Florida Gov. DeSantis Challenges Disney for Immunity From Lawsuit

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ’ response toDisney ’s lawsuitagainst the governor and hisReedy Creek Oversight Board — the area in Florida that containsDisney World — is to claim resistance from judicial proceeding . As reported byDeadline , DeSantis fileda motionagainst Disney ’s claim in his effort to plunder to the ship’s company of control over the particular dominion that plow its theme park and refuge in the state of matter .

consort to attorneys for the state , “ Although Disney grabbed headline by sue the Governor , Disney — like many litigant before it who have challenge Florida ’s laws — has no groundwork for doing so . Neither the Governor nor the Secretary [ of the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity ] enforce any of the law at matter , so Disney lacks standing to process them , ”

On a late investor ’ call , Disney CEO Bob Iger addressed the society ’s suit , explicate “ if the destination is level the acting field in the uniform software of the law or government oversight of peculiar districts , [ that ] needs to occur or be applied to all special districts . There ’s also a false narration that we have been struggle to protect tax breaks as part of this . But in fact we are the largest taxpayer in Central Florida . We pay more taxes , specifically more real estate taxes , as a result of that particular district . And we all know there was no concerted sweat to do anything to disassemble what was once called Reedy Creek Special District until we spoke out [ against DeSantis ’ anti - LGBTQIA+ ] legislation . So this is plainly a matter of retaliation while the rest of the Florida special districts cover operate essentially as they were . ”

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The CEO also recently quashed the plannedDisney Imagineering move to Florida , keeping the majority of the jobs in California — a huge profits for LGBTQIA+ families and allies who were clearly apprehensive about the relocation . Disney remains the big taxpayer in Florida and currently has over 75,000 employees in the state , pay well above minimum wage .

perhaps DeSantis should stop taking note of hand from Pete the Caterpillar in his unavailing attempt to control the Walt Disney Company with his cartoony villain moves ? No doubt there ’ll be more to come in this ongoing floor .

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