Days after Disney sued Florida's governor for what it described as retaliation, the governor's hand-picked board has retaliated with a lawsuit.
Disney sued Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis over the Republican's takeover of its theme park district, alleging the governor waged a "targeted campaign of government retaliation" after the company opposed a law critics call "Don't Say Gay."for what it described as retaliation for opposing the state's so-called "Don't Say Gay" bill, members of Disney World's governing board - made up of Gov.
"We will seek justice in our own backyard," said Martin Garcia, chair of the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District.SEE ALSO | So-called 'Don't Say Gay' rules expanded through 12th grade in Florida DeSantis, who has framed himself as a Republican firebrand able to deftly implement his conservative agenda without drama, has dived headlong into the fray with the beloved company and major tourism driver, as business leaders and White House rivals bash his stance as a rejection of the small-government tenets of conservatism.
The creation of the self-governing district was instrumental in Disney's decision to build near Orlando in the 1960s. The company had told the state at the time that it planned to build a futuristic city that would include a transit system and urban planning innovations, so the company needed autonomy in building and deciding how to use the land. The futuristic city never materialized and instead morphed into a second theme park that opened in 1982.
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