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Disney World Oversight Board's Response To $2.5 Million Bill Has Caused A New Problem With The District's Firefighters

Employees of the district that oversees Disney World are losing a major perk, and they're not happy.

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DeSantis says he’s ‘moved on’ from Disney fight as he tells company to drop lawsuit against Florida

‘What I would say is drop the lawsuit,’ the GOP presidential hopeful remarked

The Independent UK

DeSantis, district target Disney lawsuit against them

ORLANDO, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis and a revamped Central Florida special district sought Monday to scuttle a federal lawsuit in which Disney contends its constitutional rights have been violated amid a long-running feud with DeSantis.

Orlando Sentinel

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Disney and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis are locked in a legal battle over free speech. How did we get here?

The Florida governor has been feuding with the "House of Mouse" for more than a year — and it all started with a law colloquially known as "Don't Say Gay".

ABC News

DeSantis v Disney: Why Florida’s governor is at war with the Mouse

A year-long feud between the governor and Disney has boiled over into legal battles that could shape the company’s future in the state, Alex Woodward writes

The Independent UK

Ron DeSantis Confirms (Again) That His Attack on Disney Was Political Retribution

He either doesn't understand or won't admit why this violates the First Amendment.

Reason

DeSantis v Disney: Why Florida’s governor is at war with the Mouse

A year-long feud between the governor and the powerful entertainment company has boiled over into legal battles that could shape the company’s future in the state, Alex Woodward writes

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Moody tells Disney its records could be open to the public in Florida

ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody advised Disney on Thursday that some of its company records could be subject to the state’s public records law and available to any Floridian who wants to see them.

Orlando Sentinel

Disney’s Reedy Creek deal violated state law, attorneys for DeSantis' oversight board say

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Disney’s agreements seeking to preserve its power over development in Central Florida didn’t follow requirements in state law, rendering them null and void, lawyers for Gov. Ron DeSantis tourism oversight board said Wednesday.

Orlando Sentinel

Editorial: Disney strips DeSantis of his fairy tale ending. Good

Gov. Ron DeSantis has spent months (and an entire chapter of his new book) boasting about his victory over a “woke” corporation after demanding that the state Legislature yank the Reedy Creek Improvement District from under Walt Disney Company control.

Orlando Sentinel

DeSantis orders investigation into Disney district governing board’s legal maneuver

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Blindsided by a decision by the Disney-aligned governing board to undercut his authority over the special taxing district that oversees development at Walt Disney World, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday ordered an investigation into what he said appears to be “self-dealing” and other “ethical violations.”

Miami Herald

New Disney Reedy Creek board chair vows ‘broader representation’

Members of the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District, which replaced Disney’s Reedy Creek, agreed Wednesday to work with the district’s firefighters to resolve their union contract impasse and help award death benefits to the widow of a firefighter who died in 2017.

Orlando Sentinel

DeSantis signs law stripping Disney World of Reedy Creek control

ORLANDO, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a law Monday that gives the state control of Disney World’s Reedy Creek Improvement District, stripping the resort of its self-governing powers amid a feud with the governor.

Orlando Sentinel

Florida Legislature turns Disney's Reedy Creek reins over to DeSantis

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Florida Legislature wrapped up a special session Friday passing bills to allow Gov. Ron DeSantis to take over Disney’s Reedy Creek Improvement District and fix previous actions that have led to lawsuits and charges being dismissed against people accused of voter fraud.

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Florida House OKs state takeover of Disney’s taxing district

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Florida House voted 82-31 to reorganize the Reedy Creek Improvement District, removing the Walt Disney Co.’s control of the quasi-governmental agency it’s managed for more than five decades.

Salon

DeSantis set to take revenge on Disney

The bill would allow DeSantis to choose the people in charge after Disney balked at the state's "Don't say gay" law

Orlando Sentinel

Reedy Creek discusses Disney expansion as DeSantis fight looms

With Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Florida Legislature angling to take control of it, Disney World’s Reedy Creek Improvement District leaders met this week to discuss the future of Disney property, including the potential building of another major theme park by 2032.

Fortune

DeSantis vs. Disney heats up as governor proposes Florida take control of special district: ‘The corporate kingdom has come to an end’

“Disney will no longer control its own government,” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s communications director said on Friday.

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Florida will likely take over Disney World’s Reedy Creek, DeSantis says

SANFORD, Fla. — The state will likely assume control of Disney World’s Reedy Creek Improvement District, rather than local governments absorbing it, Gov. Ron DeSantis said Monday.

Orlando Sentinel

Federal judge dismisses 1st lawsuit against Gov. DeSantis over Disney World’s Reedy Creek district

ORLANDO, Fla. — A federal judge on Tuesday quickly dismissed a lawsuit against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis over the dissolution of Disney World’s Reedy Creek Improvement District.

Orlando Sentinel

US Senate candidate leads first lawsuit challenging dissolution of Disney World’s Reedy Creek district

ORLANDO, Fla. — Three Central Florida taxpayers represented by a lawyer running for U.S. Senate are suing Gov. Ron DeSantis over the dissolution of Disney World’s Reedy Creek Improvement District.

Orlando Sentinel

Lawmakers suspect Gov. Ron DeSantis wants to take control of Disney World’s government

ORLANDO, Fla. — Central Florida lawmakers suspect Gov. Ron DeSantis is planning to replace Disney World’s special government district with a new one that he would control.

Benzinga

Disney Says Florida Cannot Dissolve Reedy Creek Without Addressing Debt Load

The ongoing feud between Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) and the administration of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis took another twist as the company is questioning the process that will eliminate its special status tax district in June 2023.

Salon

Ron DeSantis' Disney stunt backfires

Florida Republicans' rush to dissolve the Reedy Creek Improvement District might also contravene state law

Orlando Sentinel

Editorial: Disney ‘punishment’ could blow up in DeSantis’ face

The Facebook post from last Saturday is comedy gold. A man in a DeSantis 2020 hat topped with a mouse-ear headband poses in front of a few cars with their hoods up. The caption: “Patriot Convoy just did a BLOCKADE @ the Entrance of Disney. Car Trouble. No one visiting…

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