Posted on 04/21/2022 3:46:18 PM PDT by Morgana
Florida lawmakers have voted to strip Disney of its special status as a self-governing area as the war between Governor Ron DeSantis and the company rumbles on.
The Republican led House gave final passage to a bill that would end the Reedy Creek Improvement District, meaning the firm will no longer be able operate as a self-contained government.
'It seems as [though] Mickey and Minnie have joined us in the chamber today,' State Rep. Randy Fine, who sponsored the bill, said Thursday ahead of the vote as the sound of yelling filled the chamber.
The House passed the measure with a 68-38 vote after the Senate backed the bill by 23-16 the day before. The legislation will now go to DeSantis' desk for signing and could come into effect on June 1, 2023.
The governor has previously issued support for the measure, saying during a fundraising pitch Wednesday: 'Disney and other woke corporations won't get away with peddling their unchecked pressure campaigns any longer.
'If we want to keep the Democrat machine and their corporate lapdogs accountable, we have to stand together now.'
The House on Thursday also approved a Senate-passed bill that removes Disney's big tech censorship exemption.
Disney did not immediately respond to DailyMail.com's request for comment on the changes and it remains unclear if the company will launch an appeal, but the vote sets up a potential legal battle between the state and the entertainment giant.
The newly-passed bill rips up the 55-year-old deal that allowed Disney to regulate land, enforce building codes and treat wastewater - and could cost the company millions in lost local taxes.
Florida's Orange and Osceola counties may also end up saddled with $1billion of debt currently owed by Walt Disney World.
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Damn the happiest place on earth has become a child horror show. I wish Jesus would help us with some millstones
That would be cheap...
Judge shopping, the favourite past time of liberals who can’t get normal people to bend over for them
The current CEO hates woke nonsense, he has no control over the mess he inherited last year
Yes. I’d love to see them make LGBT movies in Saudi Arabia. In fact, I’d pay to see it.
The debt issued by Disney on the property now becomes debt of the two counties, which are now liable for payment of interest and principal.
So the counties need to get their tax assessors out there and sock Disney with enough property taxes to pay the debt.
It’s nice to see a GOP governor rear-back and punch these leftist ideologues right in the face.
I heard the slap of Disney from DeSantis up here in my frozen country.
Good. they want Mickey mouse to be their gerbil
It’s BS that Orange and Osceola could “be saddled with $1bn in debt”.
If the company doesn’t want to cover it then raise their taxes! Disney already argues that it TAXES ITSELF to pay debt so what is the freaking difference?
Any parents who subject their children to Disney’s deviant psychological manipulation should be charged with child abuse, and in any truly civilized country they would be.
Wow...that’s a nasty, game-changing meme waiting to happen right there.
“Next question, will they stand by this or rescind it before 2023?”
That depends on Disney.
If they learn to behave themselves in the coming months, they can earn their way back into the state’s good graces.
If Disney gets too cute, the Governor is going to open another can of peas in the next legislative session; a big can of peas.
Fortunately Communists like higher taxes and corporations to fail.
Move where? What other state on the eastern seaboard would allow 365 day a year operation? Central Florida is within a day or two's drive of at least 50% of the US population. No passport is required for US citizens to travel there.
In the normal course of things, Democrats would be up in arms over such a deal foe a private company
Dear Disney:
Wrong State.
Wrong Governor.
And the Dems were acting GOOFY... 🤓
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