{"id":1871232,"date":"2023-03-07T22:57:07","date_gmt":"2023-03-08T03:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-appoints-disney-special-district-board-here-are-the-members\/"},"modified":"2023-03-07T22:57:37","modified_gmt":"2023-03-08T03:57:37","slug":"desantis-appoints-disney-special-district-board-here-are-the-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-appoints-disney-special-district-board-here-are-the-members\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis appoints Disney special district board: Here are the members"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fdesantis-appoints-disney-special-district-board-here-are-the-members%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=1871232&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-->\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<div id=\"Brid_78144772\" class=\"brid\" style=\"width:16; height:9;\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\">                <meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Ron DeSantis's big week comes as 2024 speculation reaches fever pitch\">               <meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Fresh off his huddling with donors last week, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) is teeing up a jammed-pack week as he seemingly lays down the groundwork for a 2024 bid. DeSantis will deliver his hotly anticipated State of the State address to the Florida legislature, which is set to convene Tuesday, and start his mad dash to wrangle through a bevy of big-ticket items. Then, DeSantis will close off the week with a trip to the early primary state of Iowa to promote his new book.\">               <meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M23S\">               <meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-03-06 23:14:29\">               <meta itemprop=\"thumbnailURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/localimages\/1255053_th_1678144669.jpg6408079466926.jpg\">               <meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.brid.tv\/live\/partners\/19383\/sd\/1255053.mp4\">              <\/div>\n<p>               <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> var _bp=_bp||[]; _bp.push({ \"div\": \"Brid_78144772\", \"obj\": {\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"16\",\"height\":\"9\",\"video\":\"1255053\"} }); <\/script>               <script type=\"text\/javascript\" async src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script>              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"ArticlePage-articleBody-firstLetter\">G<\/span>ov. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ron-desantis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ron DeSantis <\/a>(R.FL) made recommendations to the members of a<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/restoring-america\/community-family\/parents-bill-of-rights-and-the-new-conservative-education-agenda\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> state-controlled board district<\/a> This will manage the approximately 25,000-acres of surrounding land. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/business\/timeline-disney-desantis-battle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Walt Disney World<\/a>. These recommendations still need to be confirmed by the state Senate. <\/p>\n<p>The five members recommended by the newly renamed Central Florida Tourism Oversight District Board are <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaign\/ron-desantis-florida-governor-news-live-state-address\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">political allies<\/a> DeSantis. They either gave to his campaign or praised his policies verbally, or they donated to Republican candidates within the state. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/03\/07\/desantis-disney-special-district-board\">according<\/a> To<i> Axios. <\/i> <\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/business\/timeline-disney-desantis-battle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">THE KEY MOMENTS OF THE DISNEY-DESANTIS BATTLE<\/a><\/b> <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These are folks who have a variety of experience that I think all are pertinent,&#8221; <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/rumble.com\/v2b4yy0-florida-ends-the-corporate-kingdom.html\">DeSantis said<\/a> last month. &#8220;This is ultimately a state agency that&#8217;s running this but a lot of the principles are the same in terms of how you manage that. We also have people that very much want to see Disney be what Walt envisioned, which is what we all want to do.&#8221; <\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<figure class=\"Figure mb-1 mb-sm-3 mb-md-1 article-lead-photo data_invisible\" data-align=\"center\" data-image-size=\"fixed\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n<div class=\"Figure-container\"> <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"767\" height=\"511\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_md\"><\/source><source media=\"(max-width: 768px)\" width=\"767\" height=\"511\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_md\"><\/source><source media=\"(max-width: 1440px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"645\" height=\"430\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_xl\"><\/source><source media=\"(max-width: 1440px)\" width=\"645\" height=\"430\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_xl\"><\/source><source type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"1060\" height=\"707\" data-image-size=\"1060x600\"><\/source><source width=\"1060\" height=\"707\" data-image-size=\"1060x600\"><\/source>                                 <\/picture><figcaption class=\"Figure-caption\" itemprop=\"caption\">                 Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis responds to questions by the media from the Florida Cabinet after his State of the State speech at the Capitol in Tallahassee on Tuesday, March 7, 20,23.                <\/figcaption><div class=\"Figure-credit\" itemprop=\"author\"> Phil Sears\/AP                <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Below is an overview of the backgrounds and five members who are unpaid if approved by Senate. <\/p>\n<p><b>Martin Garcia<\/b> <\/p>\n<p>Garcia is an attorney in Tampa and will chair the board. Additionally, he was the owner and operator of a highly successful private equity investment business and served as a board member for DeSantis Stock Exchange and three other New York Stock Exchange companies. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flgov.com\/2023\/02\/27\/governor-ron-desantis-appoints-five-to-the-central-florida-tourism-oversight-district\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>CNN reports that his firm contributed more than $50,000 for DeSantis\u2019s 2022 reelection campaign. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/03\/03\/politics\/kfile-ron-desantis-disney-ron-peri-anti-lgbtq\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><b>Bridget Ziegler<\/b> <\/p>\n<p>Bridget Ziegler, who is now the chairman of Republican Party of Florida (the new chairman), has experience as the wife of Christian Ziegler. Bridget Ziegler was also a parent of multiple school boards. She is currently a member of the Sarasota School Board and the Director of the Leadership Institute&#8217;s school board programs. Moms for Liberty, which she co-founded with her husband, is proud to support the controversial educational policies of Governor Scott. <\/p>\n<p>DeSantis says she spent more than 10 years in insurance. She worked with the two largest international risk brokerage and insurance firms. <\/p>\n<p>Florida&#8217;s Republican Party has <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/03\/07\/desantis-disney-special-district-board\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">donated<\/a> DeSantis: $1.75 Million <\/p>\n<p><b>Michael Sasso<\/b> <\/p>\n<div id=\"dsk-banner-ad-g\"><\/div>\n<p>Sasso served on numerous boards and commissions of DeSantis including the 9th Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission. Sasso and Sasso P.A. is Sasso&#8217;s managing partner. The firm specializes in construction litigation, complex business law and election law. <\/p>\n<p>According to the IRS, he has contributed $370 to DeSantis&#8217; campaign and $400 towards the Friends of Ron DeSantis Political Action Committee.\u00a0<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/floridapolitics.com\/archives\/591211-desantis-names-new-disney-world-government-board-members\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Florida Politics<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><b>Brian Aungst Jr.<\/b> <\/p>\n<p>Aungst works as an attorney. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&#8220;Read more from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/desantis-appoints-disney-special-district-here-are-board-members\">DeSantis appoints Disney special district board: Here are the members<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><em>&#8220;The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author of the article and not necessarily shared or endorsed by Conservative News Daily&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gov. Ron DeSantis (R.FL) made recommendations to the members of a state-controlled board district This will manage the approximately 25,000-acres of surrounding land. Walt Disney World. These recommendations still need to be confirmed by the state Senate. The five members recommended by the newly renamed Central Florida Tourism Oversight District Board are political allies DeSantis. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1896705,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[10746,3664,4980,6344,4810,7262],"class_list":["post-1871232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-appoints","tag-board","tag-desantis","tag-disney","tag-district","tag-special"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1871232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1871232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1871232\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1896705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1871232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1871232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1871232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}