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The Michael Berry Show

Sylvester Turner Was Really Into Art. Like, Really Into It

The Michael Berry Show

KTRH

News, Politics, Society & Culture

4.82.3K Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2024

⏱️ 3 minutes

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The Michael Berry show speaking of can't keep the book straight or anything else more friends of semester Turner just got paid one of his final acts as mayor was to hand out more than 13 million dollars in quote-unquote grants to

0:19.8

72 individuals and 156 groups under the guise of promoting art.

0:26.3

I wonder if Marvin Agumago is an artist.

0:30.2

Turner's Office of Cultural Affairs, the MOCA, MOCA, announced that they awarded money to individuals,

0:39.1

organizations, and fiscally sponsored projects. Fisc sponsored oh that's cute cute how you you mix

0:46.4

in words that make them sound serious offering public exhibitions, and performances in 2025.

0:55.0

I bet pride to put on a public exhibition.

0:58.1

A portion of the money comes from the city's hotel occupancy tax.

1:02.2

Turner's office said in a statement,

1:04.0

we've been implementing the city's arts and cultural plan

1:08.0

at the beginning of my tenure,

1:09.0

and MOCA has dedicated itself

1:12.0

to increasing access, transparency, and equity to the city's

1:17.0

grants system over the last eight years. That hard work was evident in the first Equity Indicators Report where Arts Grant received

1:26.7

a 96 Equity Score.

1:29.0

I wonder who scored them.

1:32.1

I wonder who scored the equity. You've been asked to give an equity score?

1:37.0

Hey line up all the people that you're giving the city's tax dollars to the

1:42.3

friends of the mayor.

1:44.0

Hey fellop, you look like a white male.

1:47.0

Yes, but I identify as a rotodendram.

1:52.0

Oh, okay, yeah, okay, that's that'll work. identify as we continue to ensure that

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