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Tuesday, July 31, 2018

Candidates agree on importance of arts but still keep party loyalties

NEW HAVEN — Ned Lamont and Tim Herbst agree on something: that educating children extends beyond the school day and it should include the arts. “I’m as surprised as you are,” Herbst told an audience of about 150 arts and culture advocates. It’s not a revolutionary idea. But that Lamont, the endorsed Democratic candidate for governor, and Herbst, arguably the most conservative Republican running for the same office, could find common ground was the result of a forum that forced five candidates to go off script from their usual talking points.

from News https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Candidates-agree-on-importance-of-arts-but-still-13121432.php

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