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Billionaire Perez Slams DeSantis for Eroding Miami’s New Appeal
- Condo king warns of ‘horrible message’ to transplants from NYC
- Governor axed arts funding, cited sexual content at a festival
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Billionaire Jorge Perez has spent hundreds of millions of dollars of his real estate fortune to make Miami a magnet for the arts, determined to show there’s more to his town than partying.
Now, he says, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is undoing his efforts with the stroke of a pen. DeSantis, a Republican, stunned the state’s arts community last month by axing all $32 million of funding for a state program that provides grants for music, theater and culture.