Posted on 01/06/2023 11:41:25 AM PST by simpson96
DeSantis just keeps posting win, after win, after win.
Immediately following his inauguration to second term as governor of Florida, DeSantis is making HUGE changes to the way the state of Florida is doing business.
In his sights is the mega-woke Disney behemoth.
Disney messed with the wrong governor when they stuck their nose into Florida's business and tried to prevent the state from protecting children from grooming in schools.
A plan was announced Friday to introduce a bill into the Florida Legislature that would replace Walt Disney World's special self-governing power with a state-run board.
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"The corporate kingdom has come to an end," DeSantis' communications director, Taryn Fenske, told Fox News. "Under the proposed legislation, Disney will no longer control its own government, will live under the same laws as everyone else, will be responsible for their outstanding debts, and will pay their fair share of taxes."
If Disney is going to promote woke politics, oppose good governance, and stick up for groups that endanger children, then DeSantis is going to give them a taste of what it's like to not have special governing privileges.
He's going to teach the mouse a lesson.
The planned legislation will also ensure that the company will pay upwards of $700 million dollars in unsecured debt accumulated by Disney's special jurisdiction — known as the Reedy Creek Improvement District — and not Orange County taxpayers, according to the sources.
Last year, DeSantis signed a measure into law dissolving Walt Disney World's special governing power in the state after the company publicly opposed a new parental rights law in the state. At the bill signing ceremony, the Florida Republican said Disney lied about the "Parental Rights in Education" law's contents and that he viewed the company's vow to fight it as unacceptable.
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Walt must be rolling over in his grave.
Eviscerate that evil company
Good. Goofy arrangement anyhow.
I thought Florida already stripped GroomerLand of its special status.
HUZZAH!
Horrible title.
Disney will have to submit and play by the same zoning and permitting rules that the rest of the business world has had to always.
The CIA ain’t gonna like this.
Walt was CIA. CIA helped him acquire the land.
Guess they thought DeSantis was just another weak kneed Republican.
You realize you are insane, I hope.
Nice. That gave me a good chuckle. Not a fierce belly laugh, but a good chuckle.
Danka.
I don’t think Walt would have a problem with that. He would probably be aghast at what has become of his creation.
This was a bad deal to start with...except that Disney had the bucks and like any developer, was able to call the shots.
Now at least the state and localities are demanding something from the developers (although too many pols are still in their pockets).
But the whole “independent status” for a commercial development was insane to begin with.
It sounds like this is just taking it a step further.
No more Reedy Creek Improvement District.
This is what happens when parasites take over companies or institutions after they’ve been built and established by entrepreneurs, inventors and pioneers.
Disneyland = CA
DisneyWorld = FL
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