Ron DeSantis' attack on Disney borrows a bibbidi-bobbidi bit from Trump-style assaults on corporations — with a few glaring differences.
, he pivoted strategies — and now he’s signed a bill that lets him take the district over and appoint the members of its governing body.
“Today the corporate kingdom finally comes to an end,” he said at the bill signing. “There’s a new sheriff in town, and accountability will be the order of the day.
It’s unclear what, if any, effect that board will have on how Disney behaves, considering that Disney has a significant amount of leverage. Disney World isin central Florida and attracts tens of millions of tourists to the state each year; the company that owns it, Disney, is one of the biggest and most influential corporations in the world. The company certainly has the resources to withstand a bit of controversy if it wishes to.
Even on the level of administration of municipal matters, so far experts estimate that the board takeover isn’t necessarily going to change how things are run in Disney World’s district. “In terms of the day-to-day operation of the district, it doesn’t look like much is going to change,” Aubrey Jewett, associate professor at the University of Central Florida,But what seems to matter more to DeSantis is cultivating a narrative.
It’s important to note how thin that populism is. DeSantis of course didn’t care about Disney having too much power in Florida until after its then-CEO
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