What about homeless individuals, why not have this for them.?

@freedomrings

Absolutely right.

I am great with paper mache and coloring books. Think I can get subsidized housing? Who will be the ones to determine what type/style of artists they allow? I agree with others views that I don't want my tax dollars to go to a group that some politically motivated people decide who is a worthy artisit. If they are skilled artists then why the housing anyway? Are they going to fill up the place with mediocre at best artists? The whole thing is elitist and discriminatory. If a bunch of wealthy art supporters want to reward struggling artists and are willing to break out their checkbooks to foot the bill, fine. If not the City of Raleigh needs to look at scrapping this idea. Btw who the heck came up with this stupid idea anyway?

More socialism from the City of Raleigh.

Why should they be subsidizing housing for Artists.

I work and pay for my home, why should my taxes be paying for housing for people who went into careers that pay very poorly if at all.

Help ARTISTS?!?

As my pal Ebenezer always said, are there no poorhouses?

No, the thing to do is take away their Birkenstocks and patchouli, make them get haircuts, give them cheap manmade-fabric clothes, and put them to work in cubicles or behind cash registers. They'll soon grow gray and die of sadness. And then we conservatives can enjoy PRIVATELY funded art--like Nascar races, professional wrestling, girlie calendars, and loudmouthed bigots with talk-radio shows. That's the kind of America we want, dagnabbit!

Sounds like a job for Charlie Chan, Dave.......

It's probably more "Elitist Raleigh priorities". The words that end in "ist" are considered the most sinister and insidious, according to the best far-right "thinkers" on AM talk radio.

The proper (and most fear-inducing) form would be to say "Liberalist Socialist Elitist Communist Leftist Environmentalist Statist Marxist Propagandist Fascist" Raleigh priorities.

Of course, it makes absolutely no sense whatsoever, but The Center for Conservative Studies has successfully utilized this terminology to frighten their target audience out of their dull wits, and part them with their money.

Who says America ain't the land of opportunity?

Might be forward thinking, might be a waste of money. Lots of areas have been boosted by investment like this. Some haven't. One thing Raleigh need to do is improve livability in the downtown area.

"The angry little right wingers just don't seem to realize that not everyone is as full of fear, hate, ignorance, and greed as they are. Some people really enjoy the arts and recognize their value to a civilized society. This idea will pay dividends for Raleigh now and especially in the future." - Geosol

Geosol - your 'angry little right wingers' are not disparaging the arts, but we don't think it's the government's job to pay for it. This is a complete waste of money that will produce little in the way of artistic merit and is just a means to throw money at people whose have chosen to live at the public trough. Who chooses these artists? What will they be creating? Anybody else like to know the answers to the questions before we waste the money?

shouldn't the resources be focused on the many homeless on the streets of Raleigh? That would be a good shelter location. Like the million dollar walking bridge from rich inner beltline over the beltline to the art museum (half paid by city) goes up while poor pedestrians still trek across the beltline at New Bern & Rock Quarry walk without sidewalks on two foot borders to the streets. This is liberal Raleigh priorities, or is it elitist Raleigh priorities? The trek over crabtree creek and I-440 on New Bern is truly beyond scary and dangerous.

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