On 19 Sep 2021, Yak <yak@inbox1.com> posted some
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> Rudy Canoza wrote
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>> The new Disney company is infested with homosexuals and pedophiles
>> targeting children for money.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday threatened to build a prison or a
competing theme park near the Magic Kingdom or raise taxes on Walt Disney
World to retaliate against the company for resisting a state takeover of
its special taxing district.

Laying out his plan to exact retribution against the House of Mouse, the
Florida Republican said the GOP-controlled state legislature will take
steps to �formally nullify� Disney�s attempts to maintain control of the
district through last-minute maneuvering.

DeSantis said lawmakers will advance a bill that will �make sure that
people understand that you don�t get to put your own company over the will
of the people of Florida.�

DeSantis moved earlier this year to take over the Reedy Creek Improvement
District, the special taxing district that for half a century gave Disney
control over the land around its Central Florida theme parks, and install
his political allies on the district�s board of supervisors. However,
Disney in February reached an agreement with the outgoing board that
seemed to render the body powerless to control the entertainment giant.
The DeSantis administration was unaware of the agreement for a month and
vowed retribution after it became public.

The clash between Florida and its largest employer started last year when
the state passed a new law that limited classroom instruction of sexual
orientation and gender identity. Disney objected to the bill and vowed to
help get it repealed. DeSantis responded by targeting the Reedy Creek
Improvement District. On Thursday, DeSantis said Disney could �take a
hike� if it didn�t like how the state was governing.

Speaking Monday on an Orlando radio program, DeSantis called the agreement
�defective� and suggested it was not properly noticed according to state
law. Disney has maintained that it followed state meeting laws. The deal
was agreed to in two public meetings that were noticed in the local
newspaper.

DeSantis also said the new board overseeing Disney�s taxing district will
meet Wednesday to �make sure Disney is held accountable.� An agenda for
the meeting posted online says the board will consider firing existing
staff and taking over development oversight within the district.

The board, which is made up of five DeSantis appointees, will also
instruct staff to comply with a state inspector general investigation.
DeSantis ordered the probe earlier this month.

Later on Monday, DeSantis suggested the state might build a prison or its
own theme park next door to Walt Disney World.

�Come to think of it now, people are like, �well, what should we do with
this land?�� DeSantis said. �Maybe create a state park. Maybe try to do
more amusement parks. Someone even said like, maybe you need another state
prison. I mean, who knows? I mean, I just think that the possibilities are
endless.�

DeSantis also said the new board overseeing Disney�s special taxing
district could raise taxes on the company�s vast theme park empire. He
suggested the additional revenue could be used to pay down the district�s
existing debt � a proposal that, if realized, could eventually allow the
state to end the district for good. The 1967 law that created the district
prevents the state from dissolving the district without paying off its
debt.

The district�s sizable debt, estimated at $1 billion last year, prevented
the state from moving ahead with a new law that would have eliminated the
district by this June. The state earlier this year instead decided to keep
the district but put DeSantis appointees in charge of its governing board.

Meanwhile, the state agriculture commissioner, Wilton Simpson, said he
supported legislation that would require state inspections of theme parks.
Currently, the state oversees smaller amusement park rides, but not those
at large theme parks like Disney, Universal Studios, Sea World and Busch
Gardens.

However, DeSantis said legislation would only apply to parks in �special
districts.� Other theme parks are not governed by special districts.

DeSantis again denied that his administration was outmaneuvered by Disney
and called its agreement to take power back a �legal fiction.� He said the
agreement Disney reached with the outgoing board had a �plethora of legal
infirmities� and the GOP-controlled legislature would quickly move a bill
to nullify it.

�Disney did basically special deals to circumvent that whole process and
so they, so they control the board,� DeSantis said. �It was basically like
a legal fiction they negotiated with its � with themselves, to give
themselves the ability to maintain their self-governing status.�

Earlier Monday, Simon Conway, the host of Good Morning Orlando, asked
DeSantis if he would agree to a meeting with Disney CEO Bob Iger to
resolve the conflict. Iger had recently told Time magazine that he would
welcome a sit down with the Republican governor.

DeSantis said he would if Disney accepted �that they are not going to live
under a different set of rules than everyone else.�

�If we can get there, fine,� he said. �But we�re not there yet.�

<https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/17/politics/desantis-disney-takeover-
florida/index.html>