DeSantis Vows to End Disney In Florida

[LetMyPeopleVote]

DeathSantis is an idiot and has declared full war on Disney. Disney is already cutting back on investment and new jobs for Florida

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During a “Law and Order” press conference on Monday, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced plans to pass legislation nulling immense power currently held by Walt Disney World Resort. His statement came hours after the state-controlled Central Florida Tourism Oversight District board revealed it would countersue The Walt Disney Company.

Though the press conference was focused on signing anti-crime bills, DeSantis commented on his ongoing battle against The House of Mouse. He argued that Disney is acting “like they have the ability to veto.”

“It is basically putting their thumb in the eye of the voters,” he said.

Furthermore, the Republican Governor promised to pass legislation nullifying the hastily-passed resolution that effectively revoked power from Disney’s Reedy Creek Improvement District. The former board quietly took action one day before the Disney Park was forced to hand control to DeSantis’s hand-selected committee.

The new board already voted to nullify the agreement, which Disney maintained was passed legally. DeSantis promised widespread retaliation, threatening increased taxes, government control of the Monorail system, and a new state prison steps from Walt Disney World Resort.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

1. That was Monday. Today Disney cancelled $847 Meg project for 2000 jobs in FL. . . . nt

[anciano]

7. Indeed they did and I have a feeling that is just the beginning.

I feel sorry for those who I suspect will eventually lose the jobs they now have, they didn't pick this fight. One man alone did.

[Hekate]

2. He's Governor Bizarro -- also trying to rob the state pensions?

[dmr]

23. Hekate, what's that crazy man doing with the pensions?

I collect a Florida pension.

I live in Michigan now, so I don't follow Florida news, except from DU's posts. On FRS news, I am clueless, and I don't want to be. . Thank you.

[Hekate]

24. I'm a Californian, and we all (well, 90+ %) know there's no agriculture without Mexicans. ...

As for pensions, it was this post at DU yesterday that raised my eyebrows.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217923856

DeSatan moves $1 billion in state pension funds to high risk donor investments

I was like

[dmr]

26. My heart just dropped to the pit of my stomach.

Damn him!

Thank you for the link. That man is DANGEROUS in so many ways!

There ought to be a law where a politician can't use money like this as their own personal piggy bank. That billion must've made him feel like a big hero, tough guy.

I'm going to start Googling to help find some answers.

Thank you, again.

[Hekate]

27. Best of luck. Bullies and autocrats don't stop until they are made to stop...

[Biophilic]

3. Ok, he really is nuts. Perhaps as crazy as Hitler.

Florida without Disney is just a few orange groves and lots of empty houses. I honestly didn’t think he would go full ballistic on Florida but I guess I was wrong. Yes, there is lots more to Florida, but they are a huge part of the total economy down here. DeSantis is a huge danger to Florida. God help us all if he should become president. Very scary.

[LakeArenal]

5. Isn't Florida going to be underwater soon?

Disney and the new prison will be all Florida has left.

[Biophilic]

16. Bah, humbug. Give it a break.

None of us alive now will see Florida underwater. We will, unfortunately, see intensifying storms. And yes, more areas will flood. But, I wonder at your motivation for your comments. They don’t seem particularly useful.

[EndlessWire]

41. I think it is a good comment.

I think that you are out of the climate change loop and that your comment is not well researched. And, you think that worsening weather cycles are not worthy of note?

Disney might well make plans to leave Florida in its rear view mirror. Not sure what DeSantis is getting out of the destruction of this employer for the sin of inclusion.

My motivation for this response? Your attempt to stifle a perfectly reasonable and clever observation by a fellow member. I think it is fear driven, but you accomplish nothing by hiding your head in the swamp.

[Biophilic]

42. So saying that Florida will be under water soon and that all that will be left are Disney and

and the prison is a clever observation? Really? No, I'm not out of the loop about climate change. Haven't been out of it since the 70s. And no, I'm not fear driven, but I am really, really tired of totally negative comments like this about Florida. They serve no constructive purpose except to let the commenter feel clever. And if my response is considered fear driven and not useful, than ignore it.

[LakeArenal]

52. "And if my response is considered fear driven and not useful, than ignore it."

Maybe practice what you preach…..

“…your comments. They don’t seem particularly useful.”

[New Haven]

48. forget the flooded streets

This flooding issue seems to be a bone of contention. Most of Florida's regions are particularly vulnerable to pollution from .ground water.. Thus, septic systems often are actually sitting in groundwater, ...As a 60 year real estate broker my position is, if you have a septic tank in your yard and it gets flooded over you are walking in excrement in your yard. But don’t take my word for it, bring a water sample to a local lab but don’t tell them what you are doing. Over a third of Florida homes are on septic tanks. Don’t worry about flooding, but get a pair of boots to walk in your yard. Another good subject for our forum is INFLOW and INFILTRATION . That is when your city water pipe is vulnerable to flooding.

[New Haven]

47. septic systems

This flooding issue seems to be a bone of contention. Most of Florida's regions are particularly vulnerable to pollution from .ground water.. Thus, septic systems often are actually sitting in groundwater, ...As a 60 year real estate broker my position is, if you have a septic tank in your yard and it gets flooded over you are walking in excrement in your yard. But don’t take my word for it, bring a water sample to a local lab but don’t tell them what you are doing. Over a third of Florida homes are on septic tanks. Don’t worry about flooding, but get a pair of boots to walk in your yard. Another good subject for our forum is INFLOW and INFILTRATION . That is when your city water pipe is vulnerable to flooding.

[Biophilic]

50. Good information. Thanks.

This was pretty evident last year following Ian when the city closed the water system down; no water, no really functional sewer for around a week. The pacific coast had fires. The Midwest and southwest draught. The east coast is getting hammered with more and more severe storms. Short of Michigan, where I came from, we are all facing some really severe weather challenges. All I’m saying is that Florida shouldn’t be picked on just because we have some very misguided citizens and a total destructive AH for a governor. Oh, yes, a spineless, worthless legislature.

[New Haven]

53. there is a degree of impatience on DU, we can win Florida back again

Thank you for your comment Biophilic. We must remember that Obama won Florida. And, not all of those who voted for him have died. My other thought is that DeSantis did not really win the last election and the fraud was on created by the Republicans. And a very bright spot is a few miles to the north are two Democratic U S Senators and Biden won the state. I find that if we all stay positive and look to our victories the US is a pretty good place.

Expanding on that, Tucker Carlson is gone, and not because of us, but by an act of fratricide. The internecine battles have begun. I certainly don't care for Sununu in New Hampshire but Jen Psaki showed CNN how to be a political journalist.

Because i operate a real estate business in the tri-state area I already knew what a bum Trump was for not paying his bills and arrogant treatment of those who work for him. I said when he started that no one could bring down the religious right and the Republican Party as quickly and efficiently as Trump.

Here's some numbers for us to chew on Florida voter registration 2022 Republicans 5,312,122 Democrats 4,928,168 And how many people are being transferred from California by Disney? So to you naysayers on DU, when you are ready to take arsenic be sure it is only ArsenicLITE. Democrats will be back just keep the faith.

[Biophilic]

55. Thanks, New Haven, this was a really important post for me and probably for others.

[New Haven]

46. groundwater is the health problem

This flooding issue seems to be a bone of contention. Most of Florida's regions are particularly vulnerable to pollution from .ground water.. Thus, septic systems often are actually sitting in groundwater, ...As a 60 year real estate broker my position is, if you have a septic tank in your yard and it gets flooded over you are walking in excrement in your yard. But don’t take my word for it, bring a water sample to a local lab but don’t tell them what you are doing. Over a third of Florida homes are on septic tanks. Don’t worry about flooding, but get a pair of boots to walk in your yard. Another good subject for our forum is INFLOW and INFILTRATION . That is when your city water pipe is vulnerable to flooding.

[LakeArenal]

4. Did he stomp his feet and cry Beetlejuice three times?

[Cha]

6. DICtator Alert!!

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[Cha]

8. DerSatan is DANGEROUS.

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[dembotoz]

9. go ask a kid where they went on vaca...florida or disney

[tanyev]

10. Good Gawd in Butter, Ron DeSantis is stupid.

[tinrobot]

11. Shutting down the state's largest employer and biggest source of tourist dollars.

...and one of the biggest media companies on the planet?

I can practically guarantee this is not going to end well for DeSantis.

[Blue Owl]

14. He's pudding himself before the state's best interests

[LoisB]

12. So, what is his end goal re Disney? Is he planning to make it state-owned? It would cost Disney

a whole lot of money to pull up stakes but it will cost the state of Florida even more if Disney decided to do that. I just don't understand the point of his attack on Disney.

[allegorical oracle]

17. Can anybody even imagine the state operating such a huge enterprise? The state doesn't even do a

great job running the DVM. Disney has always done an exceptional task keeping up their attraction -- even down to the street sweepers walking around picking up the smallest items that people drop.

[LoisB]

18. Yes, imagine someone like De Santis (the people he would appoint) trying to run Disneyworld!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

20. DeathSantis wants to control the content of Disney progamming

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[LoisB]

25. Now, I get it. Thank you. I could't figure out why he was going after a theme park. This guy

really is a wannabe dictator with his sights set way high.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

29. Here is some of the Disney content that pisses off DeathSantis

I have seen a couple of cartoons with young gay characters on the Disney channel (the Owl House) and one of Disney's new sequel cartoons is dealing with some hard issues that will really piss of DeathSantis

These cartoons make me smile

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The gay characters in the Owl House no doubt piss off Deathsantis

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[LoisB]

31. WOW!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

57. Another Disney cartoon has gay parents-Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur

The parents of one of the main characters are gay. I really like this cartoon series

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In addition, these parents are Jewish and we had a battle at a bat mitvah. The new Captain America shows up at the end of this episode

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I am really enjoying this show

[LetMyPeopleVote]

13. Disney cancels $1 billion development in Florida and creation of 2,000 jobs in the state.

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BREAKING: Disney cancels $1 billion development in Florida and creation of 2,000 jobs in the state.

Ron DeSantis is to blame for this. Don’t let anyone else say differently.

Ron’s rampant abuse of power is costing Floridians money and jobs.

More proof Ron DeSantis should never ever be president.

[Rizen]

15. GOP equals fascism.

I'd have a bumper sticker that says this if I didn't think it would get my car keyed.

[BlueLucy]

19. Floridians voted for this.

This is what a majority of Florida wanted.

[ornotna]

30. Yes, Floridians voted to have their largest employer harassed and lose jobs

Get real. Feel better now that you got that "Florida deserves this" dig in?

This is getting tiresome.

[BlueLucy]

32. I'm sorry. You're right

That was a really terrible thing to say. I'm frustrated with people who vote for republicans and watch stuff like this happen to their state. I'm hoping the folks in Florida are shocked and there will be a backlash. I see Jacksonville flipped.

[ornotna]

33. Apology accepted

We're trying. It won't be easy that's for sure.

[BlueLucy]

35. I bet DeSantis loses next election

but as always the Democrat will have a hell of a mess to clean up and likely be blamed for the mess. It will be worth it though.

[ecstatic]

38. I don't think he can run next time... at least not right away

Term limits.

[Skittles]

36. why DID they vote for him?

like Trump, he doesn't really hide what he is

[ornotna]

43. Unfortunately

Like Texas, Florida is full of low information voters and RWNJ's. Although I can't recall anything about mo-ron's obsession with Disney during the elections. I think that foolishness will backfire spectacularly on him. At least I hope so.

[BlueCheeseAgain]

21. The link is broken now...

[GenThePerservering]

22. His scorched earth policies are not going to end there

he'll lay waste to the entire state and sack the treasury (well, he's already doing that) to prove complete dominion until he's king of a dung heap.

[Mr.Bill]

28. Disney wouldn't have to leave.

All they would have to do is announce they are shutting down for one season to renovate and remodel. They won't do that, of course, they have stockholders to answer to. And I'm sure they care for their employees more than that.

[jcgoldie]

34. I do not understand why DeSantis chose this hill to die on.

It makes no sense to me.

[ecstatic]

37. And all of this retaliation stems from Disney supporting gay rights, correct?

That detail cannot and should not be lost in this utter madness. Tiny d is batshit crazy and short sighted too. Not a good look at all.

[Initech]

39. Desantis is such a sad, pathetic, petty, useless piece of dog shit.

He will eventually get his.

[Xolodno]

40. Damn he's stupid.

Does he know that ABC a media conglomerate and could have influence in an election is owned by Disney?

And the Universal theme parks are owned by Comcast, so they have to be watching this as well and making moves accordingly.

Also, Disney is yanking its future investments in Florida while going full steam ahead in Anaheim and Paris.

The dumbass is already poisoning his national chances, thank fully.

[DFW]

44. Now, THERE'S a first!

A Republican threatening to INCREASE taxes. As for a state prison steps from the Disney Resort--if he keeps this up--anyone living in another state steps from the Florida border might start to feel the same threat.

I have pity for those people in Florida who must feel like they have been living in a place blessed by nature and yet cursed by their fellow humans who share it, and would destroy it, if given the chance.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

45. California Governor Gavin Newsom out with a statement this afternoon, praising Disney

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[Paladin]

49. How brain-dead and destructive can a politician get?

Announcing far and wide that he intends to kick Disney and its gigantic profits out of Florida? Have at it, DeSantis---then let's see what Florida voters think of it.

[spanone]

51. This somehow came to mind....

[New Haven]

54. Obama won Florida

Here's some numbers for us to chew on. Florida voter registration 2022 Republicans 5,312,122---- Democrats 4,928,168 ---- And how many people are being transferred from California by Disney? So to you naysayers on DU, when you are ready to take arsenic be sure it is only ArsenicLITE. Democrats will be back just keep the faith.

For the Naysayers when you say but---but----but--I say have a little faith in the MOUSE.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

56. For this thread

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