Ron DeSantis’ appointees who control a special district overseeing Walt Disney World voted on Monday to file their own lawsuit against the company
The five-member board of the Central Florida Oversight District voted unanimously to file a lawsuit in state court. That would counter a federal lawsuit filed last week by Disney against DeSantis and the board members, alleging government retaliation after the company opposed the governor’s parental rights legislation, known as the “don’t say gay” law.
Garcia indicated that the lawsuit would seek to affirm the board’s efforts to void Disney’s agreement with the special district before it passed to state control. The agreement gives the company extensive sway over what gets built on its property and the land surrounding it.Disney filed its lawsuit on Wednesday, shortly after the oversight district moved to invalidate the development agreement. Among other things, the lawsuit alleges violations of the First Amendment as well as the U.S.
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