina Shakespeare Fes- Festival and other affiliates. In recent years, the nonprofit arts scene in High Point has been financially diffi- tival for the past two years has received At the beginning of April 2010, High $50,000 credit each year toward rental of Point Community Theatre leaders ancult and at times contentious. The High Point Area Arts Council’s an- the city-owned High Point Theatre, where nual fund drive to support itself and its af- it stages productions. ARTS, 2A
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Survey reflects state, national trends as election nears BY PAUL B. JOHNSON ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER
HIGH POINT – An election season poll released last week by High Point University reflects the conventional wisdom heading down the stretch to this fall’s general election. The results of the poll by the Survey Research Center at HPU finds that voters are dissatisfied with the status quo and trending Republican heading into Election Day Nov. 2. “Our survey suggests that Democrats have an uphill battle. ... Attitudes in North Carolina reflect what pollsters and political analysts are seeing across the country,” said Martin Kifer, director of the center and a political science
department faculty member at HPU. One example – Republican Sen. Richard Burr appears to have a comfortable lead over Democratic challenger Kifer Elaine Marshall. The center’s poll found Burr with a 45 percent to 31 percent lead over Marshall, the N.C. secretary of state who campaigned Friday in Davidson County with her former primary rival, Democrat Cal Cunningham of Lexington. The remaining voters surveyed were undecided, declined to respond or expressed support for Libertarian Party candidate Mike Beitler, who received 4 percent. One result does offer some en-
couragement for Democrats. In a question about party rather than individual candidates in U.S. House races, Republicans only had a small advantage. The poll found 42 percent support for Republicans and 39 percent for Democrats, within the poll’s 5 percent margin of sampling error. The remainder were undecided or declined to respond to the question. But Kifer said other survey results don’t bode well for Democrats, such as President Barack Obama’s 55 disapproval rating and Gov. Beverly Perdue’s 43 percent disapproval rating. A major reason for the state of the political landscape involves attitudes about the economy and direction of the country, the poll found. “The survey found that state
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residents are more negative about their own financial situations and somewhat pessimistic about the prospects for the business climate. Of the 400 adults polled, the majority – 51 percent – say they are worse off financially than they were one year ago. The survey also found that the majority – 54 percent – expect periods of widespread unemployment or depression over the next five years,” the center reports. A previous survey in April by the center reported that 44 percent of North Carolinians felt that their finances were worse than a year ago and 49 percent expected periods of widespread unemployment or depression during the next five years. pjohnson@hpe.com | 888-3528
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