“A new chapter”, an Intelligencer Journal editorial concludes: “The [The Pennsylvania Academy of Music] has endured more than a year of negative publicity in the wake of its bankruptcy filing and the subsequent lawsuit to attempt to recover unfulfilled pledges. ‘drumbeat of negativity against the school.’ He wrote that the new board had defined the problem. It was time, he wrote, to ‘invite the community to be a part of the solution.’
“That time has arrived. The Pennsylvania Academy of Music is an asset to this community.
WATCHDOG: Albeit a year late, two wags of the tail for the editorial.
“In a letter to the editor shortly after he was named interim executive director, Godfrey expressed concern about what he called the
“The job now before the board should be to move forward, involve the community and craft an evolving plan that makes the academy an indispensable part of Lancaster’s cultural fabric.”
Hopefully those charitable institutions and major donors who have been misadvised and intimidated will now step forward to provide the moderate annual support to PAM that all cultural institutions require from their communities.
Let’s show that we don’t strangle our own children!
