The Florida legislature is meeting this week to consider the Congressional reapportionment plan. Governor DeSantis announced today that they are also considering termination of all special districts enacted in Florida prior to 1968. That includes the Reedy Creek Improvement District, where Disney has owned about 24,000 acres since 1967.
Once upon a time, a Magic Kingdom took issue with a ruler’s law and, well, everyone ended up suing each other. The Wall Street Journal’s Robbie Whelan explains the feud between the Walt Disney Company and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Serena Solin, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey and Michael Raphael, and hosted by Noel King.
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