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Central Florida Lawmakers Advance Bill To Reverse Ron DeSantis' Takeover Of Disney Theme Park District Board
Central Florida Lawmakers Advance Bill To Reverse Ron DeSantis’ Takeover Of Disney Theme Park District BoardA group of Florida state legislators voted on Friday to move forward with a bill that would reverse Governor Ron DeSantis’ successful effort last year to strip the Walt Disney Co. of control of a special district that oversees the company’s theme park properties.
But the bill has long odds in getting very far in the Republican-controlled Florida legislature.
That said, Sen. Linda Stewart, a Democrat whose district includes parts of Orange County, said that the bill “begins the conversation” by saying that the process to replace the board “was rushed.”
“We are paying the price for that rushed decision,” Stewart said, citing the exodus last year of dozens of staffers who worked at the Reedy Creek Improvement District.
“There are just things out there that are falling apart,” she said. “This is not the way that we should be treating our Disney people,” noting the company’s influx of tax dollars.
But the bill has long odds in getting very far in the Republican-controlled Florida legislature.
That said, Sen. Linda Stewart, a Democrat whose district includes parts of Orange County, said that the bill “begins the conversation” by saying that the process to replace the board “was rushed.”
“We are paying the price for that rushed decision,” Stewart said, citing the exodus last year of dozens of staffers who worked at the Reedy Creek Improvement District.
“There are just things out there that are falling apart,” she said. “This is not the way that we should be treating our Disney people,” noting the company’s influx of tax dollars.