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the "Don't Say Gay" bill

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Neehau said:

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The conflict between the up-and-coming Republican and the company behind Mickey Mouse started when Disney, responding to protests from its own employees, criticized the "Don't Say Gay" bill limiting discussions about sexual and gender identity in the classroom.

DeSantis, who signed the bill into law, decided to take punitive action, stripping the company of its privileged tax status and creating a new board to oversee Disney's special taxing district. Not to be outfoxed, Disney struck a multi-decade deal with the outgoing board members days before the new, DeSantis-appointed one took over.

After the new board rendered the agreement null and void, Disney struck back with force and filed a lawsuit against the governor and his oversight board, claiming that he weaponized his political power to punish the company for exercising its free speech rights. With each side digging its heels in, the conflict is turning into a quagmire.

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It is well known that lawmakers in Florida have proposed legislation that could impact Disney's special tax district status. The proposed legislation would change the requirements for such districts and will make it more difficult for Disney to maintain its current status. The questions lingering would be why is now the time to change anything after the trillions of dollars Disney has brought to the Florida economy over the years?

Governor DeSantis has targetted Disney, particularly in regards to Disney's COVID-19 policies.

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The conflict between the up-and-coming Republican and the company behind Mickey Mouse started when Disney, responding to protests from its own employees, criticized the "Don't Say Gay" bill limiting discussions about sexual and gender identity in the classroom.

DeSantis, who signed the bill into law, decided to take punitive action, stripping the company of its privileged tax status and creating a new board to oversee Disney's special taxing district. Not to be outfoxed, Disney struck a multi-decade deal with the outgoing board members days before the new, DeSantis-appointed one took over.

After the new board rendered the agreement null and void, Disney struck back with force and filed a lawsuit against the governor and his oversight board, claiming that he weaponized his political power to punish the company for exercising its free speech rights. With each side digging its heels in, the conflict is turning into a quagmire.

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It is well known that lawmakers in Florida have proposed legislation that could impact Disney's special tax district status. The proposed legislation would change the requirements for such districts and will make it more difficult for Disney to maintain its current status. The questions lingering would be why is now the time to change anything after the trillions of dollars Disney has brought to the Florida economy over the years?

Governor DeSantis has targetted Disney, particularly in regards to Disney's COVID-19 policies.

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The conflict between the up-and-coming Republican and the company behind Mickey Mouse started when Disney, responding to protests from its own employees, criticized the "Don't Say Gay" bill limiting discussions about sexual and gender identity in the classroom.

DeSantis, who signed the bill into law, decided to take punitive action, stripping the company of its privileged tax status and creating a new board to oversee Disney's special taxing district. Not to be outfoxed, Disney struck a multi-decade deal with the outgoing board members days before the new, DeSantis-appointed one took over.

After the new board rendered the agreement null and void, Disney struck back with force and filed a lawsuit against the governor and his oversight board, claiming that he weaponized his political power to punish the company for exercising its free speech rights. With each side digging its heels in, the conflict is turning into a quagmire.

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It is well known that lawmakers in Florida have proposed legislation that could impact Disney's special tax district status. The proposed legislation would change the requirements for such districts and will make it more difficult for Disney to maintain its current status. The questions lingering would be why is now the time to change anything after the trillions of dollars Disney has brought to the Florida economy over the years?

Governor DeSantis has targetted Disney, particularly in regards to Disney's COVID-19 policies.

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If the OP thinks it's a mistake, then it is anything but.

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Which is an absolute lie. I expect the rest of the article is also biased and untruthful.

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DeSantis was re-elected for the simple reason that he kept Florida open during Covid. The state lives and dies by tourism industry. The average Florida resident isn't sitting around worried about what goes on at Disney World. Now, I'm not a Disney fan, been twice in my life and neither was by my choice. Have never cared for their cartoons. But, it does seem to me like DeSantis went after them only because they had their own ideas about the not saying the word gay stuff and Disney doing their own thing regarding masks, social distancing, etc. The Disney Reddy Creek agreement started in 1967. It obviously wasn't some big issue or otherwise everyone would have been talking about it since the 1960s. To a casual observer it looks like DeSantis is trying to get revenge on Disney because they didn't fall in line and do what he told them to do. I don't like it when elected officials start telling companies how to run their business. That's not small government in my opinion. I wish DeSantis would move on to other things because this Disney stuff has already lost him some big donors and will lose him lots of voters because they think he should be spending time on other issues in the state. I know nobody where I own a home gives two sheets about Disney. SW Florida is just trying to survive the aftermath of Hurricane Ian in September. Third most costly hurricane in U.S. history. $113 billion in damages. Homes destroyed, businesses destroyed, jobs lost, insurance screwing people over and denying or barely paying anything on claims. This is the kind of stuff DeSantis should be spending more time on. There are people on my island who won't be able to move back into their condos until some time in 2024 because they won't even get electricity back until January 2024 at the earliest. The hurricane was in September of 2022. There are so many families in desperate situations in SW Florida right now. The Disney stuff is the last thing they care about. Byron Donalds and his staff have been the real Godsends to our area after the hurricane. I think it is very telling that he and all but one of the rest of the Republican congressmen from Florida have endorsed Trump.

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Corporations get tax breaks because it is a net positive to the community. Part of that net positive is economical. Part of that is social. Disney went against the will of the people in Florida and did so in a very aggressive and public way. Desantis is doing what his constituents hired him to do and his re-election and approval ratings prove it.

If he was doing this to some big oil company you felt was at fault in climate change, you'd be doing back flips.

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If a state banned all guns, would that not be unconstitutional, no matter how many citizens support it?

Because this is basically the same thing with the first amendment rather than the second.

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How about breaking a deal with Disney that the state made with Walt Disney to bring them there in the first place.

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