Mickey Mouse vs Pudding Fingers Ron: Desantis’s War on Disney! Should Disney leave?

[TradeTheBeal!]

Woof.

 

 

[Larry]

4 minutes ago, TradeTheBeal! said:

Woof.

 

 

 

Yeah, cause Disney's legal team is undoubtedly weak when it comes to IP law.  That's their Achilles heel.  

[Sacks 'n' Stuff]

That’s hilarious.

[PCS]

Of all the ****ing things...... This asshole, (Desantis), is going to be in town in June for an annual event. Sigh.  It might be funny though being there's a decent amount of Dumpers in town. 

[Larry]

But what really gets to me, about all this?  Is the size of the mob who are literally cheering for the government to be engaging in targeted legislation for the purpose of punishing political dissent.  The number of people who are not just OK with this, but are actively cheering for it.  Who think that acting like this is good.  

 

(I mean, and not just against Disney.  Against trans kids.  Against BLM protestors.  Against state legislators who use the state house for political statements?)

[TradeTheBeal!]

 

[The 12th Commandment]

https://www.businessinsider.com/citizens-united-supreme-court-precedent-political-hypocricy-desantis-disney-feud-2023-4

 

The Supreme Court's Citizens United decision was a pain in the neck for Democrats. Now, it could be used to their advantage in the Disney v. DeSantis feud.

-more at link

 

Would be nice to see citizens united causing right wing fascists grief.

Edited May 1, 2023 by The 12th Commandment

[China]

DeSantis-aligned board votes to sue Disney

 

The board overseeing Disney’s special taxing district – which was appointed by and is aligned with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis – voted on Monday to sue the company days after the entertainment giant filed its own lawsuit against the board.

 

“Since Disney sued us – yes, we didn’t sue Disney, Disney sued us – we have no choice now but to respond,” said Martin Garcia, chairman of the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District board of supervisors. “Yes, we’ll seek justice in our own backyard.”

 

CNN has reached out to Disney for comment.

 

The dueling lawsuits follow 14 months of escalating tensions between the Florida governor and Disney over a state law that restricts the teaching of sexual orientation and gender identity in schools. The fight has intensified in recent months after the Republican leader moved to take over the company’s special taxing district and install a hand-picked board to oversee Disney’s vast holdings around Orlando. Before the board was selected in February, Disney had reached agreements with the outgoing board that limited the power of DeSantis’ appointees.

 

The new board voted last week to nullify those agreements, prompting Disney to sue DeSantis and the new board. In the lawsuit, Disney accuses DeSantis of weaponizing his political power to punish the company for exercising its free speech rights.

 

Garcia said the purpose of suing Disney is to “uphold and enforce” the board’s vote to void Disney’s pacts with the previous board.

 

DeSantis echoed that sentiment on Monday.

 

“Basically, all they’re trying to do is uphold the will of the people in terms of what we did to make sure that nobody’s governing themselves as a major corporation,” the governor said. “I think that that will be something that will be successful.”

 

The lawsuit will be filed in a Central Florida state court, Garcia said. Disney sued DeSantis and the board in federal court in the Northern District of Florida. The judge in the case, Mark Walker, is an appointee of former President Barack Obama, who has ruled against the state on several of DeSantis’ priorities.

 

In an interview over the weekend with the British newspaper The Telegraph, DeSantis accused Disney of “forum shopping” for a favorable judge.

 

Click on the link for the full article

[EmirOfShmo]

 

 

 

[Larry]

Just anecdotal observation?  
 

I've gone to Disney twice in the last month. (Both times, Animal Kingdom, on a weekday). And both times, I've been struck by how deserted the park has been. 
 

Not that I mind a bit, having less crowds, and shorter waiting times. But I'm noticing it. 

[Simmsy]

[Cooked Crack]

 

 

[Renegade7]

Come at the King, you best not miss...

 

Edited May 5, 2023 by Renegade7

[EmirOfShmo]

Vendetta off the rails? Gov. DeSantis protects Floridians from Disney monorail

 

Thank you, Gov. DeSantis, for taking aim at a real safety issue in Florida.

I’m talking about the Disney World monorail system, of course.

Since 1971, this most heavily used monorail system in the world has delivered about 50 million people a year safely to destinations in the park. So, it’s way overdue for a screw-up.

Which is why we need to applaud DeSantis for having the foresight to step in. Because as we know, there are three serious health and welfare issues that are gripping the state, issues that require quick government action.

They are:

• Getting more untrained Floridians out in public places with loaded guns.
• Banning abortions to women before they realize they are pregnant.
• Seizing control of the Walt Disney World monorail.

Check. Check. And check.

Some people have erroneously imagined that the state government is taking control of the Disney monorail system due solely to a puerile vendetta one emotionally stunted adult has with the theme park company over a single, unrelated difference of opinion.

They somehow imagine that DeSantis, looking for new ways to punish Disney because of its criticism of his signature “Don’t Say Gay” law, is flailing out in clumsy, transparent ways to hurt the company.

But for that to be true, DeSantis would have had to achieve the dysfunctional trifecta of being bigoted, childish and foolish at the same time.

And he would have to be willing to submit the taxpayers of Florida to enormous lawyer bills to defend legally problematic efforts to muzzle free speech in what he likes to call “the free state of Florida.”

...

The tentative new legislation gives the state the power to oversee any “privately owned fixed-guideway transportation systems operating in this state which are located within an independent special district created by local act which have boundaries within two contiguous counties.”

That’s a 29-word description for Walt Disney World. (I guess you could say the bill is written in a “Don’t Say Disney” way.)

 

https://news.yahoo.com/vendetta-off-rails-gov-desantis-090748664.html

[Llevron]

We need a new Micky Mouse South Park episode with him slapping around DeSantis 

[Renegade7]

44 minutes ago, Llevron said:

We need a new Micky Mouse South Park episode with him slapping around DeSantis 

 

Yes...

 

"I thought we had a problem there for a minute..."

 

 

Edited May 7, 2023 by Renegade7

[PokerPacker]

45 minutes ago, Renegade7 said:

 

Yes...

 

"I thought we had a problem there for a second..."

 

 

Go back one page and see my beautiful work of art.

[Llevron]

1 minute ago, PokerPacker said:

Go back one page and see my beautiful work of art.

This should tell you how crazy I am that I forgot that and I even liked it 

 

Edited May 7, 2023 by Llevron

[PokerPacker]

1 minute ago, Llevron said:

This should tell you how crazy I am that I forgot that and I even liked it 

 

It just means you got the joy of discovering it all over again.

[Renegade7]

2 minutes ago, PokerPacker said:

Go back one page and see my beautiful work of art.

 

 

[China]

Disney expands lawsuit against DeSantis after governor signs bill to void land deals

 

Disney on Monday expanded its federal lawsuit against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, accusing the Republican leader of doubling down on his “retribution campaign” against the company by signing legislation to void Disney’s development deals in Orlando.

 

Disney’s amended lawsuit also noted that Florida’s Republican-led Legislature passed legislation last week targeting Walt Disney World’s monorail system.

 

“Governor DeSantis and his allies have no apparent intent to moderate their retaliatory campaign any time soon,” Disney wrote in its additions to the civil complaint it filed in U.S. District Court in Tallahassee in April.

 

DeSantis’ office did not immediately respond to CNBC’s request for comment on the amended complaint.

 

Click on the link for the full article

[China]

Disney World’s new pro-DeSantis board just hired a new administrator who will earn $400,000 and wants to build affordable housing nearby

 

Before allies of Gov. Ron DeSantis took over, Disney World’s governing district, which at the time was controlled by Disney supporters, reached an agreement in February with the company to prohibit a long list of businesses from ever being operated on its property.

 

Forbidden establishments included tattoo parlors, liquor stores, adult entertainment, oil refineries and trailer parks. But they didn’t include prisons, which the Florida governor recently mused could be built there, when talking in a trolling tone about his year-long feud with the entertainment giant.

 

“What should we do with this land? And so, you know, it’s like, OK, kids — I mean, people have said, you know, maybe have another — maybe create a state park. Maybe try to do more amusement parks. Someone even said, like, maybe you need another state prison,” DeSantis said last month. “Who knows? I mean, I just think that the possibilities are endless.”

 

The agreement, which the DeSantis allies say stripped them of power by giving Disney control of design and construction of the theme park resort, is at the center of dueling lawsuits between the DeSantis-appointed board and Disney, as well as a new law seeking to rescind the deal that the Republican-controlled Florida Legislature passed last week.

 

Among the wide-ranging businesses prohibited by the agreement were establishments that sell X-rated items, gun stores or ranges, bowling alleys, hotels, lumberyards, massage parlors, head shops, nursing homes, marijuana dispensaries, doctors’ offices and anything taller than four stories.

 

The board of the governing district, made up of DeSantis allies since March, met Wednesday to approve a new district administrator, hire the previous administrator as a special advisor and authorize a new method for enforcing codes or rules that could be used to fine Disney for violations.

 

The new administrator, Glenton Gilzean, previously served as president and CEO of the Central Florida Urban League and will get a $400,000 salary in his new job. 

 

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[Rocky21]

I swear nobody creates non-issues like Republican governors.  This fight with Disney reminds me of the trans bathroom issue in North Carolina.

Edited May 12, 2023 by Rocky21

[Simmsy]

So this tiny, meatballed, moron is finally going to do something to help the people of Florida...and it's to spite Disney...and he won't actually do it. What a waste of life.

[The Evil Genius]