Florida House Rep. Spencer Roach tweeted on Wednesday that lawmakers held two meetings this week to discuss canceling the 1967 Reedy Creek Improvement Act, which he said: “allows Disney to act as its own government.”
Spencer, a Republican, added: “If Disney wants to embrace woke ideology, it seems fitting that Orange County should regulate them.”
The 1967 act, which then-Gov Claude Kirk, a Republican, signed, created the Reedy Creek Improvement District, which covers about 25,000 acres in Orange and Osceola counties.
The district is governed by its 19 landowners, the biggest of them being Disney World. It is responsible for watching land use and providing essential public services, including fire protection, emergency medical services, water services, electricity, and sanitation. The district also operates and sustains all public roads and bridges.
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Disney World’s special status is now at risk after the entertainment giant condemned the Parental Rights in Education bill which Gov Ron DeSantis, a Republican, signed into law on Monday, sparking outrage among LGBTQ activists and Progressives.
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The law prohibits classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through third grade. Many critics claim that the law’s true purpose is to marginalize LGBTQ people and their families.
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Disney, which is Florida’s largest single employer and a major political donor, has found itself at the center of the aggravating feud over the law after progressive employees and customers slammed the company for donating money to all the sponsors of the so-called “Don't Say Gay” bill and failing to condemn it.
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In response to the criticism, which included protests and walkouts, Disney CEO Bob Chapek announced earlier this month that he would be meeting with DeSantis to contradict the bill.
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“I understand our original approach, no matter how well-intended, didn’t quite get the job done,” the CEO said.
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After DeSantis signed the bill into law, Disney released a statement, saying: “our goal as a company is for this law to be repealed by the legislature or struck down in the courts.”
DeSantis responded to Disney’s new stance on the law by accusing the company of being dishonest and hypocritical.
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“You've got to wonder why is the hill to die on to have transgenderism injected into kindergarten classrooms, or woke gender ideology injected into second-grade classrooms. Why is that the hill to die on?” he asked in a Tuesday night interview with Fox News’ Tucker Carlson.
“Meanwhile, if we’ve done a bill that prohibited talking about the abuse of Uyghurs in China, Disney would’ve supported that legislation. They won’t say a word about that,” the Republican governor continued.