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no_hypocrisy

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2. The laid-off employees must be heartbroken.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sat Apr 11, 2026, 07:20 AM

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It's more than the money.

They likely loved their jobs as well as their efforts were labors in love. They truly believed in their mission to extol the Arts in the Capitol for the sake of the arts, not private profits.

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