Disney outmaneuvers Dumb Desantis

[Tilted]

As Emperor Toximus, you'd only have to point at things you want and snap your fingers....

But I'd have to pick those things out, and that's the real work. I certainly couldn't let someone else do the picking. I might end up with an Elizabethan chair sitting next to a Victorian armoire. And that obviously would't do.

 

[Gilligan]

But I'd have to pick those things out, and that's the real work. I certainly couldn't let someone else do the picking. I might end up with an Elizabethan chair sitting next to a Victorian armoire. And that obviously would't do.

Good point!! No wonder you get to be supreme leader....

 

[GURPS]

The hypocrisy, the disingenuousness, the victimhood mentality (both as being accepted and as being sold by political and ideological leaders)... in many regards the right is pretty well indistinguishable from the left.

Uni-Party

 

[CPUSA]

Interesting thoughts; however, it's an OpEd. One person's opinion. Not the final conclusion.

"The opinions expressed by columnists are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of Townhall.com."

EXTREME irony overload...

 

[CPUSA]

But that doesn't mean the government can take away such things, or deny them from the outset, for unconstitutional reasons. So much of our constitutional protections are based on the reasons governments might do things. It doesn't have to give me a job, but it generally can't deny me a job because of my race. It can take away Social Security benefits for various reasons, but it can't take them away because of someone's religion. It doesn't have to let Disney have this special district but it can't take that away because of Disney's political advocacy. This is the whole point of much of the Bill of Rights (and the 14th Amendment). The government generally can't punish you for your speech or your religion or for various other reasons.

Fine...Don't yank their chit for Political Reasons. Don't yank it for Religious reasons

Yank their privileges for Health Code, Life Safety, & Building Code Violations.
It doesn't matter what their little private City/Town ordinance says...it's superseded by State codes...
While they are at it...find out how many of their employees have been popped for sexual violations, determine a pattern, shut em down for running a child trafficking hub...don't tell me the prosecutors in Florida can't get creative...been watching POS Prosecutors get creative all over the Country lately. If nothing else, shut em down & tie it up in just enough legal crap to bankrupt them!!

And I don't want to hear ANY CHIT about Gov't NOT interfering in Business...Gov't does it ALL the time.
And as long as Corporate Businesses want to enter into this Fascist relationship with our Gov't...let them ALSO experience Gov't's overreach...at their peril...Make no mistake...what OUR side needs the most right now are: 1) Scapegoats and 2) Examples made. When enough of these "woke" businesses collapse, the others will fall in line...QUICK!!

Shut the damn Pedo Indoctrination Center down!!

 

[Tilted]

Fine...Don't yank their chit for Political Reasons. Don't yank it for Religious reasons

Yank their privileges for Health Code, Life Safety, & Building Code Violations.
It doesn't matter what their little private City/Town ordinance says...it's superseded by State codes...
While they are at it...find out how many of their employees have been popped for sexual violations, determine a pattern, shut em down for running a child trafficking hub...don't tell me the prosecutors in Florida can't get creative...been watching POS Prosecutors get creative all over the Country lately. If nothing else, shut em down & tie it up in just enough legal crap to bankrupt them!!

And I don't want to hear ANY CHIT about Gov't NOT interfering in Business...Gov't does it ALL the time.
And as long as Corporate Businesses want to enter into this Fascist relationship with our Gov't...let them ALSO experience Gov't's overreach...at their peril

Shut the damn Pedo Indoctrination Center down!!

They could have done that (i.e. for other reasons); but that's not what happened. Further, doing it for other reasons wouldn't have served the purpose of doing it to begin.

That said, the government isn't going to be able to bankrupt Disney this way, nor should it try. If the market wants to do that, perhaps it can. And that's who should do it if it needs to be done. People don't need the government to fix everything they don't like. Stop subscribing to ESPN, and Hulu, and Disney+. Stop going to the theme parks. Stop buying the merchandise. The market can shut Disney down if it wants to, but as it is Disney is thriving. Its Parks, Entertainment, and Products segment had its best year ever last year. To the extent people don't want Disney to continue to exist, they're gonna have to roll up their sleeves and get to work culturally cancelling it. The government isn't going to to able to do it for them.

 

[AnthonyJames]

Even into my forties, I used to believe that the law stood as a bulwark so strong that when political leaders chose to break it openly, SOMEONE would step up and say, sir, you can't do that, there's a law - and it was like a wall, like the speed of light. You can't break it. Period.

I've always known they would break it behind closed doors - but doing it openly - they now shrug and say "watch me".



Perhaps it's because playing by the rules doesn't change the outcome. I'm thinking groups like Project Veritas need to blatantly totally break the rules when it comes to stuffing the ballot boxes, because the left does it with impunity, cries foul when caught on it, claims it never happens and uses every stunt available to punish the right for trying to correct it (hence , the Jim Crow 2.0 in Georgia - voting laws that had no effect on restricting voters in 2022 except to lose the All-Star Game to a state with MORE restrictive laws).

As long as they GAIN by having non-secure elections, there's no reason to change it. IF by chance, someone ELSE beats them by cheating, then they might get serious.

They have so damned much of the press. They root and riot, they get a pass. We root and riot, we go to jail just for watching. They shout down our guys, they get praise. We shout down their guys, we get our asses beaten. Literally.

I used to think that playing fair would win - because people are savvy and can see it. Now, they don't see it, and they believe the crap version of the truth they're handed.

What I would LIKE - is for Washington to go back to SOME semblance of what it was - a body of persons who crafted some negotiated compromise that everyone can get on board with. Now, it's not, and most major bills are straight down party lines.

Excellent! This hits more than a few nails on the head.

Add to it that the violent left-wing extremist groups that are used as an army against conservatives are routinely protected by the increasingly mercenary force formerly called "The Police". Why is it that when an assembly of conservatives get together ,"The Police" are only doing their jobs when they take actions to curtail lawful given right to protest, but when the lefttard domestic terrorists burn down a city "The Police" are told to stand down and do because they're "only doing their jobs"

 

[GURPS]

Yesterday, Reuters ran an encouraging story headlined, “Florida judge rules against Disney in feud with DeSantis.”

The lawsuit was filed by the new oversight district created by Governor DeSantis to manage Disney’s Reedy Creek area. The oversight district has sued to cancel a bunch of last-minute “backroom deals” that Disney made with itself to try to thwart oversight.

Yesterday the Florida judge denied Disney’s motion to dismiss, so the lawsuit will continue. Dismissal is the first major test of a lawsuit and is the gate plaintiffs need to survive in order to start discovery. Disney is not going to enjoy discovery over their skulduggery.

This is not Disney’s separate federal lawsuit arguing Florida’s new law violates Disney’s corporate First Amendment rights, and claiming Florida deleted its special tax district as punishment for politicking on behalf of LGBTQIA++ issues.

Let’s get that discovery going.

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[GURPS]

In a non-paywalled article yesterday, the New York Times ran a whiny but encouraging story headlined, “Disney District, Now Under DeSantis’s Control, Ends Its D.E.I. Programs.”

Disney used to fully manage the controversial Reedy Creek district acting as its own county government. But last year, after Disney officially opposed Florida’s ban on sex education in grades K-3, arguing that very young children should learn about all the minute details of atypical and historically-abhorrent sexual practices, Florida’s legislature revoked the media giant’s long-standing sweetheart political deal, allowing the Governor to appoint a new slate of directors.

Unsurprisingly, the New York Times undersold the headline. In fact, according to the press release issued by the new district governors, the DEI program will be “abolished,” along with the odious practice of using race to award contracts:



Calling Disney’s DEI rules for the district “un-American,” new District Administrator Glenton Gilzean explained in the official statement that, “Our district will no longer participate in any attempt to divide us by race or advance the notion that we are not created equal.”

Also unsurprisingly, the Times failed to quote any of the official Reedy Creek press release, or quote a single person anywhere who favored the move. Instead, the Times just quoted a raft of liberal democrats calling DeSantis a dictator and whining that abolishing DEI in the district is the worst thing ever, even worse than the last thing they called the worst thing ever, which they’ve now completely forgotten about.

Journalism! Or something.

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Now who is laughing you mewling quim

 

[GURPS]

Disney Loses Attempt To Dismiss Florida Lawsuit Challenging Reedy Creek Covenants Giving Disney Perpetual Control​

Florida can continue to seek a declaration that the restrictive covenants put in place by then Disney-controlled Board of the Reedy Creek Improvement District allowing Disney control in perpetuity were void ab initio, potentially mooting much or all of Disney’s federal lawsuit.



Disney claimed the state’s actions violated Disney’s First Amendment and other rights, and were retaliation for Disney’s public positions opposing state legislation regarding LGBTQ instruction in elementary schools.

The last we checked in on that federal lawsuit was on June 4, 2023, Judge In Disney v. DeSantis Case Disqualifies Himself.

Since then, the state defendants and CFTOD defendants filed motions to dismiss, to which Disney responded yesterday. Among other things, the defendants argue that the federal court should await determination in a lawsuit brought in state court seeking to declare the restrictive covenant agreements void.

In the waning days of its corporate kingdom, Disney rushed through a series of collusive agreements between itself and its puppet RCID board. The agreements purported to bequeath to Disney much of the power that the State itself had given RCID. The newly appointed CFTOD Board announced that it would not comply with Disney’s contracts because they were void under Florida law For good measure, the State also enacted a law barring CFTOD from complying with the agreements in any event.

Its last-ditch power grab having been foiled under state law, Disney now turns to federal constitutional law to sue the Governor, the Secretary of the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity, the CFTOD Board, and CFTOD’s Administrator. Its claims are meritless for many reasons, not least of which is that a special district cannot bind the State to transfer a portion of its sovereign authority to a private entity.

We haven’t previously covered that state lawsuit brought by CFTOD seeking to declare the Reedy Creek Districts’ restrictive covenants void ab initio, meaning a declaration that they were void at the time made, rendering irrelevant what happened later:

The DeSantis board’s lawsuit was filed Monday afternoon in Orange County and claims the agreements with Disney “reek of a backroom deal.” The previous board members failed to give proper notice about the agreements, lacked the authority to make them, unlawfully delegated governmental authority to a private entity and the agreements are unenforceable under Florida law, according to the suit.
“We will seek justice in our own backyard,” Martin Garcia, chair of the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District, said at Monday morning’s special meeting approving the lawsuit.

The Complaint was filed, and Disney moved to dismiss or stay, which the District opposed.

Late yesterday the state court judge denied the motion to dismiss or to stay:

A state judge on Friday denied Disney’s request to throw out a lawsuit seeking to nullify a loophole the entertainment giant used to wrestle back authority over its sprawling central Florida theme park….
The Central Florida Tourism Oversight District state lawsuit against Disney argues that the company’s February agreement giving it back authority “reek of a back room deal,” violated state law and is null and void.
Ninth Circuit Court Judge Margaret Schreiber’s ruling represents a win for the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District, the board backed by Gov. Ron DeSantis that sued Disney in May.
The state lawsuit, however, is separate from the federal suit brought by Disney in April asserting that DeSantis and his hand-picked board violated the company’s First Amendment rights and retaliated against the company for speaking out against Florida’s Parental Rights in Education law, better known as “Don’t Say Gay,” which bans teachers of young students from leading instructions on gender identity and sexual orientation.
“Today’s decision has no bearing on our lawsuit in federal court to vindicate Disney’s constitutional rights, and we are fully confident Disney will prevail in both the federal and state cases,” Disney said in a statement Friday after the ruling.

 

[GURPS]

Independent Audit Blasts Disney For Pulling ‘Bait And Switch’ On Florida: ‘A Mousetrap’​

The audit consisted of a forensic audit of the district’s finances, as well as an analysis of governing structures and urban planning. It found that Disney used shady tactics to maintain its control of power, hand-picking government officials, and making payments to district employees that were “akin to bribes.” It also used the district to avoid taxation, and thrust costs on taxpayers in surrounding communities.

George Mason Law School Professor Donald Kochan, one of the independent auditors, found that Disney knew it wanted to govern itself, and deceived Florida to attain the Reedy Creek structure.

Disney told Florida it would build a city around a single theme park, complete with “affordable housing, transportation, and other community services,” the report noted. Kochan explains that Disney “quickly abandoned its city-building pretense.” It instead built the modern Disney World, consisting of several theme parks, four golf courses, and dozens of hotels — with no housing and services only offered to tourists.

“The RCID was a mousetrap,” the report states. “Disney dangled savory cheese in front of the Florida Legislature and the people of Orlando, but quickly abandoned its city-building pretense.”

Kochan says this was always Disney’s plan, because having a real population in the district would threaten its control.

“The historical record demonstrates that Disney disdained voters from the outset and did not want its special district or its corporate choices to be subject to public accountability through popular elections,” Kochan states. “Documentary evidence from Walt Disney himself makes clear that he did not want permanent residents in his model community.”

 

[GURPS]

Judge dismisses Disney's lawsuit alleging retaliation by DeSantis​

A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed Disney’s lawsuit against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and members of a state board for allegedly retaliating against the entertainment giant after the company criticized the state’s limits on classroom discussion of sexuality in lower grades, according to a court filing.

DeSantis and other defendants in the case had argued that the lawsuit should be dismissed because Disney couldn’t sue them over constitutionally enacted state laws. Florida's Republican-led government had stripped Disney's control over a special development district that gave it autonomy over its theme parks, including the Walt Disney World Resort.

The dispute between Disney and DeSantis' administration began after the company criticized Florida's Parental Rights in Education Act, which was enacted in 2022. The law barred public schools from having "classroom discussion" or giving "classroom instruction" about sexual orientation or gender identity in kindergarten through third grade classrooms, as well as sexual discussions that go against state guidelines in all grades.

 

[GURPS]

She MAD: Sarah Rumpf's EMBARRASSING 17-Tweet Meltdown Over Disney/DeSantis Ruling Accidentally HILARIOUS

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