{"id":1909207,"date":"2023-04-03T17:40:23","date_gmt":"2023-04-03T21:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-launches-investigation-into-disneys-last-minute-district-deal\/"},"modified":"2023-04-03T17:43:40","modified_gmt":"2023-04-03T21:43:40","slug":"desantis-launches-investigation-into-disneys-last-minute-district-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-launches-investigation-into-disneys-last-minute-district-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis Launches Investigation Into Disney\u2019s Last-Minute District Deal"},"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%2Fdesantis-launches-investigation-into-disneys-last-minute-district-deal%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=1909207&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=\"post_content\">\n<div class=\"aplayer_app\" data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0403\/45ec48c0-8287-4ce2-aa0e-3986e3d73f73\/audio.mp3?length=2941677&#038;duration=245\"><\/div>\n<p>Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has called for an investigation into Disney\u2019s recent deal with its previous district board, which he believes was an attempt to sidestep the authority of the new state-appointed board due to take over soon. In a formal request to the chief inspector general, Governor DeSantis requested an investigation into a variety of concerns including the district\u2019s compliance with state laws and ethical requirements, the qualifications of the previous board, and any financial benefits or gain by Disney World from their actions. DeSantis signed House Bill 9-B on February 27, 2023, which created the new Central Florida Tourism Oversight District, replacing the Reedy Creek government, and three weeks prior to that date, Disney signed the deal with the previous entity. Governor DeSantis feels that the board and Disney\u2019s \u201ccollusive and self-dealing arrangements\u201d were created to nullify the recently passed legislation.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5091999\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/03\/01\/Disney-World-GettyImages-1464290838-1200x852.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a> Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis continues his battle with Disney World\u2014which he calls \u201cthe corporate kingdom\u201d\u2014with his call for an investigation into its last-minute deal with the Reedy Creek Improvement District. (Joe Raedle\/Getty Images)<\/figure>\n<p>Disney has openly disputed these allegations, stating that all agreements were appropriate and agreed upon while complying with Florida\u2019s sunshine law. The transfer of most of the old board\u2019s authority to Disney, including thirty years of control over development rights, is unlikely to be remedied by the legislature any time soon, and Senate President Kathleen Passidomo has confirmed that the matter would be examined. However, she stated that the legislature had other priorities and it was doubtful that anything would be done in the near future. The annual legislative session ends on May 5. House Speaker Paul Renner said that he supports Governor DeSantis\u2019 action thus far, but was unsure about whether legislative action would be necessary.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5168777\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/04\/03\/id5168777-desantis-family-at-golf-championship.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a> Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis\u2014pictured here with his wife Casey and two of their children at The Players Championship in Ponte Vedra on March 12, 2023\u2014often no<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has launched an investigation into Disney\u2019s 11th-hour deal with its old governing district board, an arrangement he says was an attempt to circumvent the new state-appointed board\u2019s upcoming control. DeSantis, on April 3, \u201cformally\u201d requested that his office\u2019s chief inspector general Melinda Miguel open an investigation into the Reedy Creek Improvement<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1117,"featured_media":1909208,"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":[543],"tags":[3715,4980,11601,4810,3976,9054,5989],"class_list":["post-1909207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times","tag-deal","tag-desantis","tag-disneys","tag-district","tag-investigation","tag-last-minute","tag-launches"],"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\/1909207","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\/1117"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1909207"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1909207\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1909208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1909207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1909207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1909207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}