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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumsefforts in works to help DeSantis pretend he won in fight with Disney, while backing off
We Cant Let the Governor Look Like He Lost: DeSantis Reportedly Backing Down From Plan to Wreck Disneys Self Government DistrictFlorida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) made national headlines in April when he signed a bill repealing the Reedy Creek Improvement District (RCID), the special taxing district on the Walt Disney Companys Central Florida property. But now that the governor has won re-election, Disney has brought back a former CEO and the legal reality loomed ready to inflict some staggeringly bad consequences DeSantis is reportedly backing down.
The bill repealing RCID effective June 1, 2023 was sponsored by State Rep. Randy Fine (R) and State Sen. Jennifer Bradley (R), who did not communicate with anyone at Disney, RCID, or any of the county governments that would be affected before passing this ill-conceived law.
The Republicans backing the move openly admitted they were doing so in retaliation for former Disney CEO Bob Chapeks criticism of the Parental Rights in Education bill (deemed the Dont Say Gay bill by its critics), specifically regarding a memo Chapek sent to Disney employees vocally objecting to the bill after its passage. Chapek also hit the pause button on the Mouse making any political contributions and a plan to move thousands of employees from Palo Alto, California to a new facility being built in Lake Nona (a region in the southeast area of Orlando).
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[S]tate lawmakers are working on a compromise that would allow Disney to keep the arrangement largely in place with a few modifications, wrote the Times Christopher Grimes, and then lays out how Igers full-throated opposition to the Parental Rights in Education bill had put pressure on his successor CEO Chapek to take a stand. Chapek did take that stand, DeSantis and the legislature lashed out by repealing RCID, and now Iger is taking a more conciliatory tone:
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Other discussions sound like an effort to help DeSantis pretend he won this mess he created, by allowing the governor to appoint two of the five members of the RCID board. Stewart seemed to acknowledge this was the intent, telling Grimes, We cant let the governor look like he lost.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/we-can-t-let-the-governor-look-like-he-lost-desantis-reportedly-backing-down-from-plan-to-wreck-disney-s-self-government-district/ar-AA14PMcX
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efforts in works to help DeSantis pretend he won in fight with Disney, while backing off (Original Post)
BlueWaveNeverEnd
Dec 2022
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Phoenix61
(16,954 posts)1. He knows if it goes to court he'll lose. nt