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Ron DeSantis is a deranged megalomaniac. He will be more dangerous than Trump if elected.
Ron DeSantis signs bill allowing Florida to shut down Disney World's monorail
Story by LGBTQNation 4h ago
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has signed S.B. 1250, a general transportation bill that subjects Disney Worlds iconic monorail to inspections and possible shutdowns. The newly signed law is just the latest move that the DeSantis administration has made against Disney over the media corporations opposition to the states infamous Dont Say Gay law. The bill allows state officials to inspect and shut down the companys monorail and fixed-guideway transportation systems to ensure safety and welfare for passengers and inspectors.
While the law doesnt specifically mention Disney, its provisions only apply to fixed-guideway transportation systems located within an independent special district created by local act which have boundaries within two contiguous counties. Only Disneys monorail and its newly-constructed Disney Skyliner gondola tram fit the bills description (https://thehill.com/homenews/3970924-changes-to-florida-transportation-bill-could-target-disneys-monorail-system/).
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This week, Disney CEO Bob Iger lashed out at the Florida governments vendetta against the company. Disney, Iger said during the companys second-quarter earnings call, paid over $1.1 billion in local and state taxes last year and is the largest taxpayer in Central Florida. He said the company was planning to invest $17 billion in Florida over the next 10 years, which is what the state should want us to do.
One question, Iger asked during the call. Does the state want us to invest more, employ more people, and pay more taxes or not? Weve built a business that employs, as weve said before, over 75,000 people and attracts tens of millions of people to the state.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/ron-desantis-signs-bill-allowing-florida-to-shut-down-disney-world-s-monorail/ar-AA1b7fPZ?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=W046&cvid=db721fec65404664a21c7c636c5dc83a&ei=17
Story by LGBTQNation 4h ago
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has signed S.B. 1250, a general transportation bill that subjects Disney Worlds iconic monorail to inspections and possible shutdowns. The newly signed law is just the latest move that the DeSantis administration has made against Disney over the media corporations opposition to the states infamous Dont Say Gay law. The bill allows state officials to inspect and shut down the companys monorail and fixed-guideway transportation systems to ensure safety and welfare for passengers and inspectors.
While the law doesnt specifically mention Disney, its provisions only apply to fixed-guideway transportation systems located within an independent special district created by local act which have boundaries within two contiguous counties. Only Disneys monorail and its newly-constructed Disney Skyliner gondola tram fit the bills description (https://thehill.com/homenews/3970924-changes-to-florida-transportation-bill-could-target-disneys-monorail-system/).
Snip...............
This week, Disney CEO Bob Iger lashed out at the Florida governments vendetta against the company. Disney, Iger said during the companys second-quarter earnings call, paid over $1.1 billion in local and state taxes last year and is the largest taxpayer in Central Florida. He said the company was planning to invest $17 billion in Florida over the next 10 years, which is what the state should want us to do.
One question, Iger asked during the call. Does the state want us to invest more, employ more people, and pay more taxes or not? Weve built a business that employs, as weve said before, over 75,000 people and attracts tens of millions of people to the state.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/ron-desantis-signs-bill-allowing-florida-to-shut-down-disney-world-s-monorail/ar-AA1b7fPZ?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=W046&cvid=db721fec65404664a21c7c636c5dc83a&ei=17
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Ron DeSantis is a deranged megalomaniac. He will be more dangerous than Trump if elected. (Original Post)
Fla Dem
May 2023
OP
There's a good reason people of certain undesirable character traits join the GOP... Birds of a
Karadeniz
May 2023
#1
Yes, we're at the part of the movie where the inmates take over the asylum.
Joinfortmill
May 2023
#3
Karadeniz
(22,607 posts)1. There's a good reason people of certain undesirable character traits join the GOP... Birds of a
feather!
Progressive dog
(6,933 posts)2. I agree with your first sentence,
but I think DeSantis has picked a fight with the wrong mouse.
sellitman
(11,611 posts)4. Disney will still be there when DeSantis is long gone.
Lets just hope he never gets elected to Washington.
Joinfortmill
(14,520 posts)3. Yes, we're at the part of the movie where the inmates take over the asylum.