Ron DeSantis, whose “anti-woke” campaign took aim at Walt Disney Co., just won a court victory against the company. The Reedy Creek Improvement District, governed by a board handpicked by Disney, kept the site in manicured comeliness for more than a half-century. DeSantis and his legislative henchpersons were perfectly candid about their motivations in dissolving the Reedy Creek district: It was retaliation for Disney’s outspokenness. In its lawsuit challenging the dissolution, the company quoted a sponsor of the Reedy Creek dissolution bill as saying, “This bill does target one company. AdvertisementWinsor also defended a Florida law mandating a 24-hour waiting period before an abortion could be performed.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 02, 2024 09:30 UTC