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Related: About this forumIn historic first, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis vetoes most arts funding in Florida
Florida arts and culture organizations, still struggling to recover after the COVID pandemic, took another unexpected financial hit when Gov. Ron DeSantis eliminated most state funding for cultural programs.
DeSantis vetoed nearly $1 billion from the $116.5 billion state budget before signing it in Tampa on Wednesday, including nearly $90 million the legislature earmarked for 669 different arts and culture projects and for special line item programs.
It is the first time that no money will be allocated for arts and culture programs by the state.
It is devastating. Unfortunate is too light a word, said Richard Russell, general director of the Sarasota Opera, which stands to lose about $70,000 that was expected from the state grant program. It is a lack of recognition of the economic impact that we have in our community and how much revenue we generate for the state.
https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/entertainment/arts/2024/06/14/desantis-vetoes-most-florida-arts-funding-for-first-time-in-history/74087269007/
There's plenty of taxpayer money for school vouchers to parents to pay for their kids attending religious charter schools, though...
Arne
(3,601 posts)Florida man and Florida woman are actually artist of
one form or another.
De Santis will be feathered and tarred for this.
Just how stupid is he?
Biophilic
(4,736 posts)jimfields33
(18,837 posts)I am Neo
(16 posts)I believe his wife will run when his term is over.
Baitball Blogger
(48,022 posts)There are some who will be fine not funding anything, but their own pockets.
Arne
(3,601 posts)The arts center and downtown art shows are
important to everyone.
They really want to defund PBS and corrupt GCU.
(Gulf Coast University)
Baitball Blogger
(48,022 posts)Arne
(3,601 posts)This is Rick 'the thief' Scott's area.
onecaliberal
(35,787 posts)SARose
(830 posts)From white trash who eats pudding with their fingers.
jimfields33
(18,837 posts)jimfields33
(18,837 posts)Im surprised our budget is 116 billion. Thats quite a big amount for one state.
Phoenix61
(17,641 posts)Right from the fascist playbook.
CanonRay
(14,858 posts)That should be DeSantis' motto
no_hypocrisy
(48,778 posts)MuseRider
(34,364 posts)perfect!
twodogsbarking
(12,228 posts)Timeflyer
(2,629 posts)stop corrupt developers with money buying local politicians and bulldozing the environment, restore women's reproductive rights (yes on Amendment 4 in November). But some people move here because we have such a POS MAGA governor and legislature--hard to understand. But then, Scientology HQ is right up the road in Clearwater, apparently doing find. So--cults. But we will fight on.
Arne
(3,601 posts)They seem to be under the radar.
Still have the Jehovah's come to my door.
I like them until they say, 'The End is Nigh'.
I'm afraid it may be true.
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Botany
(72,473 posts)What a complete shit. I hope Florida goes really blue this year.
Skittles
(159,240 posts)he is one SICK POS
Botany
(72,473 posts)
. him or her but he or she can learn about Jesus and the good side of slavery thanks
to DeSantis and the right wing bull shit machine. I hope Florida goes very blue this fall
because womens health care
abortion
. and marijuana are on the ballot too. These
people need to be slapped down hard because they are cruel venial shits.
Skittles
(159,240 posts)but where I live, Abbott is competing with DeSantis to see how can hump Trump the hardest
Botany
(72,473 posts)Gym Jordan & J.D. Vance along with some other mouth breathers like some Congressperson
who just tried to debate medical science and evolutionary biology with Dr. Fauci in front of a
some Congressional Committee.
We are up against an industrial level misinformation machine.
Skittles
(159,240 posts)still, I tell myself these folk have access to the same information we do - too many of them seem to approve of the garbage they hear
Botany
(72,473 posts)
. almost 2 generations now they have a central question and that is; Does what they say or do makes
the libs sad and or angry? Along with their being racist, sexist, and anti intellectual shits. Rush Limbaugh tapped into these warped thinking shits from the get go and it made him millions from
rich right wingers who understood that for them to keep power they need lots of dumb ass mouth
breathers who are pissed off @ the libs.
OldBaldy1701E
(6,338 posts)They want this. They dream of this. Their entire existence is about causing pain and suffering to as many people that they don't like as they can.
And, we allow them to call themselves 'human beings'... they disgust me. That is why any pain caused to a rethug is okay with me. They cause more than any of their 'elite' have and will ever suffer.
Charlie Chapulin
(323 posts)are not only amoral, but acultural, too. Philistines.
SpankMe
(3,242 posts)That's 77 one-thousandths of one percent.
If we, as a society, won't spare such a pittance on arts and culture, then we aren't a society. We're soulless drones.
For a political philosophy that worries about government influence over our society and culture, the right wingers are certainly doing whatever they can to re-engineer our society in their own bizzarro image using levers of government.
underpants
(186,611 posts)I calculated its an average of $134,529 over 669 programs. If that opera is basically getting 1/2 of the average others obviously are getting more. Thats fine. Id suspect its for kid related stuff here and there. God knows we dont want the kids to think other than rote memorization of HIS chosen facts.
not fooled
(6,070 posts)So just go to church to get some culture.
Martin68
(24,597 posts)2naSalit
(92,665 posts)To be governor of shithole state of his own making.
jalan48
(14,384 posts)twodogsbarking
(12,228 posts)Always Blue
(51 posts)The first thing that fascists do is attack art. Art is the expression of the individual and a culture and they have to shut that down.
OldBaldy1701E
(6,338 posts)Therefore they have no place inside of GoGo Boots society. He is going after anyone and everyone who has ever thought a bad thing about him or anything he likes. (Such as slow, social torture, creating a society where his cronies have all the power and the rest have to shut up and be good little wage slaves, etc.)
obamanut2012
(27,802 posts)Which everyone (I know someone very involved) is shocked by. MANY of the big Zoo boosters are $$$ retirees who vote red.
BidenRocks
(932 posts)Many cultures are ony known by their arts and crafts.
Our future selfs will be wondering wtf the apprentice was.
Pathetic!
OldBaldy1701E
(6,338 posts)Those that are not progressive usually end up being forgotten or reviled by history and the future. Not holding my breath for this society.
Fla Dem
(25,679 posts)What a truly despicable person he is.
Jose Garcia
(2,845 posts)obamanut2012
(27,802 posts)He also vetoed 1 million to Palm Beach County for them to redo a couple hurricane shelters to make them larger and have capabilities to provide support to special needs folks.