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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Mike Schneider

DeSantis board approves suing Disney in response to lawsuit

Copyright 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved

The governing board that oversees Walt Disney World’s sprawling Florida park properties intends to sue the company just days after Disney filed a federal lawsuit against the board.

A five-person Central Florida Tourism Oversight Board, installed by Governor Ron DeSantis, voted unanimously on 1 May to sue Disney in state court, after Disney’s federal lawsuit on 26 April accused the governor’s administration of waging a “relentless campaign to weaponize government power against Disney in retaliation for expressing a political viewpoint.”

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