The formerly top rated Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum
never had more than one state funded employee. After the AHS gained control of
the building for the Arizona Experience Museum, they eliminated the mineral
museum. The building is locked and empty.
Although the AHS has raised no funds for the experience
museum and has no schedule, they did hire a curator for the nonexistent museum.
That curator is paid by Arizona taxpayers.
Now, the Arizona legislature is funding (with tax dollars) 2 additional full
time positions for the nonexistent Arizona Experience Museum. The FY 2013 budget for the Arizona Experience
Museum includes $441,400 plus 3 FTE (full time equivalent) positions.
As reported in the very first blog post, the mineral museum
was purportedly eliminated to save money.
However, tax dollars are now being spent for an experience museum
that does not exist.
Reference:
Fiscal Year
2013 Baseline Book
January,
2012
Prepared by
the JLBC Staff
Page 183
Available at
www.az.gov
If the positions are to be funded, then what are the positions? Three positions for a museum that size would be interesting to see. No exhibits, no artifacts, no minerals, no public awareness of the facility. How did the AHS manage to get these jobs? And are we still waiting to find out how many taxpayers and visitors actually walk through the AHS facilities. We know how many walk through the AZ Experience Museum---none! Wake up AHS Board of Directors.
ReplyDeleteThe only way something this wasteful and fiscally unsound could continue to happen is with the consent of the legislature and governor. It's about time we get some honest answers and transparency from AHS, the Governor, and the Legislature which keeps pouring money into this fiasco. Collusion, Corruption, Cronyism, Concealment, and Cover-up are Arizona's operational 5 C's!!
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