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Commentary: "A City of the Arts"

By Gary Earl Ross

Buffalo, NY – As WBFO News takes an in-depth look at the disparity in local governments' funding of the arts, listener-commentator Gary Earl Ross weighs in on the controversy. He suggests the whole community get behind a designation for Buffalo as a City of the Arts."

Ross is an associate professor at U-B's Educational Opportunity Center. He's author of "The Wheel of Desire" and the children's book "Dots."

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