Florida Governor Ron DeSantis just axed all state funding for the arts.
It’s not simply a cost-saving measure: “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.”
He could have announced this at any time during the budget process. Whether it’s because the arts are too liberal or too intellectual or there are too many gays in art or he worries artists won’t line up and parrot Party doctrine, waiting to the last minute is an act of pure malice.
And then there’s his bizarre support for a bill allowing Floridians to shoot cocaine bears.
