DeSantis Teases Idea of Building Prison Near DisneyWorld

 

Ron DeSantis is ready to play hardball with Walt Disney Co. 

The Florida governor said that he’s looking for ways to reverse changes that Disney pushed through two months ago to weaken the municipal authority that governs its Florida theme parks and was hand-picked by DeSantis, reports Bloomberg. 

“They thought they could create some kind of development agreement that would essentially render everything that we did null and void, and put them in control for perpetuity,” DeSantis said in a press conference on Monday in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. “Now that’s not going to work, that’s not going to fly.”

DeSantis foreshadowed more actions against Disney, including studies on what to do with the land owned by the district itself, which could mean creating a state park or another amusement park near Disney. 

“Someone even said maybe you need another prison. Who knows? The possibilities are endless,” he said.

The feud between DeSantis and Disney kicked off last year when the entertainment giant criticized a law the governor signed limiting elementary school teachings about gender identity. In retaliation, DeSantis seized control of the board that managed the day-to-day operations of Disney’s theme parks in Florida and appointed his own people.

Disney though was able to get the district’s outgoing board to quietly approve restricting the powers the new board members would have for decades, including their ability to review theme-park expansions and billboard advertising. 

DeSantis said those limits will be undone through a new bill that will be brought forward next week.