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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Julie Kent has made the financial situation much worse. She receives a big salary and lives rent free but she has spent money the organization doesn’t have. [/quote]
Too early to know. I’m sorry but Webre caused the problems. [b]Spending money to pull back out[/b] is a typical arts not for profit strategy. [/quote]

I don’t understand.  Could you please explain this concept?[/quote]

I also don’t understand. The leadership needs to be fiscally responsible. And driving the organization into massive debt is not a responsible strategy.  If you pull up public tax records, you will see for yourself that Kent, not Webre, caused the current problems. [/quote]

I’m sorry but I’ve been in the business in DC for years and it is well known that The company wasn’t doing well. Kent did not take it off the rails in a year. Sorry, but that’s  just not a thing. 
Ballet and opera and the symphony are all
Struggling. I sat across the table from the big wigs at the KC and they literally showed us their books.
I don’t know what the answer is, but tightening the belt isn’t necessarily the way to get back into the black. Sometimes you have to reinvest and spend some money to grow your audience and encourage new underwriting. Because please understand, ticket sales aren’t what gets it done. Corporate sponsors are single handedly keeping the arts afloat in the US.[/quote]

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