Moments after a Ron DeSantis-appointed board voted to strip the Walt Disney Company’s control of its Florida resort, the company filed a federal lawsuit against the governor and state officials alleging a “a targeted campaign of government retaliation.”
The lawsuit follows the governor’s state takeover of the Reedy Creek Improvement District, now the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District, made up of conservative activists and DeSantis loyalists, a move that followed Florida Republicans’ punitive measures against the company after its public opposition to what opponents called the state’s “Don’t Say Gay” law.
