by Michele Blood at The Blaze
Disney invoked the name of King Charles III in an unusual bid to quietly upend Gov. Ron DeSantis’ (R-Fla.) plan to rein in the “corporate kingdom’s” continued self-governance, multiple outlets reported.
“I cannot tell you the level of my disappointment in Disney. I thought so much better of them,” Central Florida Tourism Oversight Board member Ron Peri said, as reported by WKMG Wednesday.
“This essentially makes Disney the government,” Peri also said.
Peri is an Orlando-based former pastor and CEO of the Gathering whom DeSantis chose as one member of the five-member body to replace the special tax district’s then-existing board.
In February, DeSantis signed a bill dissolving Reedy Creek Improvement District. In its place, he installed the CFTOB.
Apparently unbeknownst to DeSantis, RCID transferred the bulk of its government-like powers over to Disney just “hours” before Florida’s House of Representatives approved the takeover, Fox News Digital explained.
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