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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,010 posts)
Fri Apr 22, 2022, 07:59 PM Apr 2022

DeSantis signs bill revoking Disney's special self-governing status in Florida

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday signed into law legislation that would eliminate the Walt Disney Co.’s special self-governing status in the area around its Orlando theme parks, in a move widely seen as retaliation against the company for criticizing a new education law signed by the Republican governor.

The bill revokes Disney’s special tax privileges in the state which have been in place since the late 1960s.

“They have the ability to build a nuclear power plant without state consent if they want,” DeSantis said Friday. “No individual or no company in Florida is treated this way, and it’s not right to have this similar treatment but you know they had exercised a lot of power over the years.”

NBC News has reached out to Disney for comment.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/desantis-signs-bill-revoking-disney-s-special-self-governing-status-in-florida/ar-AAWuDvZ

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DeSantis signs bill revoking Disney's special self-governing status in Florida (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2022 OP
Frankly, I don't see this as a problem for Disney. The mouse is rich enough to handle all this. Srkdqltr Apr 2022 #1
Now, Dems should drop some commercials. Magoo48 Apr 2022 #2

Srkdqltr

(6,291 posts)
1. Frankly, I don't see this as a problem for Disney. The mouse is rich enough to handle all this.
Fri Apr 22, 2022, 08:08 PM
Apr 2022

The whole thing sounds like some kind of setup?
On the other hand Disney could probably buy the whole Florida Government and sell it to some other multi trillion dollar company.

Magoo48

(4,712 posts)
2. Now, Dems should drop some commercials.
Fri Apr 22, 2022, 08:15 PM
Apr 2022

Who punishes their own people?
Who bans books?
Who tells citizens what they can say?
Who criminalizes women’s health and LGBTQ people?

Nazis do. Hitler did.

For goodness sake DO SOMETHING, Dems, please. Fight back against this stupid cultural bullshit.
They’re killing us with issues the public doesn’t even support.

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