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New CFTOD Board Administrator Wants to “Support Affordable Housing”…but Accepted $400,000 Salary

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Much has been written, said, and done in the Disney vs. DeSantis case. The new Central Florida Tourism District Oversight District board (formerly the Reedy Creek Improvement District board) has been busy getting to work on cementing its position, and it’s been a long journey here. After a long year of back-and-forths, newly introduced legislation, and lawsuits on Disney’s and ...

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Reedy Creek had a Fatal Flaw Disney Won’t Talk About

Disney DeSantis Fight

The melodrama between The Walt Disney Company and the State of Florida’s government continues on, and neither side is backing down as the battle over the coveted Central Florida special district heads to federal court. Read More: Bob Iger Doubles Down on DeSantis Lawsuit, “Plainly a Matter of Retaliation” During the Q&A session of the Company’s Q2 earnings call, Disney ...

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“Such a Weird Hill to Die On”: Florida House Passes Bill, Continues to Come for Disney Contracts

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Another day, another update on the Disney vs. DeSantis case. It seems like the Walt Disney Company’s battle with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is all anyone can talk about at the moment. The battle that has been drawn out for over a year now has had numerous back-and-forths, with each party constantly swinging back every time it appeared like one ...

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Disney vs. DeSantis: How Did the Reedy Creek Improvement District Come to Be?

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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 ...

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“No Corporation is Above the Law”: DeSantis Speaks on Latest Disney Lawsuit

Disney struck another secret deal with Reedy Creek

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 Governor DeSantis had some ...

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DeSantis-Picked District Board Sues Disney World

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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 ...

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Florida Business Owners Take DeSantis’s Board to Task

Disney feud gets DeSantis donations

The feud between Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and the Walt Disney Company has been long documented. With numerous back-and-forths between both parties, with each trying to out-maneuver the other, much came to a head recently. While it seemed like at first DeSantis had won with the dissolution of the Reedy Creek Improvement District and board and the formation of the ...

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DeSantis’ Board Voids Disney’s Last-Minute Power Grab

Disney loses district control

On Wednesday, April 26, the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District’s new Board of Supervisors confirmed that Disney’s highly-praised last-minute development agreement with the now-terminated Reedy Creek Improvement District is completely void. It was seen as a last-minute power grab, both positively and negatively, in the final days of Disney’s puppet government and the Reedy Creek Improvement District. The unique deal ...

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DeSantis’ District Board Set to Overrule Disney Deals

Disney District Fight

On Wednesday, April 26, the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District (CFTOD) Board of Supervisors will meet to nullify all of the eleventh-hour plans set by The Walt Disney Company and its now-terminated Reedy Creek Improvement District Board. Appointed by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, the new supervising board of the Central Florida district, which houses the Walt Disney World Resort, was ...

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Trump Thinks Disney Beat, “Embarrassed” DeSantis

Accusations fly that Disney gave DeSantis huge donation

Even though Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is continuing to tell people, “You ain’t seen nothing yet,” scores of voices in the media and the Twittersphere are already declaring The Walt Disney Company the clever victor in the battle for control over the area previously known as The Reedy Creek Improvement District. And that now includes Former President Donald Trump. While ...

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