Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ appointees on Wednesday began trying to reshape Disney World’s governing body with proposals to eliminate a planning board and prohibit mask mandates and COVID-19 vaccine requirements in an evolving showdown between the Republican governor and the world’s best-known entertainment company.
The five new board members of the governing body, which had been controlled by Disney until February, had on their meeting agenda rules prohibiting anyone from being barred from its offices for not wearing a face mask or not having the COVID-19 vaccine. Also, the agenda includes a resolution asserting the board’s “superior authority” over the district that covers Disney World’s 27,000 acres (10,926 hectares), including two miniscule cities.
[So far, these are rather modest changes to the Reedy Creek district. DeSantis and his allies appear to be taking an incremental approach to see if Disney will take a hint and put an end to its legal shenanigans. Stay tuned. — Ed]
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