The governor of Florida, Republican Ron DeSantis, announced Tuesday that he asked the state Congress for a law to end the special protections that allow the Walt Disney complex Disney World for decades operate as a self-governing body.
The bill passed the Florida Senate on Wednesday.
The announcement marks a new chapter in the pulse that DeSantis maintains with Disney following the criticism that the company made for the enactment of the controversial law known as “Don’t Say Gay” (“Do not say gay”), which prohibits Floridian teachers up to second grade from speaking in classrooms regarding sexual orientation and identity of genre.
DeSantis said at a press conference that he asked the state Parliament that during the special session that began yesterday, define a new electoral map that also addresses the elimination of the Reedy Creek Improvement District, created in 1967 and where the entertainment giant that practically allows him to rule on your own.
“Yes, they will consider the congressional map, but they will also consider the termination of all special districts that were enacted in Florida before 1968 and that includes the Reedy Creek Improvement District,” the governor announced at a conference in The Villages, north of Orlando.
This special district covers regarding 100 square kilometers and is located between the counties of Osceola and Orange, in the center of the state, and allows Walt Disney World having its own police and fire department, among other things.
The law, approved by Parliament and signed in March by the governor, merited Disney noted in a statement that the rule “never should have been passed” and at the same time apologized to his employees for having remained silent and choosing to campaign once morest the law “behind the curtains.”
Shortly before the promulgation of the law, the executive president of DisneyBob Chapek, announced that the company was canceling its large political donations in Florida, which includes the governor himself, and that it would increase its funds in favor of groups that fight similar measures in other states.
The Florida governor acknowledged receipt and went so far as to point out that the pronouncement of Disney he was “dishonest” and had “crossed the line”.
