DeSantis broaches repeal of Disney World's special self-governing status in Florida

ExpressLane said:
Florida’s Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis addressed on Thursday the suggestion of repealing a 55-year-old state law that allows Disney to effectively govern itself on the grounds of Walt Disney World, following the company’s public opposition to a controversial parental rights law in Florida.

"What I would say as a matter of first principle is I don’t support special privileges in law just because a company is powerful and they’ve been able to wield a lot of power," DeSantis said during a press conference in West Palm Beach, Florida on Thursday.

Disney has been engaged in a war of words with Republicans in Florida leading up to Monday’s signing of the controversial bill, which prohibits classroom instruction on "sexual orientation" and "gender identity" with children in third grade or younger "or in a manner that is not age-appropriate or developmentally appropriate for students in accordance with state standards."

DeSantis referenced a bill reining in big tech that Republicans were working through the legislature last year when Disney added a "carve out" at the "11th hour" for theme parks.

"I’m thinking to myself, ‘This is ridiculous,’" DeSantis said. "Honestly, it was embarrassing."

DeSantis continued, "I think what has happened is there’s a lot of these special privileges that are not justifiable, but because Disney had held so much sway, they were able to sustain a lot of special treatment over the years."

DeSantis said that Disney has "lost a lot of the pull that they used to have" over the company's reaction to the parental rights law and said he thinks that’s a "good thing for our state because the state should be governed by the best interest of the people."....

....DeSantis’s comments comes after Florida State Rep. Spencer Roach tweeted that he has met with legislators to discuss repealing the self-governing law in response to Disney’s recent actions.

"Yesterday was the 2nd meeting in a week w/fellow legislators to discuss a repeal of the 1967 Reedy Creek Improvement Act, which allows Disney to act as its own government," Roach tweeted. "If Disney wants to embrace woke ideology, it seems fitting that they should be regulated by Orange County."

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Hmmm Mickey has done got himself in trouble. This going to get interesting.
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How's about squawking your squawker on the following details when it comes to the honorable judge Walker thumping seditious Desantis's effort to undermine voting rights in Florida. This in order as a tyrant to construct a shithole of his own desire there and a attack on Democracy, U.S. Constitutional law and the common decency of society in America. Also, to desecrate the voting rights of a segment of society, attacks the Constitutional integrity of voting rights of all of society:

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A federal judge struck down portions of a Florida election law passed last year, saying in a ruling Thursday that the Republican-led government was using subtle tactics to suppress Black voters.

The law tightened rules on mailed ballots, drop boxes and other popular election methods — changes that made it more difficult for Black voters who, overall, have more socioeconomic disadvantages than white voters, U.S. District Judge Mark Walker wrote in his ruling.

"For the past 20 years, the majority in the Florida Legislature has attacked the voting rights of its Black constituents," Walker wrote. Given that history, he said, some future election law changes should be subject to court approval.

Florida's Republican-led legislature joined several others around the country in passing election reforms after Republican former President Donald Trump made unfounded claims that the 2020 election was stolen from him. Democrats have called such reforms a partisan attempt to keep some voters from the ballot box.

Private funding saved the 2020 election. Now, some GOP-led states are banning it
Arizona Republicans enact a controversial new proof-of-citizenship voting lawned to fuel the narrative around the big lie and that the election was stolen from Trump," Democratic state Rep. Fentrice Driskell, who is Black, said in a phone interview after the ruling was issued. "What we absolutely can't have is a system that, I almost feel like, is separate and unequal. Making it harder for Black people to vote is unconstitutional." Again to make it perfectly clear, to attack the voting rights of a segment of society which is a violation of U.S. Constitutional law, erodes the voting integrity of all of society in violation of U.S. Constitutional law and other voting rights laws.

https://www.npr.org/2022/03/31/1090...kes-down-parts-of-a-2021-florida-election-law
 
AProudLefty said:
The "Dark Side" has been keeping Florida rich. Fuck with the "Dark Side" and Florida will be doomed.
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Embrace "The Dark Side" and you will lose yourself.

Like another FL boy said: "I ain't the one".

I'd rather be poor and myself than rich and subservient to something evil.
 
Matt Dillon said:
There's still the 1/2 of Canada coming here every winter. All the spring breakers at the beaches, too.

Disney could fuck off and I wouldn't give 2 shits. I hate all their bullshit anyway.
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Not if Disney reduces it's operations there if not closes it outright.
 
AProudLefty said:
Florida will lose it's status as a tourist state if the act is repealed.

The state is going to shrink like an old man's balls.
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No. Disney does not account for that much of the tourism here.

They can fuck off and die and no Floridians will give a flying fuck.

It might make traffic in WhoreLando better. I'm all for them picking up their shit and going home, to Nowheresville or California.

Walt's dead, they're all pedo'd up, fuck 'em.
 
Nomad said:
More of the usual political posturing by the fat little toad DeShameless.

That is never going to happen because if it did, Orange and Osceola counties would have to take over providing all the services that Reedy Creek now provides for itself.

Taxes in those two counties would go sky high.

This is just Toad Boy throwing a tantrum because Disney opposes his gay bill and he got his little feelings hurt.

And of course it plays so well with the rwnj rednecks who keep this state under the Republicans' thumb.

While they sell off our environment a square mile at a time.

Fuck DeShameless. :fu:
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Why does the Left want to indoctrinate children, aren't they entitled to a fucking childhood anymore?
 
I wonder how many of Disney's older movies they'll edit. You know, the ones rooted in good, moral family entertainment.
 
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