Rober McCredie, investigative reporter for the Asheville Tribune, is confrming rumors I published earlier about money problems being covered up at the Asheville Art Museum. He provided another article on the new Culture and Recreation Authority’s selections for receipt of public funding. It is alleged that the museum’s fundraising runs way below statements, but default has been avoided by the power of pull. County Manager Wanda Greene did not want to give the museum a penny, but Ellen Frost, who serves on the unelected taxing authority’s (UTA’s) board, suggested giving the group $500,000, provided they actually spend the funds on construction and not studies. While the art museum and other organizations only received a fraction of their requests,the UTA ended up disbursing $1.17 million in grants, which is about 2.5 times what Greene had budgeted.