I don’t know….
Is Ron DeSantis working to have Disney get up and leave?
Or is he gonna end up dropping a YUGE tax bill on his states citizens?
Disney CEO Bob Iger on Monday called out Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) for his state’s actions against the company, saying the moves would in the end wind up hurting Floridians.
DeSantis’s feud with Disney began last year after the company took a stance against the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, which prohibits educators in the state from talking about sexual orientation or gender identity in primary schools…..
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The CEO reportedly said the company plans a multibillion dollar expansion of Walt Disney World in the coming years, pointing to the jobs and increased tax revenue such a venture could produce.
“Any action that thwarts those efforts, simply to retaliate for a position the company took, sounds not just anti-business, but it sounds anti-Florida,” Iger said….
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Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida on Monday requested “a thorough review and investigation” into an effort by the Walt Disney Company to limit state oversight of development at Disney World.
The request came in a letter to Melinda Miguel, Florida’s chief inspector general. Last week, Mr. DeSantis and his allies realized that Disney had pushed through a development agreement in early February that would allow the company to sidestep a new oversight board whose members were appointed by Mr. DeSantis.
Last year, after Disney halted political donations in Florida and criticized a contentious state education law that prohibits classroom discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity for young students, Mr. DeSantis asked Florida lawmakers to terminate self-governing privileges that Disney World had held since 1967. The privileges, formally called a special tax district, effectively allowed the company to self-govern its 25,000-acre theme park complex as a de facto county, controlling fire protection, policing, road maintenance — and, crucially, development planning.
Because terminating the district would have unfavorable financial implications for tax payers in the counties surrounding Disney World, it was decided that the district would remain, but that the previous, Disney-controlled board would be replaced with one controlled by the governor.
Before the new board was installed, however, the Disney-controlled one passed — in public meetings — restrictive covenants and a development agreement that gave the company vast control over future construction in the district; the new board has limited say. At a meeting last week, the new board hired five law firms to scrutinize the matter and, potentially, take Disney to court…..
Why does Ron DeSantis hate the “free enterprise “ system?
Cause “He’s THE BOSS’……
The lawmakers down their follow in lockstep to WHATEVER he wants even if they ain’t THAT smart…..