Democratic lawmaker Anna Eskamaniwhich represents the area around the Walt Disney World park, criticized the measure. “All this bill does is rename Reedy Creek (the jurisdiction of the district of Walt Disney World) and allow Governor DeSantis to appoint his hostile conservative friends to a new board.” to Disney, he wrote in a statement. Disney You still have the same tax breaks, but your First Amendment rights (which guarantees freedom of expression) have been deletedand a message is sent to any person or private company that if you don’t pretend what the Governor wants, then you will be punished”, added.
The politician and the company fell out last year when Disney criticized a law promoted by DeSantis who prohibits speaking about issues related to sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergartens and elementary schools in Florida, through third grade, without parental consent.
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In retaliation for these criticisms, the governor promotedand finally signed in April 2022, a law to eliminate the statute that allowed Disney to act as a local government in the area where its Orlando amusement park is located. The company, which employs more than 75,000 people in Florida, he ran this 100 square kilometer area as a municipality since the 1960s. The new law, which comes into force immediately, it does not override the special district, but replaces its directive.
Under that agreement, it collected taxes and guaranteed essential public services. such as garbage collection and water treatment, among others. “Allowing a corporation to control its own government It’s bad policy, especially when the corporation makes decisions that affect an entire region.”DeSantis said from the special district, now the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District.
On the black market, tickets for the debut of the new Disney park are sold up to eight times more expensive. They launch security measures against counterfeiters.
On the black market, tickets for the debut of the new Disney park are sold up to eight times more expensive. They launch security measures against counterfeiters.
The initiative against Disney is part of the cultural battle waged in recent months by DeSantis, 44, who according to the US press is preparing to launch his candidacy for the White House in 2024. For months, Republicans, led by the Florida governor, are targeting the media, businesses, and Democratic politicians those who accuse of wanting impose a “progressive ideology,” or “woke,” on others.
“We want our children to be children, we want them to be able to enjoy entertainment, school, without an agenda being imposed on them,” DeSantis said and pointed to Disney. “So if you go down that road as a company, Those are not the values we want to promote in the state of Florida.”. DeSantis has already announced his candidates for the supervisory board of the former Disney district, among which stand out Bridget Ziegler, co-founder of the conservative organization Moms for Liberty.
Source: Ambito
