{"id":2031714,"date":"2023-09-14T12:09:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T16:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-appointed-board-chairman-says-disney-dropping-most-federal-charges-proves-they-were-bogus\/"},"modified":"2023-09-14T12:11:13","modified_gmt":"2023-09-14T16:11:13","slug":"desantis-appointed-board-chairman-says-disney-dropping-most-federal-charges-proves-they-were-bogus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-appointed-board-chairman-says-disney-dropping-most-federal-charges-proves-they-were-bogus\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis-appointed board chair claims Disney&#8217;s dismissal of federal charges as evidence of their falseness."},"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\">28<\/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-board-chairman-says-disney-dropping-most-federal-charges-proves-they-were-bogus%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=2031714&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>Disney Drops \u200dCharges Against Central Florida Tourism Oversight District<\/h2>\n<p>The recent move by Disney to drop \u200dfour\u200d out of five claims in its \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/usa-today-2a-groups-using-lawsuits-to-roll-back-gun-control\/\" title=\"USA Today: 2A Groups Using Lawsuits to Roll Back Gun Control\">federal court case<\/a> against the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District and Gov. Ron DeSantis \u200c(R-FL) has\u2064 been described as a significant development \u200cby Chairman Martin Garcia. In a board meeting on \u2063Wednesday, Garcia addressed Disney&#8217;s\u2063 decision, stating that it proves the \u200ccharges were &#8220;bogus&#8221; and nothing more than a &#8220;publicity stunt.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;It is a noteworthy event when lawyers voluntarily dismiss causes of \u200dactions against defendants. In doing so, Disney\u2062 has all but \u200dadmitted it knew that the federal\u200b charges\u200c against this board \u2062were bogus, and, moreover, that the filing of\u2062 them constituted \u2062a publicity stunt \u2014 not to mention a repugnant one \u200bthat took \u200bplace at the \u2063expense of both the integrity of the legal system and of the economic interests of the taxpayers in this district,&#8221; Garcia said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Garcia also expressed confidence that Disney&#8217;s \u2062last remaining charge, which focuses on alleged violations of free speech, will\u200d not\u2063 hold up. \u200dHe referred to it as an &#8220;extraordinary concession&#8221; \u2064and compared it to a major tremor.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-ducks-emergency-appeal-in-tennessee-abortion-case\/\" title=\"Supreme Court Ducks Emergency Appeal in Tennessee Abortion Case\">ongoing legal battle<\/a> between the board and \u200cDisney involves lawsuits in both state \u200cand federal court, with Gov. DeSantis also being involved in the federal lawsuit. The federal court \u200ccase now revolves around a single claim \u200crelated to First Amendment rights, while \u200bthe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-appointed-board-chairman-says-disney-dropping-most-federal-charges-proves-they-were-bogus\/\" title=\"DeSantis-appointed board chair claims Disney's dismissal of federal charges as evidence of their falseness.\">state court case addresses<\/a> the legality of the board&#8217;s actions\u200c to void an agreement Disney had with the previous \u2064board.<\/p>\n<h3>Garcia Criticizes Disney&#8217;s\u200b Conduct<\/h3>\n<p>In addition to discussing the legal proceedings,\u200c Garcia criticized Disney&#8217;s past conduct when it\u200c controlled the Reedy Creek Improvement District. He accused the company of exploiting the generosity of the people of Florida and engaging in questionable governance\u2064 practices.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Disney exploited \u200bthe generosity of the people of Florida over the years through\u2064 the \u20621967 Reedy Creek Improvement Act. What \u200dworked in the early years\u2062 to\u200b spark economic development in Central Florida, later proved to \u200bbe an urban planning quagmire with horrific governance practices,&#8221; Garcia\u200b said. &#8220;A light was \u2064finally shined on this\u200c problem, \u2062and Disney got caught. Disney used the 1967 act to \u200bestablish footing in Central Florida to minimize, if not eliminate, all hurdles in its campaign to mold the district to serve the best\u200d interests of Disney\u2064 at the expense of the public good.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Garcia concluded his \u200cremarks by expressing \u2063pride in the board&#8217;s work \u2064since its appointment and a commitment to continue serving the residents, employees, tourists, and\u2064 other constituents of the \u200ddistrict.<\/p>\n<p>The dispute between Disney and DeSantis, which led to\u2063 the restructuring of the Central Florida district encompassing the Walt Disney World Resort, originated from the company&#8217;s opposition to Florida&#8217;s parental rights in education law \u200cin 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Central Florida Tourism Oversight District Chairman Martin Garcia believes Disney&#8217;s decision to withdraw four out of five claims in their court case against the board and Gov. Ron DeSantis validates the allegations as baseless and merely a publicity ploy. The board, appointed by DeSantis, has effectively governed the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2031715,"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-2031714","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\/2031714","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=2031714"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2031714\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2031715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2031714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2031714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2031714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}