Virgina’s culture groups have hit on a creative way to try to fund their projects after the state legislature cut them off. “The proposal’s sponsors are respected organizations. Their projects will be a boon to Virginia. The annual cost of what they’re seeking, $6.8 million in debt service, is a modest sum, a footnote in the state budget. Their claim on state funding is valid and their strategy, in a difficult legislative environment, creative. But instead of backing cultural organizations into the corner, Virginia should recognize their value in regular appropriations from general funds.”