Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ battle with Disney World has been highly publicized in recent months and the full timeline of the Disney Vs. DeSantis brouhaha is a long and wild read. Now, just five months after the lawmaker asked for Disney’s “surrender,” he’s back in action and asking the denizens of the Sunshine State for a whole lotta money because lawsuits are expensive. In fact, Governor DeSantis is asking for more than $19 million more in total to fight not only legal battles against Disney but also a slew of other lawsuits challenging the legality of various laws and even some going after him personally.
To a certain extent, this is something every state and every governor deals with. Constituents file lawsuits. Sometimes it’s over the constitutionality of certain laws. Sometimes it’s over harm they claim a certain law or action taken by a state employee has had on them personally. That’s why most states have a budget to pay lawyers to handle these things, but what’s remarkable about Florida is not only how much total money Governor DeSantis is asking for but also the year over year budget increase the money would represent.
