The Detroit News. The millage will offer 600,000 children in these two largest counties, whatever their income levels, access to art and music and field trips to museums at a time when schools have cut back or eliminated art and cultural outreach programs.
Civic pride is an old-fashioned concept that the backers of Proposal A are relying on.
Even Oakland's politically conservative, high-tech advisory group, Automotive Alley, has backed the measure. We pay taxes for sewers and garbage pickup without question. Proposal A is a way to affirm our spirit. Laura Berman's column appears Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday.