{"id":1987913,"date":"2023-08-01T15:44:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T19:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-appointed-government-eliminates-dei-programs-in-disney-district\/"},"modified":"2023-08-01T15:45:26","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T19:45:26","slug":"desantis-appointed-government-eliminates-dei-programs-in-disney-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-appointed-government-eliminates-dei-programs-in-disney-district\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis-appointed officials cut Disney district&#8217;s DEI programs."},"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\">14<\/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-appointed-government-eliminates-dei-programs-in-disney-district%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=1987913&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--><h2>The Central Florida \u200bTourism Oversight District Eliminates Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Initiatives<\/h2>\n<p>The Central Florida\u200c Tourism Oversight District (CFTOD) made a significant announcement on Tuesday, revealing its \u200bdecision to eliminate all diversity, equity,\u200c and inclusion initiatives. This move is part of a larger effort to reshape\u2063 the government of the district, which includes the renowned Walt \u2064Disney World Resort.<\/p>\n<p>The CFTOD \u2063board, appointed by Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL), has\u2064 been conducting a thorough evaluation of the \u2062district&#8217;s policies. These\u2063 policies were previously implemented by the Reedy Creek Improvement District board, which was\u2063 under Disney&#8217;s control.<\/p>\n<h3>Challenging the Status Quo<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;The so-called diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives were advanced during the tenure of the previous board, and they were illegal and simply un-American,&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>said District Administrator Glenton Gilzean in a statement.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Gilzean, who previously served as the head of the \u2062Central Florida Urban League, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-confirms-americas-first-native-american-cabinet-secretary\/\" title=\"Senate Confirms America\u2019s First Native American Cabinet Secretary\">civil rights organization<\/a>, emphasized the \u200bimportance of unity within the community. He stated, &#8220;Our district will no longer participate \u200bin any attempt to divide \u2064us by \u2064race or advance\u200d the notion\u2062 that we are not created equal. Our community thrives only when \u2062we work together despite our differences.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The district estimates \u2062that cutting the DEI initiatives will result in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pete-buttigieg-promotes-electric-cars-public-transportation-as-solution-to-high-gas-prices\/\" title=\"Pete Buttigieg Promotes Electric Cars; Public Transportation as Solution to High Gas Prices\">significant cost savings<\/a>, amounting to millions of dollars each year.<\/p>\n<h3>A Wave of Change<\/h3>\n<p>The elimination of DEI initiatives is \u200cjust one\u2064 of several changes implemented by the\u2064 CFTOD board since taking over in February. This transition followed the signing of a bill by Governor DeSantis, which restructured \u2063the district&#8217;s government. Chairman\u200d Martin Garcia hinted \u200dat further changes during the adoption of a\u2062 whistleblower policy in June, \u200cstating, &#8220;You will see at our next meeting, and the meetings after that, that we will continue to add policies and practices to make us a\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-appointed-government-eliminates-dei-programs-in-disney-district\/\" title=\"DeSantis-appointed officials cut Disney district's DEI programs.\">legitimately independent entity<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The district is currently embroiled \u200din legal disputes \u200bwith Disney. The entertainment giant filed a lawsuit against \u2064the new government of the \u2064district and Governor DeSantis, alleging a &#8220;relentless campaign to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wednesday-afternoon-update-second-american-killed-in-sudan-xi-and-zelensky-phone-call-debt-deal\/\" title=\"Wednesday Afternoon Update: Second American Killed In Sudan, Xi And Zelensky Phone Call, Debt Deal?\">weaponize government power<\/a> \u200bagainst Disney \u2064in retaliation for expressing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cammack-backs-desantiss-disney-feud-disney-inserted-themselves-into-this-fight\/\" title=\"Cammack backs DeSantis's Disney feud: 'Disney inserted themselves into this fight'\">political viewpoint unpopular<\/a> with certain State officials.&#8221; In response, the district filed a\u200c countersuit \u200cin\u200d an effort to protect \u200dits governing power. A judge ruled\u200b against Disney&#8217;s attempt to dismiss the lawsuit in state court.<\/p>\n<p>The conflict between Governor DeSantis and Disney originated from the entertainment giant&#8217;s denouncement \u200bof the Parental Rights in Education Act, which DeSantis signed into \u2062law last year.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">click here<\/a> to visit \u2062The Washington\u200d Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Central Florida Tourism Oversight District will remove diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives as it reshapes the district&#8217;s government. This decision, made by the CFTOD board appointed by Gov. Ron, affects the Walt Disney World Resort. The move is part of a broader evaluation process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1987914,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[],"class_list":["post-1987913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"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\/1987913","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=1987913"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1987913\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1987914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1987913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1987913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1987913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}