Quotes from the Florida Council on Arts & Culture meeting referenced in the article
At the Council meeting, DeSantis appointee Carroll Hanley Goggin, of Winter Park, said she’s been contacted by many people wanting to know what happened and why. She said the applications were vetted extensively and recipients are required to provide metrics showing the results of the government spending.
“I’m a little frustrated. I know we need to look forward,” she said, adding that she was both “surprised” and “a little baffled by (the veto), and would like to know a little bit more myself as well.”
Sandra Mortham, a former state representative and former Florida Secretary of State, told fellow Arts and Culture Council members “obviously the governor felt strongly about this.”
Lisa Burgess, another DeSantis-appointed member of the Florida Council on Arts and Culture, disagreed with his decision in a weekend interview with WPLG-Ch. 10.
“I’d like to state that while I’m a supporter of Governor DeSantis and I voted for him, and I do think he’s doing a great job with the state, nobody gets it right 100% of the time, and I do think he got this decision wrong,” Burgess said. “We were shocked that the funding was cut so drastically.”