A board appointed by Ron DeSantis has voted to settle a lawsuit with Walt Disney Co., effectively ending an almost year-long legal battle between the Florida Governor and one of the state’s ...
The legal battle concerned a last-minute development agreement that Disney reached with the board before it was replaced by DeSantis’ appointees, which stripped the board of much of its power ...
On March 27, they reached a détente. Under the settlement, Disney stipulated that an eleventh-hour legal maneuver it made in a bid to retain power ... board. For Disney, its feud with DeSantis ...
Ron DeSantis seems to have ... House voted to establish the new board, Reedy Creek and Disney approved two contractual agreements that moved a lot of that power under Disney's control for the ...
Wednesday, March 27, 2024 ... and gave the governor the power to appoint the district’s five board members. In February 2023, DeSantis replaced five Disney loyalists with Republican allies.
“A ruling in CFTOD’s favor would be pointless, and a ruling in Disney’s favor would be meaningless,” the motion to dismiss states. “Under the Florida Constitution, trial courts have no power ... board ...
(The Hill) — Disney ... member board to govern the district. Disney claimed DeSantis and the state of Florida violated the company’s First Amendment rights by using government power to ...
In a meeting Wednesday morning, members of the board of the Central ... judge dismissed a lawsuit Disney filed accusing DeSantis of weaponizing his political power to punish the company for ...
Ron DeSantis likes to call it — is about to get a new boss. This morning, the five-member Central Florida Tourism Oversight District board — which oversees the land surrounding Walt Disney ...