Ron DeSantis, the governor of Florida, has signed a new law to end the separate status that Disney World had in his state. The deal saved Disney from paying taxes for decades. As Disney has become “too smart and too progressive,” according to DeSantis, this will stop.
“Today, the corporate reign finally comes to an end,” DeSantis said as he signed into law, which has yet to pass the Senate. The move against Disney comes a year after the company ruled against a law by DeSantis to limit school lessons on sexual orientation and gender identity in the US state.
‘War at Work’
There is no room in DeSantis’ state for that kind of criticism. Now it’s responding to that by taking away the special status of Disney World Florida. The “Reedy Creek Improvement District” (RCID), the state district in which Disney World Florida is located, has been owned by Disney itself and not by the state since the 1960s. At the time, the company had its own board of five envoys representing Disney. In exchange for this, the company itself was responsible for, for example, policing, utilities and roads. But with DeSantis’ new law, it ends now.
According to the Republican, it is a battle won in what he calls the ‘war on work’, he said after the signing of the law: ‘Disney opposed something that was really only about protecting young children. We want students to be able to go to school to learn to read, write, add, subtract. And not that a teacher tells them they can change sex.’
DeSantis’s move comes at a time when the governor’s ambition to become the next president is increasingly being considered. That would pit him against fellow party member Donald Trump as a representative of the Republicans.
Source: BNR
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