id was set in the arguments array for the "side panel" sidebar. Defaulting to "sidebar-1". Manually set the id to "sidebar-1" to silence this notice and keep existing sidebar content. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 4.2.0.) in /home/netscrib/public_html/civilwarcavalry/wp-includes/functions.php on line 4239id was set in the arguments array for the "footer" sidebar. Defaulting to "sidebar-2". Manually set the id to "sidebar-2" to silence this notice and keep existing sidebar content. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 4.2.0.) in /home/netscrib/public_html/civilwarcavalry/wp-includes/functions.php on line 4239Again, you are going after this the wrong way. Do you remember back in the 90s, schools held bake sales to benefit this or that charity or cause. Well, since the OHS obviously is educational in nature, why not go to the State’s Department of Education and Teachers’ Union as well as the various libraries and even local school districts and see if you can get them interested in “bake sales”, “car washes” and maybe even selling candy (like the kids do to raise money for band uniforms etc.) to benefit the OHS?
The trouble with most folks today is that the target the government to step in and help – and that’s a waste of time. People working for the government are primarily interested in funding those causes and groups that the consider “vote getters” (there’s always an election just around the corner!). Ronald Reagan had it right when he said that the scariest words you’ll ever hear are “I’m from the government and I’m here to help!”
If you want to help the OHS, then you have to go to the People, not the government.
]]>Unfortunately, I am still waiting for a response from Governor Strickland, but given that it’s now been several months, I don’t see any chance of getting one at this point, or of this wretched state doing anything to commemorate the sesquicentennial of the Civil War. Again, it’s because nobody seems to give a damn.
And that’s the greatest shame of all.
Eric
]]>As a fellow Ohio resident, I have to agree that these cuts really are pathetic. What I also find deplorable is the slashing that is going on, and has gone on in the past, with respect to the state’s parks system. While I understand that the state is constitutionally required to have a balanced budget, it does seem that the Ohio Historical Society always seems to bear the brunt of any budget cuts. To put the budget cuts at the Ohio Historical Society into perspective, it is interesting to note that the State of Ohio has a “rainy day” fund of $1billion that the state leaders do not want to touch. Eric, I am guessing that you still are waiting on a response from Governor Strickland to your letter.
Brad
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