A decades-long debate over Kirkpatrick Dam continued this week after Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed $6.25 million in state funding that would have launched a plan to remove the dam and begin restoring the Ocklawaha River. The money, which the Legislature had approved for the 2025-2026 budget, was cut Monday as part of more than $567 million in line-item vetoes DeSantis issued before signing a $117.4 billion state spending plan. The veto halts, at least temporarily, efforts backed by environmental groups, anglers and state Sen. Jason Brodeur, R-Sanford, to reconnect the Ocklawaha River with the Silver and St. Johns rivers…