Tag Archives: Ron Peri

DeSantis’s Disney District Board To Compensate Staff With Annual Stipend After Doing Away With Park Perks

The Associated Press reports: Facing a backlash, Walt Disney World’s governing district will pay a stipend to employees whose free passes and discounts to the theme park resort were eliminated under a policy made by a new district administrator and board members who are allies of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. The stipend will be $3,000 a year, which is around …

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DeSantis Appointee: Whites Were Enslaved In America

CNN reports: An appointee by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to an oversight board of Disney’s special tax district taught a seminar in 2021 falsely claiming “Whites were also slaves in America,” using discredited research to say there was an “Irish slave trade.” The comments were made by Ron Peri, one of five people DeSantis appointed earlier this year to oversee …

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Hate Pastor Appointed By DeSantis To Oversee Disney District Says Drinking Tap Water Can Turn People Gay

CNN reports: An appointee to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ new oversight board in control of Disney’s special tax district called homosexuality “evil” last year and shared a baseless conspiracy theory that tap water could be making more people gay. On Monday, the Republican governor appointed Ron Peri, an Orlando-based former pastor. “So why are there homosexuals today? There are any …

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