Yep-yep-yepiedoo.

For a public trust, the DIA paid their executive board members extremely well. Much better than other "world class" art museums.

He even pointed out the damning fact that in other cities, like Toledo's Art Museum, don't even rely on taxpayer money.

Then, Rep. Tom McMillin went through the DIA's financials.

The DIA is nowhere near as broke as they claimed to be.

$175-million in endowment funds.

$182-million in assets.

Raising $50-million in just the last two years alone.

Topping things off, The Michigan View's art critic Bruce Walker, beat DIA Director Graham Beal like a government mule during numerous interviews on the DIA tax.

Having the DIA's own director calling a critic a flat-out liar without providing one shred of evidence to back up that assertion didn't help matters much either.

The wheels were starting to come off of the DIA tax express.

But, they still had one Ace-in-the-Hole left.

They still controlled the media.

Wah-wah-waaaaah