Ron DeSantis and Disney have buried the hatchet in court over their nearly year-long war over its 'Don't Say Gay' bill… and it appears the government and co. admitted.
Board members of the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District — which acquired Disney's Reedy Creek — signed the terms of a settlement with the entertainment giant on Wednesday … ending their ongoing lawsuit, which Disney began last year.
Disney says, “This agreement opens a new chapter of constructive collaboration with the District's new leadership and serves the interests of all parties by enabling significant continued investment and creating thousands of direct and indirect jobs and economic opportunities in the state.”
At first glance, it looks like Disney is cozy with the DeSantis administration again – which is interesting… considering how bitter things had become between them in all of this.
Remember… Disney fired the first shot in court by suing DeSantis and his new board of directors – who took over Disney's self-governing district at his request… something they claimed was done solely in retaliation for Disney's stance against RDS's policies.
More specifically, Disney spoke out against a bill that DeSantis had signed – which limited what children in public schools could learn about gender identity, etc. – which resulted in a lot of back and forth between the governor and the Mouse House… and ultimately Ron hijacking Reedy Creek .
Ron said he had every right to do it… and even toyed with the idea of what Florida officials might do with the area after he took it out of Disney's control. DeSantis' new board of directors had essentially contradicted Disney after claiming they found a loophole that left them powerless in their new roles… but now that's all over with this latest development
The only thing that remains unclear… who is actually in charge at Reedy Creek.
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