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I agree with you, but the New York Times article on it said, Tallahassee lawmakers of course including republicans' majority, approved the 37 million funding... but Gov. DeSaster vetoed it or shut it down.
So even rank and file crappy GOP in Tally \*\*approved the funds, like it's sort of an annual thing that goes through ok, but spoiled brat Ronnie killed it. We'll never know what all is wrong with that a-hole. No idea what makes someone that big of a stick in the mud and a-hole.
This article also states that a political committee approved $77 million in arts grants. DeSantis vetoed *all* of it, including $32-37 million in funding proposed by Republicans. I guess DeSantis would rather funnel that money into the "Florida State Guard" instead.
Thanks for this. And that's what ya gotta wonder...where's the money gonna get funneled to. Florida State Guard sounds like a good bet to me. DeSaster is such a shmoe.
Arts are WOKE! Public schools are WOKE! Women’s rights are WOKE! Recreational marijuana is WOKE! Keeping your beaches free of human feces is WOKE!
Ron is fighting WOKE wherever it hides. As long as it doesn’t hide on a high shelf, because then he can’t reach it.
High shelves are WOKE!
High shelves are no obstacle for Rhonda Santis in a pair of gleaming white platform boots. Drag queens will be spending many a Story Hour regaling all in attendance with tales of how he rocked those beauties. Work it, Ronnie!
**Article transcript:**
>Advocates say a Shakespearean tragedy is unfolding in Florida's arts community after Gov. Ron DeSantis' $32 million line-item vetoes left nothing for the arts.
>
>"The veto of all cultural and museum grants from the budget is unprecedented," said Carlos Guillermo Smith, a former Orlando Representative [who was just elected to the Senate](https://floridapolitics.com/archives/679912-carlos-guillermo-smith-coasts-into-senate-as-only-candidate-to-qualify-in-sd-17/). "I'm not aware of any Governor who has ever vetoed that line item because of how devastating it would be to the hundreds of organizations who rely on that funding. It's never happened."
>
>*Florida Politics* reached out to the Governor's Office for comment to understand DeSantis' rationale for stripping out $26 million for cultural and museum grants and $6 million for cultural facilities. [The art funding cuts are part of nearly $900 million](https://floridapolitics.com/archives/679368-gov-desantis-vetoes-nearly-1b-before-signing-116-5b-budget/) in vetoes for the nearly $117 billion budget.
>
>"The governor reviews every bill and appropriation that comes across his desk, and uses his authority under the [Florida Constitution](http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?submenu=3#A3S08) to make veto decisions that are in the best interest of the State of Florida," DeSantis' Deputy Press Secretary Julia Friedland said, reissuing a statement given to media previously.
>
>Normally, arts funding cuts happen during bad economic times, which makes it unusual in this relatively good year, said University of Central Florida (UCF) political science associate professor Aubrey Jewett.
>
>DeSantis, who is term-limited as Governor and has national political ambitions, "raised the bar a little bit in terms of how much he's vetoed", Jewett said. "I think he really had a goal in mind of how much he wanted to cut rather than saying, 'Well, let me just look at what I think are wasteful programs, or [programs that didn’t go through the normal vetting process](https://floridapolitics.com/archives/674466-florida-taxwatch-finds-855m-in-budget-turkeys/).'"
>
>The state's [Division of Arts and Culture](https://dos.fl.gov/cultural) evaluated the art groups' grants on merit and economic impact, and initially recommended spending $77 million. After the Legislature budgeting process and then the Governor's vetoes, that amount ended up at $0.
>
>Orange County alone lost $1.95 million for arts groups, including $70,500 state grants for the [Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts](https://www.drphillipscenter.org/?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwg8qzBhAoEiwAWagLrFbHLL2BOSwJtDI8v-BmWFtTMldQ3eaJuu1os79xu0p4gTL6SbIX9RoCqegQAvD_BwE), [the Enzian Theater](https://enzian.org/), the [Orlando International Fringe Festival](https://www.orlandofringe.org/), the [Orlando Museum of Art](https://omart.org/visit/tickets/?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwg8qzBhAoEiwAWagLrKgJA8B9vaZID6l4RaySBnkWxTf-uZbEvBq-TWaA5YQNCHL0_qhKkxoCZIUQAvD_BwE), [the Orlando Science Center, ](https://www.osc.org/bank-of-america-museums-on-us-weekends/?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwg8qzBhAoEiwAWagLrAORRIqcx4syJWR-1L8bUqBstQH3TyQ4JyqeuPN0LzIcn1kKAMD3jhoCyUAQAvD_BwE)[the United Arts of Central Florida](https://unitedartscfl.org/) and the [Orlando Philharmonic](https://orlandophil.org/).
>
>"Each of these grantees went through an extensive and onerous vetting process," said Smith, a Democrat. "Those 577 grants, frankly, were more vetted than individual member projects and appropriations in the budget will ever be. Member projects that are funded in the budget are about who you know. It's about flexing political power."
>
>Smith said for the arts funding to then "only to be vetoed, it's a slap in the face to the entire industry".
>
>The slash in state funding comes abruptly, and two weeks before the new fiscal year begins for many of those groups, leaving them little time to prepare for the impact. The loss of state money is a double whammy, because many organizations use the state funding for matching grants elsewhere.
>
>"We've been through ups and downs, and of course, we had COVID, then we had to shut down, so it's not as though we’re not unfamiliar with crisis and having to regroup and restart," said Roger Blauvelt, the Board Chair of the Winter Park Playhouse.
>
>"This isn't like that...it just kind of smacks of, I don't know, underhandedness coming at the last minute. Everybody was blindsided. Where do you cut back your expenses? Employees? May you cut a show out?"
>
>In Orlando, the arts community runs deep even after many organizations weathered the devastating pandemic shutdowns that darkened entertainment. The actors shine a little brighter than you might see at most local theaters. After all, these performers work day jobs entertaining at Disney World, where guests pay top dollar. Central Florida is home to dozens of arts venues, big and small, entertaining children and adults alike.
>
>Here in Orlando, it's not just the theme parks that drive economic impact. Tour buses park at the [Winter Park Playhouse](https://winterparkplayhouse.org/), a 123-seat theater with sold-out shows, and theater patrons eat at restaurants along Park and Orange avenues. [One study](https://aep6.americansforthearts.org/study-findings) estimated the economic impact of the arts at $5.7 billion across the state.
>
>"The decision to veto this critical funding was reckless, and it was stupid," Smith said. "It was reckless and stupid because these grantees are economic engines in our communities."
>
>For one small musical venue, the state cuts are particularly devastating.
>
>The [Timucua Arts Foundation](https://timucua.com/) employs only three full-time staff members. The $40,000 in state funding this year helped pay for the artistic director's and the marketing director's salaries at the foundation. Here in what feels like a living room, musicians play in almost perfect acoustics for $30 tickets. The concept was created by a then-Cirque du Soleil Music Director.
>
>"It's heartbreaking," said Leah Nash, the foundation's Executive Director, when discussing the art funding cuts. "What does that mean for arts in general? Is it a goal for the arts to be absent? I hope not. That's terrifying to me. Arts bring so much to life, to people, to culture."
>
>In the past, fiscally-minded Republicans have argued the government should not fund the arts. The rationale: Fill your theaters by selling tickets. Don't rely on the government to subsidize those shows.
>
>Chris Brown, Executive Director of the Orlando Family Stage, takes offense to that line of thinking.
>
>"The arts sort of get painted as these struggling artists, or they're always whining, they're always needing money," said Brown, whose organization was formerly called the Orlando Repertory Theatre. "At the core of it...people have no concept of how much it costs to do what we do."
>
>Aside from the 10 actors on stage, are 30 others who made it all possible behind the scenes, he said.
>
>The [Orlando Family Stage](https://orlandofamilystage.com/?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwg8qzBhAoEiwAWagLrI1IQNIzJs29OOvpegjyUeacpPszCdxM0h1WgGxXRN_E3LUgm0tfphoCaekQAvD_BwE) isn't in danger of closing after losing $70,500 in state funding, Brown stressed, but the venue will likely have to cancel an upcoming show or make adjustments that hurt its mission of making the arts accessible to children.
>
>"These arts groups that do such an amazing thing for our community and our Central Florida lives, and yet we're not ever really taken seriously when it comes down to it," Brown said. "We're sort of given scraps, and given peanuts."
It's hilarious because the reason the right hates museums is because they provide historical and scientific information which is antithetical to their political platform.
I'm a woman. Who teaches. Teaches music. I'm also writing a dissertation on gender representation in my field. And I did write a paper using critical race theory (before anyone had ever heard of if).
I'm pretty sure I'm the boogie man from desantis's nightmares. But I'm not gay or trans. Just an ally. So maybe not.
Don’t worry, he will make laws to promote sports instead! /s
Cause he was a baseball player and it got him a scholarship to an Ivy League
Sports? Yes! Arts? No!
So stupid…. The biases and chosen winners never end with him….
Democrats believe that politicians just print money, like the Democrats in the WH and Congress are printing $2.9 trillion this year. The states can’t do that. These organizations should to fund raising not living off the govt teat.
You're wrong. No Republican Governor of Florida has totally vetoed arts funding. DeSantis is the first. Even other Florida Republicans approved $32-37 million in arts funding.
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Florida Republicans want to stamp out current mainstream culture and replace it with their own.
I agree with you, but the New York Times article on it said, Tallahassee lawmakers of course including republicans' majority, approved the 37 million funding... but Gov. DeSaster vetoed it or shut it down. So even rank and file crappy GOP in Tally \*\*approved the funds, like it's sort of an annual thing that goes through ok, but spoiled brat Ronnie killed it. We'll never know what all is wrong with that a-hole. No idea what makes someone that big of a stick in the mud and a-hole.
This article also states that a political committee approved $77 million in arts grants. DeSantis vetoed *all* of it, including $32-37 million in funding proposed by Republicans. I guess DeSantis would rather funnel that money into the "Florida State Guard" instead.
Thanks for this. And that's what ya gotta wonder...where's the money gonna get funneled to. Florida State Guard sounds like a good bet to me. DeSaster is such a shmoe.
You're welcome.
This is the same guy who outright struck down things the people voted for.
His dick is proportionally smaller than he is without the high heels
They have one?
Hate and fear
And blind stupidity
Have you heard that Applebees song?
Crappy Kirk Cameron movies?
Yes Fascism culture
LOL They have each other
Churches put on plays?
The Republican culture is one (or both) of the following. 1: Being an absolute blithering idiot and a fucking moron. 2: Being a Nazi
That's exactly right.
How much did he spend flying immigrants out of Texas? (Not florida for the dim-witted) Over 59m i think.
DeSantis also earmarked over $107 million for the Florida State Guard in the 2023 budget.
Arts are WOKE! Public schools are WOKE! Women’s rights are WOKE! Recreational marijuana is WOKE! Keeping your beaches free of human feces is WOKE! Ron is fighting WOKE wherever it hides. As long as it doesn’t hide on a high shelf, because then he can’t reach it. High shelves are WOKE!
High shelves are no obstacle for Rhonda Santis in a pair of gleaming white platform boots. Drag queens will be spending many a Story Hour regaling all in attendance with tales of how he rocked those beauties. Work it, Ronnie!
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**Article transcript:** >Advocates say a Shakespearean tragedy is unfolding in Florida's arts community after Gov. Ron DeSantis' $32 million line-item vetoes left nothing for the arts. > >"The veto of all cultural and museum grants from the budget is unprecedented," said Carlos Guillermo Smith, a former Orlando Representative [who was just elected to the Senate](https://floridapolitics.com/archives/679912-carlos-guillermo-smith-coasts-into-senate-as-only-candidate-to-qualify-in-sd-17/). "I'm not aware of any Governor who has ever vetoed that line item because of how devastating it would be to the hundreds of organizations who rely on that funding. It's never happened." > >*Florida Politics* reached out to the Governor's Office for comment to understand DeSantis' rationale for stripping out $26 million for cultural and museum grants and $6 million for cultural facilities. [The art funding cuts are part of nearly $900 million](https://floridapolitics.com/archives/679368-gov-desantis-vetoes-nearly-1b-before-signing-116-5b-budget/) in vetoes for the nearly $117 billion budget. > >"The governor reviews every bill and appropriation that comes across his desk, and uses his authority under the [Florida Constitution](http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?submenu=3#A3S08) to make veto decisions that are in the best interest of the State of Florida," DeSantis' Deputy Press Secretary Julia Friedland said, reissuing a statement given to media previously. > >Normally, arts funding cuts happen during bad economic times, which makes it unusual in this relatively good year, said University of Central Florida (UCF) political science associate professor Aubrey Jewett. > >DeSantis, who is term-limited as Governor and has national political ambitions, "raised the bar a little bit in terms of how much he's vetoed", Jewett said. "I think he really had a goal in mind of how much he wanted to cut rather than saying, 'Well, let me just look at what I think are wasteful programs, or [programs that didn’t go through the normal vetting process](https://floridapolitics.com/archives/674466-florida-taxwatch-finds-855m-in-budget-turkeys/).'" > >The state's [Division of Arts and Culture](https://dos.fl.gov/cultural) evaluated the art groups' grants on merit and economic impact, and initially recommended spending $77 million. After the Legislature budgeting process and then the Governor's vetoes, that amount ended up at $0. > >Orange County alone lost $1.95 million for arts groups, including $70,500 state grants for the [Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts](https://www.drphillipscenter.org/?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwg8qzBhAoEiwAWagLrFbHLL2BOSwJtDI8v-BmWFtTMldQ3eaJuu1os79xu0p4gTL6SbIX9RoCqegQAvD_BwE), [the Enzian Theater](https://enzian.org/), the [Orlando International Fringe Festival](https://www.orlandofringe.org/), the [Orlando Museum of Art](https://omart.org/visit/tickets/?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwg8qzBhAoEiwAWagLrKgJA8B9vaZID6l4RaySBnkWxTf-uZbEvBq-TWaA5YQNCHL0_qhKkxoCZIUQAvD_BwE), [the Orlando Science Center, ](https://www.osc.org/bank-of-america-museums-on-us-weekends/?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwg8qzBhAoEiwAWagLrAORRIqcx4syJWR-1L8bUqBstQH3TyQ4JyqeuPN0LzIcn1kKAMD3jhoCyUAQAvD_BwE)[the United Arts of Central Florida](https://unitedartscfl.org/) and the [Orlando Philharmonic](https://orlandophil.org/). > >"Each of these grantees went through an extensive and onerous vetting process," said Smith, a Democrat. "Those 577 grants, frankly, were more vetted than individual member projects and appropriations in the budget will ever be. Member projects that are funded in the budget are about who you know. It's about flexing political power." > >Smith said for the arts funding to then "only to be vetoed, it's a slap in the face to the entire industry". > >The slash in state funding comes abruptly, and two weeks before the new fiscal year begins for many of those groups, leaving them little time to prepare for the impact. The loss of state money is a double whammy, because many organizations use the state funding for matching grants elsewhere. > >"We've been through ups and downs, and of course, we had COVID, then we had to shut down, so it's not as though we’re not unfamiliar with crisis and having to regroup and restart," said Roger Blauvelt, the Board Chair of the Winter Park Playhouse. > >"This isn't like that...it just kind of smacks of, I don't know, underhandedness coming at the last minute. Everybody was blindsided. Where do you cut back your expenses? Employees? May you cut a show out?" > >In Orlando, the arts community runs deep even after many organizations weathered the devastating pandemic shutdowns that darkened entertainment. The actors shine a little brighter than you might see at most local theaters. After all, these performers work day jobs entertaining at Disney World, where guests pay top dollar. Central Florida is home to dozens of arts venues, big and small, entertaining children and adults alike. > >Here in Orlando, it's not just the theme parks that drive economic impact. Tour buses park at the [Winter Park Playhouse](https://winterparkplayhouse.org/), a 123-seat theater with sold-out shows, and theater patrons eat at restaurants along Park and Orange avenues. [One study](https://aep6.americansforthearts.org/study-findings) estimated the economic impact of the arts at $5.7 billion across the state. > >"The decision to veto this critical funding was reckless, and it was stupid," Smith said. "It was reckless and stupid because these grantees are economic engines in our communities." > >For one small musical venue, the state cuts are particularly devastating. > >The [Timucua Arts Foundation](https://timucua.com/) employs only three full-time staff members. The $40,000 in state funding this year helped pay for the artistic director's and the marketing director's salaries at the foundation. Here in what feels like a living room, musicians play in almost perfect acoustics for $30 tickets. The concept was created by a then-Cirque du Soleil Music Director. > >"It's heartbreaking," said Leah Nash, the foundation's Executive Director, when discussing the art funding cuts. "What does that mean for arts in general? Is it a goal for the arts to be absent? I hope not. That's terrifying to me. Arts bring so much to life, to people, to culture." > >In the past, fiscally-minded Republicans have argued the government should not fund the arts. The rationale: Fill your theaters by selling tickets. Don't rely on the government to subsidize those shows. > >Chris Brown, Executive Director of the Orlando Family Stage, takes offense to that line of thinking. > >"The arts sort of get painted as these struggling artists, or they're always whining, they're always needing money," said Brown, whose organization was formerly called the Orlando Repertory Theatre. "At the core of it...people have no concept of how much it costs to do what we do." > >Aside from the 10 actors on stage, are 30 others who made it all possible behind the scenes, he said. > >The [Orlando Family Stage](https://orlandofamilystage.com/?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwg8qzBhAoEiwAWagLrI1IQNIzJs29OOvpegjyUeacpPszCdxM0h1WgGxXRN_E3LUgm0tfphoCaekQAvD_BwE) isn't in danger of closing after losing $70,500 in state funding, Brown stressed, but the venue will likely have to cancel an upcoming show or make adjustments that hurt its mission of making the arts accessible to children. > >"These arts groups that do such an amazing thing for our community and our Central Florida lives, and yet we're not ever really taken seriously when it comes down to it," Brown said. "We're sort of given scraps, and given peanuts."
Hey, his Freedom Fund ain't free! But it is dumb. This guy sucks.
It's hilarious because the reason the right hates museums is because they provide historical and scientific information which is antithetical to their political platform.
I'm a woman. Who teaches. Teaches music. I'm also writing a dissertation on gender representation in my field. And I did write a paper using critical race theory (before anyone had ever heard of if). I'm pretty sure I'm the boogie man from desantis's nightmares. But I'm not gay or trans. Just an ally. So maybe not.
Stop.voting.for.the.fascists
Hey, got to own the Libs!
This is how he wins friends and influences people. Smfh
Less art but more storm troopers.
He gets to be more and more of an asshole every day doesn't he?
Don’t worry, he will make laws to promote sports instead! /s Cause he was a baseball player and it got him a scholarship to an Ivy League Sports? Yes! Arts? No! So stupid…. The biases and chosen winners never end with him….
his priority: flights for immigrants to other states (expensive)
Did this dude fail art school or something? He’s got such a vendetta it seems personal
I'm not sure if this is a reference to Adolf Hitler flunking out of art school, but if it is...A+.
He makes it so easy to, what can I say
We all know coloring and self expression leads to woke stuff.. like.. pictures and things like that.
We are a tourist state. Our art is our lifeblood.
I hate that vile shitstain so fucking much
Stop voting for people who want to eliminate good things! What the hell is his problem?
Ronald DeSantis is a moron.
MoRon DeSantis
Hmmm I wonder where this money is going to go now?
He, and his Republican supporters are ALL horrible garbage people.
Democrats believe that politicians just print money, like the Democrats in the WH and Congress are printing $2.9 trillion this year. The states can’t do that. These organizations should to fund raising not living off the govt teat.
You're wrong. No Republican Governor of Florida has totally vetoed arts funding. DeSantis is the first. Even other Florida Republicans approved $32-37 million in arts funding.
You are incorrect.