Episode 3: Be angry at the sun: Bevin, armchair activism, and me

Episode 3 notes:Prior to releasing his budget, Kentucky Governor Bevin: signed executive orders rescinding the minimum wage increase and ex-felon voting rights signed in by executive order by former Gov. Beshear;signed executive order removing county clerk names from marriage licenses in a nod to Rowan County marriage inequality advocate Kim Davis;fired executive director of Kentucky Environmental Quality Commission Arnita Gadson;fired Kentucky Forestry Director Leah MacSwords.Bevin's proposed budget:repeals prevailing wage;cuts funding to Planned Parenthood;cuts $500 million from the state workers' health fund;cuts $112.5 from the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet as part of an across the board 9% cuts, including the Kentucky Arts Council operating budget and higher education.The cuts to higher education include not only a 9% cut to  next year's budget, but a 4.5 cut to THIS YEAR'S BUDGET.K-12 saw an increase and the State Teacher's Retirement Fund is being funded. And yes, it's good thing. The retirement funds of state teachers and workers needs and deserves to be funded and the ARC (Accounts Receivables Conversion) Payments need to be made. But because a few folks in the state got theirs, and because people in arts advocacy and labor advocacy don't want to wander outside their comfort zones and try an organize a response to Kentucky's Tin Pot Dictator, activists go off and preach to choirs that don't need converting.