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The Government Oversight/Audit and Appointments Committee of the Louisville Metro Council met on Tuesday, October 6, 2026, at 5:00 PM in Council Chambers/virtually, with Chair Donna L. Purvis presiding. The meeting covered a special discussion on the Housing Down Payment Assistance program, three Housing Authority Board reappointments, and consideration of two ordinances. The committee recommended approval of the reappointments and O-265-26, while O-009-26 (SAFE Law) remained held.
Orbit. Sonny and I produced posters starting in eighty-one and produced them every year through eighty-seven. I moved to St. James Court in 1982. And I had no artwork. I don't know why. I just didn't, it wasn't that important to me. And somebody I worked with said, you know what? I got the second art print. You want to buy it? I'll sell it to you for what I got for it. I said, Well, how much was it? $25. I said, okay. Another person came up. So, well, I've got the first one. Anne Higby, her niece had one. Said, Well, sell it to me. So that meant I had the first, second, and third. And so I just started buying them. I had no idea that forty-five years later, I would have a house full of art prints from this art show. What's a collection that wasn't intended to be a collection? I called the current director, Howard Rosenberg, one day and said, Hey, I think I have an idea for a new direction for the poster competition. Depict scenes about the place, Saint James Court and not the art show. So we entitled that collection, A Sense of Place. And we started with the DuPont Cottage where the R show idea was born. The next piece was a print about my experience growing up, being the nephew of the man who was the founder and all of my experiences of being in his world in the house on St. James Court at 1436. Going in there during the holiday season, and all of the glitz and glamour that I saw in that place. So I depicted that in this next print of what it was like to be in living in those times. And then it shows the fountain being taken down to be recast. Then it shows the fountain as it is today. Then it also shows one of the cherubs. It speaks to me more about the art show and what it was and what it can be than any other prints that I have. When you're there with your own stuff, you have a particular medium, a particular way you're producing your art. But when you're there presenting the poster for the event, that's a totally different level of exposure. And I really credit my association with this fine institution of having launched my career as an artist many years ago. How are we going to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the show? I wasn't going to produce new art for this year's poster. I wanted to hearken back to what I had already done. All you have to do to get an art print is to show a receipt, a piece of art, and you'll get a print. And if you happen to be here when Mark is here, he'll sign it for you. But it's just a way of saying thank you for your commitment to the show. Thank you for supporting us. And here's something we can give back to you. I get rather emotional when I talk about the art show and my life, all about St. James Court, naturally. No, no, it wasn't. Metro TV, one minute, please.