{"id":1447832,"date":"2022-04-20T13:51:47","date_gmt":"2022-04-20T17:51:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1447832"},"modified":"2022-04-20T16:52:26","modified_gmt":"2022-04-20T20:52:26","slug":"florida-senate-passes-bill-closing-disneys-self-governing-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-senate-passes-bill-closing-disneys-self-governing-power\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Senate Passes Bill Closing Disney\u2019s Self-Governing Power"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fflorida-senate-passes-bill-closing-disneys-self-governing-power%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1447832&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h3>Florida Senate, with a 23-16 vote, has passed legislation ending Disney\u2019s tax privilege, self-governing power, and special exemption status.<\/h3>\n<p>Since 1967, Disney has operated its own government around Walt Disney World in Florida.<\/p>\n<div class=\"banner-ad non-member t-pad:50pc:top t-pad:50pc:top\">\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Republican State Rep. Randy Fine, who introduced the legislation, tweeted on Tuesday, \u201cDisney is a guest in Florida. Today, we remind them.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING: Disney is a guest in Florida. Today, we remind them. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovDeSantis?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GovDeSantis<\/a> just expanded the Special Session so I could file HB3C which eliminates Reedy Creek Improvement District, a 50 yr-old special statute that makes Disney to exempt from laws faced by regular Floridians.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Randy Fine (@VoteRandyFine) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VoteRandyFine\/status\/1516417533825454083?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 19, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think there\u2019s another special taxing district in the state that I\u2019m aware of that has the ability to construct their own nuclear power plant. I think that\u2019s something that unique to Disney,\u201d Republican House Speaker Chris Sprowls said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Under Florida law, Disney can control their own water, power, emergency services \u2014 and more.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was shocked to see some of the stuff that\u2019s in there. They can do their own nuclear power plant. Is there any other private company in the state that can just build a nuclear power plant on their own?\u201d Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said during a press conference on Tuesday. \u201cThey\u2019re able to do certain things that nobody else is able to do. So I think they\u2019re right to be looking at this and reevaluating and having an even playing field for everybody, I think is much better than basically to allow one company to be a law onto itself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Disney has become increasingly political, recently making headlines for loud opposition to Florida\u2019s Parental Rights in Education law.<\/p>\n<p>Branded the \u201cDon\u2019t Say Gay\u201d bill by opponents, the legislation does not actually mention the word \u201cgay,\u201d but rather prohibits the teaching of gender identity or sexual orientation to students in third grade and below.<\/p>\n<p>The company had originally been keeping neutral, but apologized after backlash from the left.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is clear that this is not just an issue about a bill in Florida, but instead yet another challenge to basic human rights. You needed me to be a stronger ally in the fight for equal rights and I let you down,\u201d CEO Bob Chapek said in a statement about the legislation. \u201cI am sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Democratic State Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith from Orlando has called the bill retaliation for Disney wading into politics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are applying this bill only to affect Reedy Creek and not The Villages. This is political retribution. They are punishing Disney for speaking out against them on \u2018Don\u2019t Say Gay,&#8217;\u201d Guillermo said, according to a report from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wesh.com\/article\/desantis-stripping-disney-self-government-power\/39761559\">WESH<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Disney has not yet responded to the vote.<\/p>\n<p><i>*For corrections please email corrections@timcast.com*<\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"next-article t-flex:s:valign:topm t-pad:50pc:bot\">\n<p>Next<\/p>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"article-block\">\n<p><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/timcast.com\/news\/netflix-stock-price-free-falls-32-percent-after-news-that-the-company-already-lost-200000-subscribers-in-2022\/\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/timcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/netflix-logo-hand-with-remote-300x146.png\" alt=\"Netflix Stock Price Free Falls 32 Percent After News That the Company Already Lost 200,000 Subscribers in 2022\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr class=\"no-size no-marg\" \/>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida Senate, with a 23-16 vote, has passed legislation ending Disney\u2019s tax privilege, self-governing power, and special exemption status. 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