Solon City Council has passed a resolution of support for Issue 55 – the replacement of the Cuyahoga County cigarette tax for the county’s arts and culture fund on the Nov. 5 ballot.
Peter Lawson Jones, an actor and former Cuyahoga County commissioner, responds to comments by Ward 4 Councilman Mike Kan on why he could not support Issue 55 – the replacement of the Cuyahoga County cigarette tax for the county’s arts and culture fund. Solon City Council passed a resolution of support for the issue on the Nov. 5 ballot after Jones encouraged council members to do so.
Peter Lawson Jones, a Shaker Heights resident and former Cuyahoga County commissioner, encouraged council members to support the cigarette tax levy. With an economic impact in the county of $533 million, the tax has helped to create and-or support 10,200 jobs, he said.Jones listed some of the nonprofits based in Solon that have received “generous” support from CAC. They include Arts Without Borders, Cleveland Contemporary Chinese Culture Association and Fostering Hope.“The good news is smoking has gone down in Cuyahoga County because of that tax,” he said.
Jones claimed Cuyahoga County gives more public support to arts, artists and arts and cultural organizations per capita than “virtually any county in the country.”“The passage of this levy on this cigarette tax can make that kind of difference.”“I was kind of shocked that received any funding,” he said.“I’m not on the board of CAC nor am I a member of the staff,” he said. “But you have to apply for funds.”“We have a grant writer now, so I’ll talk to Tracy Sullivan about this,” Kraus said.
Solon Ward 4 Councilman Mike Kan says he believes Cuyahoga County Arts and Culture should do its own fundraising, rather than relying on the passage of Issue 55 on the Nov. 5 ballot to collect and distribute money through grants to nonprofit arts and culture organizations in the county.Kan noted that Cuyahoga County is the only county in Ohio that has a dedicated tax revenue stream to fund the arts.
“Most people who consume the arts are higher income. So it’s largely a transfer of wealth from lower-income people to higher-income people in a time when costs are still high. “We’re in Solon right now,” he said. “It’s not hard for us to get to Twinsburg, which is in Summit , or to Bainbridge, which is in Geauga .
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