No 'cash shift', no cheese slicer, but the blunt axe in Enschede

by Henri Drost
10 June 201530 March 2022
3 min read
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Waar minister Bussemaker met het nieuwe ‘kasschuiven’ dezelfde totaalbegroting probeert te verkopen als ‘een extra investering van 18 miljoen’ en gemeentes als Amsterdam de ouderwetse kaasschaaf hanteren om te bezuinigen, hanteert de gemeente Enschede de botte bijl. Ondanks felle oppositie en 27.000 handtekeningen van bezorgde burgers stemde de gemeenteraad in met een jaarlijkse extra korting van 600.000 op de bibliotheek en 600.000 op museum Twentse Welle.
Dat is nog eens daadkracht en pijnlijk...

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Henri Drost

Henri Drost (1970) studied Dutch and American Studies in Utrecht. Sold CDs and books for years, then became a communications consultant. Writes for among others GPD magazines, Metro, LOS!, De Roskam, 8weekly, Mania, hetiskoers and Cultureel Persbureau/De Dodo about everything, but if possible about music (theatre) and sports. Other specialisms: figures, the United States and healthcare. Listens to Waits and Webern, Wagner and Dylan and pretty much everything in between.View Author posts

Tags:Amsterdam cuts library business plan Bussemaker Enschede nostyle halbe zijlstra Jeroen Hatenboer jet bussemaker cash transfers museum entrepreneurship politics public Labour Party grant vvd

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