After I contacted the two major corporations listed as sponsors of Baghdad Bill Lockyer’s hate-fest, and both confirmed that they had been misled (both later demanding to be removed from the list of sponsors) I contacted the Arts Council to ask what I would learn if I called the rest of the “sponsors”.

I was floored by the answer.

The Arts Council says that it cannot vouch for the accuracy of their own list of their own sponsors! They told me that they just reprinted information given to them by the “artists” group and sent it out on state government letterhead, using taxpayer funded facilities without checking a thing.

Despite earlier comments touting the Council’s proud sponsorship of the hate-fest they now claim that they knew nothing about it! That all they did was relay a press release as a favor!

I will not bother contacting the other listed sponsors. It is clear to me that the list is a fabrication and that the taxpayer funded California Arts Council has been caught in yet another lie.


Mark Williams
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