Florida presses bid to roll back Disney special status

Cinderella Castle at Magic Kingdom – Gay Day – 2007
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Florida lawmakers on Monday introduced a bill that would allow the state to take control of the area around Walt Disney World that has until now been controlled by the entertainment giant.

The move was the latest episode in a year-long dispute between the Republican administration of Governor Ron DeSantis and Disney, after the company criticized a law banning school lessons on sexual orientation.

Disney’s special self-governing status was granted when the huge theme park was being built the 1960s. It gave Disney broad local management autonomy and exempted it from most state regulations.

The new bill will be debated in the Florida House of Representatives this week before being sent to the Senate.

It provides for the creation of…

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