Monday, January 7, 2013

Flat Rock Playhouse funding survives in 3-2 county commissioner vote

From the Hendersonville Lightning:
The second half of Henderson County's $100,000 commitment to the Flat Rock Playhouse survived in a 3-2 vote Monday night after commissioners heard from supporters and opponents of the funding.

Commissioner Grady Hawkins voted with Larry Young against the funding and chairman Charlie Messer, Tommy Thompson and Michael Edney voted yes....
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...Charlie Messer is explaining the background about the $100,000 allocation. “We have asked them to come up with a plan to get all the Playhouse in order and we would look at that at a later date. We’re here to talk about the final two payments we had budgeted in this year’s budget. I’ve been to meetings, we did budget $100,000; we have honored half of that and I’m willing to honor the rest of that, in two monthly payments.”...

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