Disney to lose special tax stat for opposg Florida’s ‘don’t say gay’ bill

Florida legislators passed a bill on Thursday that would revoke Walt Disney Co’s special tax stat a move wily seen as t-for-tat for the pany’s opposn to a new “don’t say gay” state law limg discsn of LGBTQ+ issu bill now heads to the sk of Governor Ron DeSantis, who is all but guaranteed to sign Republin-led state hoe Florida voted 70-38 to do away wh a special tax district created by a 1967 law that allows Disney to self-ern the roughly 25, 000-acre Orlando area where s Walt Disney World theme park plex is loted. ”Disney me unr fire last month by many the LGBTQ+ muny, cludg some Disney employe, for ially failg to take a public stand agast the “don’t say gay” measure, then nmned the legislatn and said would pse all s polil donatns set off a storm of nmnatn agast the pany by many Republins. DeSantis, a Republin who is a potential ndidate for his party’s 2024 printial nomatn, wants to strike back at Disney for s opposn to a law that bans classroom stctn on sexual orientatn and genr inty for stunts krgarten through third ernor signed the legislatn, dubbed the “don’t say gay” bill by opponents, last law, which is to take effect on 1 July, also prohibs such teachg that “is not age appropriate or velopmentally appropriate” for olr stunts.

It would take effect June next swift effort to dissolve Reedy Creek by Florida Republins has been wily seen as brazen retaliatn after Disney, Florida’s largt private employer, psed polil donatns the state and nmned a new tn law that opponents ll “Don’t Say Gay. DeSantis and Disney started on March 9, when the pany — unr acute prsure om s employe — spoke out agast the Parents Rights Edutn legislatn, or what opponents lled the “Don’t Say Gay” than 150 pani, cludg Marrtt and Amerin Airl, had already signed a Human Rights Campaign letter opposg the legislatn.

DISNEY TO LOSE SPECIAL TAX STAT FLORIDA AMID ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ CLASH

DeSantis “to exprs our disappotment and ncern that if the legislatn be law, uld be ed to unfairly target gay lbian, nonbary and transgenr kids and fai. The move is wily viewed as retaliatn agast Disney for s cricism of the state’s “Don’t Say Gay” law, a posn DeSantis took umbrage at.

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