FL Gov Ron DeSantis Ends Disney’s Reedy Creek Exemption

FL Gov Ron DeSantis Ends Disney’s Reedy Creek Exemption today. Walt Disney corporate had the sweetest deal in Florida back in the 60s that allowed itself to be self-governing. Earlier someone was buying a large amount of land in central Florida. Soon the word got out that the buyer was Walt Disney. The Magic Kingdom soon opened. Disney was still developing mass land tracts. A deal was made by the Florida government and Disney corp to self-govern, self-police, and build anything it wanted on its land. The Reedy Creek development district was born. Being a lifelong Florida resident I remember it well. But in the land of Joe Biden’s China, Disney soon went Woke. Seeing that Disney was targeting Florida’s children Governor Ron DeSantis started investigating the Reedy Creek deal in April 2022. Today DeSantis ended the exemption for good. The Disney corp as Joe Biden says will now be paying its fair share! 😎

Governor Ron DeSantis signs legislation to end Disney’s self-governing reedy creek exemption. Video credit, DeSantis/Rumble

WLRN Miami reports: About a year after the Walt Disney Co. angered him by opposing a controversial education law, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday signed a bill that shifts control of the Reedy Creek Improvement District from Disney to the governor’s office. The bill (HB 9B), which passed during a special legislative session this month, gives DeSantis authority to appoint the special district’s five-member Board of Supervisors and changes the name to the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District.

The district will continue to have wide-ranging authority, including the ability to levy property taxes and fees, issue bonds, and provide services such as water and sewer systems, roads, and parking facilities. “There is a new sheriff in town and accountability will be the order of the day,” DeSantis said during a bill-signing event at the Reedy Creek Fire Station #4 in Lake Buena Vista. The law removed parts of the district’s authority, such as the power to potentially construct a nuclear power plant, airport, and stadium.

Disney ran afoul of Republicans over its criticism of Florida’s so-called “Don’t Say Gay” law. In April, the legislature voted to end Disney’s ability to operate semi-independently in the state. In response, the company warned its bond debt of nearly a billion dollars could fall on Florida taxpayers. The spat began after the company’s former chief executive Bob Chapek publicly criticized a new Florida law that bans instruction on gender and sexual identity in K-3rd grade public school classrooms.

The law states such discussions must be age-appropriate in higher grades. Opponents dubbed the measure the “Don’t Say Gay” law. Chapek spoke out against it after facing pressure from some Disney employees over his perceived silence. When he did speak out against the measure, he angered the state’s Republican leaders, including Gov. Ron DeSantis. Today’s law signing ended it. Go WOKE Go BROKE! 😉