Just a few days after Ron DeSantis was inaugurated for his second term as Governor of Florida, a notice was posted to the Osceola County website stating that legislation would be put forward that would allow local Florida lawmakers to take over management of The Walt Disney Company’s Reedy Creek Improvement District. Related: ‘They Do Not Control This State’ – ...
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Disney Sued by Investor Over Florida Fight
One of The Walt Disney Company’s investors filed a lawsuit against it over the actions it took in opposition to the State of Florida’s Parental Rights in Education Law. According to a report from Bloomberg, the investor Kenneth Simeone argues that The Walt Disney Company created “far-reaching” financial risks by publicly opposing the legislation, specifically in the loss of control over tax ...
Read More »No, Florida is Not Reversing Its Disney World District Decision
Recent reports are coming out that The Walt Disney Company will be able to preserve its special district in Florida, as those familiar with the situation shared that lawmakers in Tallahassee were willing to work with The Mouse House to keep the Reedy Creek Improvement District alive and well. Journalists on both sides are touting this as Florida’s “U-Turn,” but ...
Read More »Iger Regrets Disney’s Political Battle with Florida, DeSantis Responds
When Bob Iger suddenly returned as CEO of The Walt Disney Company, many outspoken fans saw the change as an opportunity for Disney to retract from its “woke” direction. While Iger made it clear he does not regret seeing the company stand behind many of its people, he expressed his dismay at the distracting damage the political bouts did to ...
Read More »Report: Ron DeSantis Had a Disney World Wedding
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has spent most of this year being the frontman in Tallahassee’s “culture war” with The Walt Disney Company. What began as a verbal back and forth over The Sunshine State’s Parental Rights in Education Law unraveled into an unfortunate set of circumstances that put Disney’s Reedy Creek Improvement District at risk of being completely dissolved by ...
Read More »Disney vs. DeSantis – Plans for Reedy Creek’s Fate Emerge
Over the last few months, it felt as if it was all quiet on the Disney front. The tumultuous Spring, which saw The Walt Disney Company take an overtly far-left political stance and oppose the Florida State Government over its new Parental Rights in Education Law and State lawmakers voting to add the arguably-overdue elimination of Reed Creek Improvement District ...
Read More »New Disney Legend ‘Single-Handedly’ Negotiated the Creation of Disney World, Reedy Creek
There would be no Walt Disney World Resort without Robert Price “Bob” Foster, and today, one of the most influential persons in Disney history was named a Disney Legend at the 2022 D23 Expo. Many of you reading this article will be familiar with the term “Project X,” Walt Disney’s then-super secret project in the 1960s to buy the 27,000+ ...
Read More »Disney vs Florida Update: Judge Asked to Dismiss Another Reedy Creek Lawsuit
It has been a few months since Florida’s state government made the decision to dissolve Disney’s Reedy Creek Improvement District, and a second lawsuit against the matter has already been filed, and Tallahassee wants it dismissed. According to the Orlando Business Journal, The state on Aug. 19 filed for a motion to dismiss a case originally filed in May in Miami-Dade ...
Read More »Disney World’s Fire Fighters Endorse DeSantis Reelection Despite Corporate Clash
The Reedy Creek Fire Department officially endorsed Florida’s Governor Ron DeSantis as he faces his first re-election bid this fall. According to the Orlando Sentinel, the professional firefighters made their decision clear to join other unions at an endorsement event at the Hilton Orlando on Tuesday, July 12. But it comes at a tumultuous time in The Reedy Creek Improvement District’s history. ...
Read More »Gov. DeSantis: Reedy Creek Likely to Fall Under State, Not Local Control
As the scuffle between The Walt Disney Company and Florida’s State Government lingers on, Disney World’s special district, The Reedy Creek Improvement District, is still set to be terminated in 2023, and people want to know who is going to pick up the tab after Reedy Creek’s government is unfounded. The current legislation states that all of Reedy Creek’s debts ...
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