Short Takes : Simon Pushes King Day in Ariz.
Pop singer Paul Simon is making a donation to Arizona’s effort to get a paid state holiday honoring Martin Luther King Jr.
“People around the country are puzzled. You’ll probably have to straighten that out,” Simon told King Day supporters before his concert Saturday night.
On Sunday, Arizona celebrated an unpaid holiday honoring the slain civil rights leader. The federal government and most states have a paid holiday today.
Simon had said he will donate at least $15,000 in proceeds from his concert here to the effort to get a paid holiday in Arizona.
Simon also said he knows of no boycott of Arizona by performers as a result of the King day issue as has been reported.
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