DeSantis nominated Sasso and four others to their spots on the CFTOD board in February, taking another significant step in his planned reformation of Walt Disney World’s special governing district as the state’s reaction became more realized, in part, for Disney’s criticism of Florida’s “Parental Rights in Education” law. …

Sasso, managing partner of the Sasso & Sasso law firm in Winter Park, also serves on the Sixth District Court of Appeal Judicial Nominating Commission, the Public Employees Relations Commission and as a trustee of Valencia State College, according to Gov. Ron DeSantis’ press office.

DeSantis on Tuesday appointed Meridith Sasso, Michael Sasso’s wife and chief judge at the Florida Sixth District Court of Appeal in Lakeland, to the Florida Supreme Court. There has been no connection made between this and Michael Sasso’s resignation from the CFTOD board.

[Media outlets are reporting this as a mystery, but it looks pretty clear to me. Disney and DeSantis’ office are locked in lawsuits that will very obviously go all the way to the state Supreme Court (and likely that other SCOTUS too). If Sasso is on the board through which those lawsuits pass, then it sets up a conflict of interest with Judge Sasso when she takes her seat on the state’s highest court. DeSantis can find another appointee for the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District board. — Ed]