Ron DeSantis Tells Disney “You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet” On Reedy Creek Fight
deadline.comGovernor Ron DeSantis promised more to come on the state’s increasingly convoluted fight with Disney to wrest back the company’s control of a swath of central Florida that is home to Walt Disney World. “There’s a lot of little back-and-forths going on now with the state taking control, but rest assured, you know, you ain’t seen nothing yet,” the Republican governor told a crowd in Smyrna, Georgia, according to CNN. “There’s more to come in that regard.” For decades, Disney had power to build, tax and develop the area known as the Reedy Creek Improvement District under a longstanding state statue.
Last year, the state legislature passed and DeSantis approved a change revoking Disney’s authority. That came after former CEO Bob Chapek tangled with the governor over a law dubbed “Don’t Say Gay.” In a surprising twist, however, it emerged early this week that Disney may have outmaneuvered the state for control of these 27,000 acres around Orlando.
DeSantis appointed new members to the Reedy Creek board in a law signed Feb. 27. But, it seems, not before the previous board voted control to Disney in ways that may be complicated to overturn.
The new board discovered the agreements, which were apparently public, and complained. “We’re going to have to deal with it and correct it,” Central Florida Tourism Oversight District Board of Supervisors member Brian Aungst Jr.
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