Last week the new board disclosed that the land-use powers of the re-named Orange County Tourism Oversight District had been stripped away before the law passed, and given directly to Disney through an agreement with Reedy Creek. Ron DeSantis holds a press conference to sign the "Live Local Act" at South Street City Oven Bar and Grill in Naples on Wednesday, March 29, 2023.Ndn Jh 20230329 Desantissb102 0006 Jonah Hinebaugh/Naples Daily News/USA Today Networkĭisney quietly took power from DeSantis' new board before state takeover
So earlier this year it passed legislation that instead gave the state the authority to appoint the board members. It did so through a self-governing body known as the Reedy Creek Improvement District, whose board members all had close ties with Disney.īut after the fight over the “Don’t Say Gay” bill last year, Florida initially tried disband the district, only to become aware that such a move could leave local governments in central Florida with more than $1 billion in liability for bond issues. “Our point on this is that any action that thwarts those efforts simply to retaliate for a position the company took sounds not just anti-business, but it sounds anti-Florida,” he said.ĭisney had operated for more than 50 years with broad power to control land use in and around its theme park. Iger, asked about the fight at the company’s annual shareholders’ meeting, made his most public defense to date of the company’s actions, and the most direct criticism of Florida’s actions. Florida’s move came after the company objected to legislation passed last year to limit discussions of LGBTQ issues in Florida schools, a bill that opponents referred to as the “Don’t Say Gay” law. The state of Florida has taken action to strip Disney of some of the powers it had over the land that includes and surrounds Disney World. “I don’t think the national Democrats anticipated having to put any money into the New Jersey Senate race.Disney CEO Bob Iger fought back against Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ actions against his company, telling Disney shareholders on Monday that recent actions by the state were “anti-business.” “They have to spend a hell of a lot of money to get their people out to the polls,” Golden said.
New Jersey’s Senate seat was never supposed to be that competitive. Even though he won, that was not an enviable position to be in given an already tough Senate year when they were defending tougher seats. Senate Majority PAC has spent about $6 million on the race so far, recently putting down another $3 million in television ad buys to boost Menendez.
But there was real anxiety within the state party about his chances, Golden added.Īnd Democrats ended up spending millions on Menendez’s seat. Golden, a longtime political insider in New Jersey, told Vox he was not aware of any conversations Democrats had asking Menendez to step aside leading up to the race. Chris Christine, Todd Whitman, and Thomas Kean, in a recent interview with Vox. “The corruption factor is just a cloud over this entire race,” said Carl Golden, a longtime political analyst and former spokesperson for past New Jersey Govs. Meanwhile, Hugin spent all summer attacking Menendez as corrupt, and it made an impression with voters.
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Menendez’s corruption trial presented a problem for Democrats, who started ramping up an anti-corruption message in 2018 aimed at stamping out lobbying and money in politics. While numerous polls noted that voters said they didn’t think Menendez was trustworthy, they apparently valued sending a Democrat to the Senate to stand up to President Donald Trump and Republicans more. 4 winners and 2 losers from the 2018 midterm elections
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