It also doesn't help that it's just dishonest.
State funds don't pay for programming. So, whatever it is that offends opponents of OETA (and I don't think it's clear exactly what that is) and public broadcasting is not being paid for with tax payer money.
In general, state funds go to support the infrastructure. According to
OETA's FAQ, it is responsible for maintaining the "state’s infrastructure for the PBS Warning, Alert and Response Network (WARN) system, which provides a path between the Federal Emergency Management Agency and cellular service providers to relay important emergency information statewide via cellular networks."
So, in effect, Stitt's veto was really to defund OETA's ability to maintain important public emergency communications infrastructure, without designating and funding another group to do it. They knows all of this, and count on voters not to.
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