DeSantis: 1 / Disney: 0 — Disney drops lawsuit against Florida governor



Disney is no match for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R).

Last February, DeSantis signed House Bill 9B, which established the central Florida tourism oversight board as a replacement for Disney’s long-standing Reedy Creek improvement district. This put an end to the tax breaks and power that Disney held in the Sunshine State.

While Disney tried to sue DeSantis, the company just agreed to drop the lawsuit.

“It turns out when you do things like try to sexually indoctrinate children and confuse them, it turns out you’re held accountable in Florida,” Sara Gonzales says.

Blaze TV contributor Matthew Marsden has some wishes of his own for Disney.

“I hope they go bankrupt,” he says, adding, “I think they’re an evil corporation.”

Gonzales agrees, calling Disney “just garbage.”

“There’s no fixing it, because no matter how many people you have at a lower level who are good people or good at their jobs or whatever, the executives are making these decisions, and it affects the entire company,” she says.

What’s happening to Disney is what happens when ordinary people fight back against the wokeness infiltrating major companies that once seemed too big to fail.

“What we need to do is support other things and give them an alternative,” Marsden says.

Adam Johnson agrees, noting that what’s happened to many of the child Disney stars is good enough reason to stay away.

“Look at how all the Disney kids turned out right,” Johnson says. “That right there should have been enough information of who these people were at the core of them. Because those kids were around the people who were producing all these things.”

“I just can’t wrap my head around a stranger wanting to talk to my child about sex,” he adds.


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Disney agrees to settle lawsuit against DeSantis over revoked self-governing special tax district



The Walt Disney Co. reached a settlement agreement on Wednesday with Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis and his Central Florida Tourism Oversight District over the company's revoked self-governing special tax district, the New York Post reported.

In April, Disney lodged a complaint against the governor for revoking the theme park's company-selected board and special tax district, the Reedy Creek Improvement District. Disney governed the district for decades. In 2022, the dismantled RCID board was taken over by DeSantis' new five-member oversight panel, the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District.

Disney accused the governor and several Florida officials of launching a "relentless campaign to weaponize government power" against the company. The lawsuit noted that DeSantis previously expressed a desire to "void" Disney's development agreement with the state, examine taxes on the theme park's hotels, and "tolls on the roads."

Disney's court filings read, "Today's action is the latest strike: At the Governor's bidding, the State's oversight board has purported to 'void' publicly noticed and duly agreed development contracts, which had laid the foundation for billions of Disney's investment dollars and thousands of jobs."

The company claimed that the governor's actions ultimately "jeopardize[d]" Disney's "economic future in the region," while also "violat[ing] its constitutional rights."

An investigation conducted by the CFTOD found evidence that the former RCID board used millions of taxpayer dollars to purchase resort passes, merchandise, and other perks from Disney.

"For decades, the former Disney-run RCID used taxpayer funds to provide season passes and amusement experiences to its employees and their family members, cover the cost of discounts on hotels, merchandise, food, and beverages, and give its own board members VIP Main Entrance passes," the CFTOD claimed. "In 2022 alone, it cost taxpayers over $2.5 million."

On Wednesday, Disney dropped the lawsuit against DeSantis, agreeing to concede its self-governing powers over the theme park's district and abandoning a separate lawsuit regarding access to public records. Instead, the two parties have decided to work together to form a new development agreement for the theme park.

Walt Disney World President Jeff Vahle stated, "This agreement opens a new chapter of constructive engagement with the new leadership of the district," the Post reported.

DeSantis declared that his administration was "vindicated" by Disney's settlement.

"A year ago people were trying to act like all these legal maneuvers were all going to succeed, and the reality is here we are a year later, not one of them has succeeded," he said. "Every action that we've taken has been upheld in full, and the state is better off for it."

As part of the settlement, DeSantis appointed board members to the CFTOD who are more "sympathetic" to Disney, the Post noted. Earlier this week, the governor's office reported that Craig Mateer, the founder of CCM Capital Group, was appointed to the board.

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Disney World ducks DeSantis' board takeover with legal maneuver invoking King Charles III



Disney invoked the name of King Charles III in an unusual bid to quietly upend Gov. Ron DeSantis' (R-Fla.) plan to reign in the "corporate kingdom's," continued self-governance, multiple outlets reported.

"I cannot tell you the level of my disappointment in Disney. I thought so much better of them," Central Florida Tourism Oversight Board member Ron Peri said, as reported by WKMG Wednesday.

"This essentially makes Disney the government," Peri also said.

Peri is an Orlando-based former pastor and CEO of The Gathering, whom DeSantis chose as one member of the five-member body to replace the special tax district's then-existing board.

In February, DeSantis signed a bill dissolving Reedy Creek Improvement District. In its place, he installed the CFTOB.

Apparently unbeknownst to DeSantis, RCID transferred the bulk of its government-like powers over to Disney just "hours" before Florida's House of Representatives approved the takeover, Fox News Digital explained.

The term of the agreement chosen when RCID signed its powers over to Disney is unusual, and appears to be an attempt to render a takeover by Florida a nonstarter, unless the state passes new legislation.

Disney's move is called a "Declaration of Restrictive Covenants." It ensures Disney has the last word on any alterations to the property and calls for the board to inform Disney about its plans for any alterations, National Public Radio explained.

The portion of the legal maneuver involving King Charles III is called the "Rule Against Perpetuities."

"[This] Declaration shall continue in effect until 21 years after the death of the last survivor of the descendants of King Charles III, King of England, living as of the date of this declaration," the document said, using verbiage more typically used in the United Kingdom.

According to Peri, the document defangs the CTOFB, leaving them with little beyond the ability to "maintain the roads and maintain basic infrastructure," the outlet also reported.

It appears the fight for control of the "corporate kingdom" in the Sunshine State is not over yet.
"An initial review suggests these agreements may have significant legal infirmities that would render the contracts void as a matter of law," a spokesperson for DeSantis told the Wall Street Journal Saturday.

The spokesperson also said the CFTOB had "retained multiple financial and legal firms to conduct audits and investigate Disney's past behavior."

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