DUmmies bemoan DeSantis treatment of FAGs

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ProudMNDemocrat (17,317 posts) Sun Jun 30, 2024, 06:10 PM

Florida Arts Groups Scramble After DeSantis Axes $32 Million In Funding

It appears Ronny D opposes the Arts in whatever form for the citizenry of Florida. So much for the UNFREE state of Florida. Thinking he is standing up for the taxpayers of Florida by vetoing this funding, he is depriving them of cultural things the Arts brings to the state, not to mention BUSINESS.

The Coral Gables Art Cinema will be short more than $100,000 this year. About $150,000 has suddenly disappeared from the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra’s budget. The Miami New Drama also has an unexpected $150,000 budget hole.

Across Florida, arts groups are scrambling after Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis unexpectedly vetoed $32 million in arts funding on June 12, eliminating all state grants for those organizations in a move that advocates say will devastate arts and culture in the Sunshine State.

“What baffles me is that Florida has been trying to attract business from New York, Chicago and Los Angeles, and what message are we sending if we cut funding to our cultural organizations?” said Michel Hausmann, artistic director and co-founder of the Miami New Drama in Miami Beach. “Are you going to attract people to a state where arts and culture aren’t valued? They are the lifeline of a city.”

More at....[link:https://www.huffpost.com/entry/desantis-vetos-32-million-art-funding_n_6681b862e4b0b85bde42c447|

Oh no...what will we do without new versions of Piss Christ?

The Unmitigated Gall (3,975 posts)
2. Arts and Fascism don't mix. nt

If you want to fund the FAGs, donate yourself.

[USA4ME]

Most of these cuts are only 2% and 3% of the budget of these art groups. If their doners and patrons can’t make up that amount, they don’t need to continue to exist.

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[Old n Grumpy]

If these entities can’t support themselves that’s their problem. Taxpayers money should not be used to support them.

[SVPete]

If these entities can’t support themselves that’s their problem. Taxpayers money should not be used to support them.

  Exactly! Subsidizing theaters and art galleries is not a government obligation. That is the proper role of those theaters' and galleries' customers.

[Old n Grumpy]

If they don’t get enough customers maybe their product is crappy. They are probably not focused on society at large.