.GovRonDeSantis has made his recommendations for members of a state-controlled board district that will oversee the 25,000 acres of land surrounding Walt Disney World. His recommendations are still pending state Senate confirmation.
All five recommended members of the recently renamed Central Florida Tourism Oversight District board are political allies of DeSantis. They have either donated to his campaign directly, vocally praised his policies, or donated to other Republican candidates in the state, according to Axios. "These are folks who have a variety of experience that I think all are pertinent," DeSantis said last month.
The wife of Christian Ziegler, the new chairman of the Republican Party of Florida, Bridget Ziegler has a background as a parent on multiple school boards. She currently serves on the Sarasota school board and is the director of school board programs at the Leadership Institute. She also co-founded the organization Moms for Liberty and is a proud supporter of the governor's controversial education policies.
He has donated $370 to the DeSantis campaign and $400 to the Friends of Ron DeSantis Political Action Committee, according to Florida Politics.Aungst is an attorney and the son of a former two-term Republican mayor of Clearwater, per Axios. He is an attorney and shareholder at the law firm of Macfarlane Ferguson and McMullen, P.A. He was previously the chairman of the Pinellas County Commission Redistricting Committee.
Peri has donated to multiple Republican candidates in the past, including former President Donald Trump. He has also donated to the Republican National Committee, according to Forbes.DeSantis and the Walt Disney Company have been engaged in a battle for nearly a year after the company came out strongly against the state's Parental Rights in Education Act.
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