Disney's also finally gotten fed up and filed a lawsuit basically accusing DeSantis of using government power to punish them for exercising their First Amendment rights.
I find it quite ironic... Disney only made a half-hearted little comment about the "Don't Say Gay" law because its customers online basically demanded it say something. If DeSantis had ignored it, it would have vanished down the drain of history. Instead, he got a bug up his ass and tried to punish Disney for expressing an opinion he didn't like. He can't afford to back down because he's tied his entire political career to thwarting anyone whose politics dates from after 1910, but there's no way he can make Florida outspend Disney when it comes to lawyers. He also can't completely take over their special district because it will dump a billion dollars of tax liability on the middle of Florida. There's also the reputation hit the State of Florida is already taking for reneging on a contract made with a private entity, something the state is forbidden from doing by its own laws -- if Florida does that with Disney, of all companies, who's to say they won't stiff J. Random Contractor for some trivial reason? He's put himself and the state into a corner, and it can only get worse from here, no matter what he and his shills claim to the press.
I find it quite ironic... Disney only made a half-hearted little comment about the "Don't Say Gay" law because its customers online basically demanded it say something. If DeSantis had ignored it, it would have vanished down the drain of history. Instead, he got a bug up his ass and tried to punish Disney for expressing an opinion he didn't like. He can't afford to back down because he's tied his entire political career to thwarting anyone whose politics dates from after 1910, but there's no way he can make Florida outspend Disney when it comes to lawyers. He also can't completely take over their special district because it will dump a billion dollars of tax liability on the middle of Florida. There's also the reputation hit the State of Florida is already taking for reneging on a contract made with a private entity, something the state is forbidden from doing by its own laws -- if Florida does that with Disney, of all companies, who's to say they won't stiff J. Random Contractor for some trivial reason? He's put himself and the state into a corner, and it can only get worse from here, no matter what he and his shills claim to the press.
-- Bob
I have been Roland, Beowulf, Achilles, Gilgamesh, Clark Kent, Mary Sue, DJ Croft, Skysaber. I have been
called a hundred names and will be called a thousand more before the sun grows dim and cold....
I have been Roland, Beowulf, Achilles, Gilgamesh, Clark Kent, Mary Sue, DJ Croft, Skysaber. I have been
called a hundred names and will be called a thousand more before the sun grows dim and cold....