Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer Gov. Ron DeSantis has appointed a key figure in Florida’s “parental rights” movement to the board that will oversee Disney’s Orlando theme parks, in a sign that the governor is still leaning in to the cultural fight with the entertainment giant.
DeSantis signed a bill on Monday that strips Disney of control over its special governing district and establishes a successor agency to handle zoning, fire service, infrastructure and utilities at the parks. “The corporate kingdom finally comes to an end,” DeSantis said.
He also appointed five members to the board of the newly named Central Florida Tourism Oversight District. They include Bridget Ziegler, a Sarasota school board member who has built a national profile by combating “gender ideology” and “critical race theory” in public schools.
Ziegler’s advocacy for a “Parents’ Bill of Rights” helped pave the way for the Parental Rights in Education act, known to its opponents as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill.
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