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The Orlando Sentinel reports:
Gov. Ron DeSantis wasted no time signing a bill into law that allows the board he chose to oversee Disney World’s sprawling 25,000-acre domain to ignore development agreements approved by the previous board handpicked by the entertainment giant.
DeSantis signed the bill (SB 1604) on Friday, a day after the Senate approved it. Sarasota Sen. Joe Gruters, a former chair of the Republican Party of Florida, sided with Senate Democrats in voting against the bill.
Sen. Blaise Ingoglia, R-Spring Hill, added language that DeSantis wanted. It allows a newly created independent district to not comply with any decisions made by the previous board up to three months before the new board was created.
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As I noted in this morning in my first post about this attempt, Ingoglia appeared here last month for his bill to ban any political party from operating in Florida if they “historically supported slavery.”
DeSantis signs bill to void Disney’s deal with Reedy Creek https://t.co/1k4vQyHNjM pic.twitter.com/OhJBv4ib9i
— Orlando Sentinel (@orlandosentinel) May 5, 2023
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill that nullifies agreements Disney had struck to retain some control over future development in the district covering its Orlando-area theme parks, opening another front in his battle with the entertainment giant. https://t.co/rMy1mempOj
— WSJ Politics (@WSJPolitics) May 5, 2023
Gov. Ron DeSantis has thrown the latest punch in his ongoing feud with Florida’s largest employer, Walt Disney World, by signing a bill aimed at voiding the former Reedy Creek Improvement District’s development deal with the theme park and media giant. https://t.co/Hh17jtnFgP
— News 6 WKMG (@news6wkmg) May 5, 2023