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  • Ron DeSantis’ Office Responds to Disney’s Plans to Abandon Florida Headquarters

    05/19/2023 3:35:19 PM PDT · by Responsibility2nd · 50 replies
    Blog Mickey ^ | 05-19-2023 | Mike
    Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ office has responded to news that The Walt Disney Company will no longer build a headquarters for its theme park business in Florida. The news comes as Disney is in two legal battles over DeSantis’ actions to take over an Independent Special District that governs over Disney World property. Here’s the statement (via Scott Gustin):Disney announced the possibility of a Lake Nona campus nearly two years ago. Nothing ever came of the project, and the state was unsure whether it would come to fruition.Given the company’s financial straits, falling market cap and declining stock price, it...
  • Disney rocks DeSantis ahead of expected White House bid announcement

    05/19/2023 9:01:19 AM PDT · by conservative98 · 52 replies
    CNN ^ | Fri May 19, 2023 | Stephen Collinson,
    As Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis gears up for an expected jump into the 2024 presidential race next week, his powerful adversary, Disney, trampled his pre-launch buzz by scratching a $1 billion plan for an office campus that could have brought 2,000 jobs to the state. The move was the latest twist in a bitter feud between DeSantis and one of the most important corporations operating in the Sunshine State, rooted in a political collision over the Republican governor’s hardline conservative ideology that will become his pitch to GOP primary voters. And it raises the question of whether Floridians are paying...