Letter from Jan Ryan

Mayor Michael Coleman
City Hall
90 West Broad Street
Columbus, Ohio 43062

Dear Mayor Coleman:

A contribution of $100,000 is listed in Bravo attributed to the Greater Columbus Arts Council.

The income for this amount was derived from taxes on hotels and motels in this city.
While you have expressed not interfering in the negotiation process of the Board and musicians, I find it intolerable that you have not made a public statement about the Board’s latest faux pas requesting the musicians support to have Junichi Hirokami resign.

Some of the money donated by GCAC surely helped pay this man’s salary, plus he is under contract for another year.

The city is receiving some very negative coverage in national newspapers around the country.

You keep harping about the revitalization of downtown Columbus. Certainly having the symphony is a vital source of attracting people downtown.

At the rate we are going by the time the bicentennial of 2012 arrives, we will be known as the city of losses—Lazarus, City Center, Skybus, and now the Columbus Symphony Orchestra.

Yours truly,
Jan Ryan�