Some state Republican lawmakers have proposed to repeal a 1967 law that gives the company the authority to govern itself. How real is that backlash?
between Disney and Florida over the so-called “Don’t Say Gay” bill has pushed state lawmakers to threaten stripping the company of special privileges that essentially give it the sovereignty to act as its own government.
Backed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, some Republican lawmakers have called to repeal a 1967 law permitting the creation of the Reedy Creek Improvement District. The legislation affords Disney the authority to act as its own county with the ability to impose taxes, adopt ordinances and provide emergency services on land that’s home to its sprawling theme park resort, among other powers of self-government.
“As a matter of first principle I don’t support special privileges in law just because a company is powerful,” DeSantis said on March 31 at a news conference. “They’ve lost a lot of the pull that they used to have and honestly I think that’s a good thing for our state. You should not have one organization that is able to dictate policy in all these different realms, and they have done that for many, many years. If that’s stops now, which it should, that would be a good thing for Florida.
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