Gov. Ron DeSantis’s effort to redefine the divisions of power in Florida could be an opportunity for retaliatory action against Disney.
The special legislative session, held from Tuesday to Friday, will allow state lawmakers to redraw Florida’s congressional map.
DeSantis warned on March 4th that he was going to veto the
redistricting map that the legislature approved during the last session.
Tensions between DeSantis and the Walt Disney Company started after DeSantis
signed the
controversial Parental Rights in Education Law on March 28. The company
criticized it as an attack on the LGBTQ+ community.
Lawmakers established The Reedy Creek Improvement District on May 12, 1967, as a governing jurisdiction and special taxing district for an area within the outer limits of Orange and Osceola counties.
On this 1st day of redistricting special session, the Gov added this👇🏼 Should lawmakers end “independent special districts” est <1968 (aka Disney’s self-governing Reedy Creek)
He announced it at The Villages (that has similar self-gov districts, tho post-1968)
@WPLGLocal10 pic.twitter.com/eykEiN1ENt
— Glenna Milberg (@GlennaWPLG)
April 19, 2022
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