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May- 2023 -2 May
Disney vs. DeSantis: How Did the Reedy Creek Improvement District Come to Be?
The Disney vs. DeSantis feud has been long documented and has been overtaking headlines for a long time now. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis kicked off things by threatening to and then acting on dissolving the Reedy Creek Improvement District board and replacing it with the Central Florida Tourism District board. But Disney pulled an ingenious maneuver with their King Charles clause in the agreement th
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2 May
Abigail Disney Calls Out Hollywood, and Disney, Amid Writers Strike
For 100 years, The Walt Disney Company has been producing some of the greatest content entertainment has ever seen. From Steamboat Willie to Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Frozen, Encanto, Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, and so many more. When people think of classic movies, a lot of them think of Disney movies. None of these films would have been possible without the incredible teams that wor
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2 May
Bob Iger Supports Controversial Designer During Met Gala and Ignores DeSantis Questions
Apparently, Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Iger is not done causing scandals or political upsets! Iger, who returned from semi-retirement to replace now-former Disney CEO Bob Chapek at the helm of the Walt Disney Company, just attended the 2023 Met Gala at the famous Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, Unfortunately, Iger was attending a Met Gala honoring a particularly-problematic deceased
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1 May
Disney Busting Out ‘Legal Legend’ for Fight with DeSantis
For a while, in Disney's fight with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, it seemed the Mouse House was just messing with the governor. The Walt Disney Company and CEO Bob Iger remained silent as DeSantis pushed legislation through the Florida Legislature that stripped Disney of its self-governing right. And then Disney remained silent while the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District replaced the Ree
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1 May
“No Corporation is Above the Law”: DeSantis Speaks on Latest Disney Lawsuit
It has been a week of lawsuits. Almost immediately after the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District's Board of Supervisors voted to revoke its's eleventh-hour development agreements with the now-terminated Reedy Creek Improvement District, Disney Parks sued the board and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis for government retaliation. Now, the special district's new board is countersuing Disney, and
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1 May
Question: Has Disney Really Changed Since It First Began?
A lot has been said, written, and insisted upon regarding the Walt Disney Company. With Disney suing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (and DeSantis's board then counter-suing Disney), the story of the National Guard being sent in to block entrances to Disney World, and the general criticisms of “wokeness” that have been hurled at the Mouse House, whether with respect to Theme Park changes or Disney movie
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1 May
DeSantis-Picked District Board Sues Disney World
Just a few days after Disney announced it was suing Governor Ron DeSantis, his hand-picked Board of Supervisors just announced their intent to file a suit against Disney World. According to Theme Park Insider Scott Gustin, the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District's Board of Supervisors has voted on a motion to take Disney World to State Court. “I'd like to make a motion to authorize a
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Apr- 2023 -30 April
That Time Disney DID Plan to Build Another Resort Outside of Florida
With the Walt Disney Company's ongoing feud with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, there has been a lot of talk online about how Disney should consider moving Walt Disney World to another state. Other states have even volunteered their services; more likely, they would take the thousands of jobs and millions in taxes that Disney pays to the state. Leaders in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Texas
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30 April
Disney Problems Follow Ron DeSantis Overseas
Ron DeSantis may have left his Florida problems, but the Florida problems did not leave Ron DeSantis. For more than a year, the Sunshine State Governor has been battling Disney. Ex-Disney CEO Bob Chapek spoke out Florida’s controversial Parental Rights in Education bill, and it was all downhill from there. Things have gotten so bad that Walt Disney World Resort has actually filed a lawsuit against
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30 April
DeSantis/Disney Feud Roasted by President Biden at Correspondent’s Dinner
The philosopher Jimmy Buffett once said, “If we weren't all crazy, we would go insane.” And that sums up where we are with the ongoing feud between Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and the Walt Disney Company. Just when you think it's over, something new happens, letting us know there is no end in sight. This week, Disney sued Governor DeSantis, sighting his retaliatory actions against th
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