Troy Smith
This morning Florida Governor Ron Desantis officially signed a bill into law that strips Disney of their special self-governing privileges. The bill also appoints a State Board to ensure that Dinsey’s debts are not paid by taxpayers.
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Florida Voice News reported about the bill….
The governor’s office said the bill will end Disney’s ability to: build airports, nuclear facilities, toll roads, boundary changes to their property, award noncompetitive construction contracts, and more.
“From a policy perspective, how do you give one theme park its own government and then treat all of the other theme parks differently?” DeSantis said. “And so we believe that was not good policy.”
At the press conference, the governor said the state and Disney had a “tussle” over the Parental Rights in Education Act, which prohibited teachers from teaching about sexual orientation and gender identity for K-3 graders.
“Disney came out against something that was really just about protecting young kids and making sure that students are able to go to school learning to read, write, add, subtract and not having a teacher tell them that they can change their gender,” DeSantis said.
President of the Reedy Creek Professional Firefighters Jon Shirey spoke at the press conference. He said there has been a blatant disregard and bias against the first responders for many years.
“The lack of concern for public safety has been very apparent by the reedy creek administration and the current board of supervisors,” Shirey said.
Shirey said they have had a shortage of firefighter paramedics and ambulances which led to major delays when responding to emergency calls.
https://flvoicenews.com/desantis-signs-bill-enacting-state-board-for-disneys-reedy-creek/
A video of Desantis signing the bill into law can be seen below.
BREAKING: Gov. Ron DeSantis officially signs into law the stripping of Disney's special privileges, appointing a state board, and ensuring debts are not transferred to taxpayers pic.twitter.com/sOh1h5NmOD
— Florida’s Voice (@FLVoiceNews) February 27, 2023
Many within Conservative circles accused Desantis of not following through on statements he made about this bill months ago.
Today, he follows through, and has put one of the largest entertainment companies in the world on notice.
