The Walt Disney Co. has delayed its plan to relocate 2,000 employees from California to Florida until 2026 amid a feud with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Republican-dominated state legislature …
The Walt Disney Co. has delayed its plan to relocate 2,000 employees from California to Florida until 2026 amid a feud with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Republican-dominated state legislature over the firm’s opposition to the new “Don’t Say Gay” law.
But the company now says it wants to give those workers added “flexibility” by pushing back their scheduled move east,A Disney spokesperson told THR that while “a growing number of employees” have already settled in central Florida, “we also want to continue to provide flexibility to those relocating, especially given the anticipated completion date of the campus is now in 2026.”
The announcement is sure to fuel speculation that Disney is subtly retaliating against DeSantis and his GOP allies in Tallahassee for enacting a law that would strip its Florida theme parks of its self-governing status. that dissolves Reedy Creek Improvement District, which operates as an autonomous entity on land straddling Orange and Osceola counties that has the power to levy taxes, build infrastructure, grant licenses and institute its own zoning laws.
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