The gloves are off, when it comes to the ongoing brouhaha between Disney CEO Bob Iger and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, which has reached a crescendo with Disney suing the governor last month and the governor suing back. “This is about one thing and one thing only and that’s retaliating against us for taking a position about pending legislation.
And we believe that in as taking that position, we are merely exercising our right to free speech. This is not about special privileges or a level playing field or Disney in any way using its leverage around the state of Florida,” Iger said during the quarterly earnings call.This all started last year, when former CEO Bob Chapek made a comment decrying DeSantis’ so-called “Don’t Say Gay” bill after he initially refused to remark on the controversial bill.
Outcry from Disney employees (known as “cast members” in the company’s parlance) forced Chapek to finally release a statement, which DeSantis took as the opening salvo to an incredibly lengthy and expensive battle.
This ultimately led to, earlier this year, DeSantis dissolving the Reedy Creek Improvement District, a special tax district that allowed Disney to control the land where the Walt Disney World resort sits, just outside of Orlando, Florida.
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