WILLIAMSON IS MIAMI Williamson Automotive 7815 SW 104TH St., Miami, FL WilliamsonAutomotiveGroup.com JULY 9 - 22, 2024 State budget cuts to arts, culture impact community BY GARY ALAN RUSE ing an online auction of artwork, in collab- oration with Coral...
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WILLIAMSON IS MIAMI Williamson Automotive 7815 SW 104TH St., Miami, FL WilliamsonAutomotiveGroup.com JULY 9 - 22, 2024 State budget cuts to arts, culture impact community BY GARY ALAN RUSE ing an online auction of artwork, in collab- oration with Coral Gables Congregational lorida Gov. Ron DeSantis on United Church of Christ, and the Historical F June 12 signed a bill for the state budget that wiped out state arts and culture grants, eliminating $32 million that would have gone to large and small organizations Resources and Cultural Arts Department, to raise money. “The governor’s veto to arts and culture is unsurprising but no less devastating since it means cuts to general support and main- throughout the state. tenance of facilities,” Fuentes said. “For The money already had been appropri- Coral Gables Museum it’s a major blow for ated months ago by the Florida Legislature. it accounts for about 10 percent of our an- Now theater, visual art, dance, music and nual budget, and we care
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