Disney World in Texas? Houston-area judge attempts to lure company from Florida to Lone Star State

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — As Walt Disney World remains embattled over Gov. Ron DeSantis’ redistricting, a Texas county judge is hoping to lure the company away from Central Florida to the Houston area.

In a letter dated Thursday, which George pens directly to Disney CEO Bob Chapek, Fort Bend County Judge KP George touts its diversity, growth, high graduation rate, strategic location and affordability as an ideal place to relocate.

“While you, your company, employees and diverse fans face authoritarian, anti-business and culture war attacks from extremists in Florida, we in Fort Bend are more than ready to welcome the Disney family with thousands of good paying jobs and billions of dollars of investments,” George writes.

Fort Bend County includes several cities, including parts of Houston.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/aoc-calls-jan-6-trial-175533677.html

[Mad_Machine76]

1. Fascism is blooming in Texas

Not sure it would be much better TBH.

[Demovictory9]

13. Agreed

[TheBlackAdder]

20. Dude must be blindfolded and huffing Fabrese. He doesn't realize the shithole that he's living in.

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Talk about being nose-blind to the stuff going on around him.

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[Ocelot II]

2. How would TX be an improvement?

[Mad_Machine76]

3. Exactly!

[secondwind]

15. They can't even handle their power outages!!!

[TheBlackAdder]

19. Yeah, just like Ohio would. All three are the bottom rungs of governorship.

[Takket]

4. nice try, but you can't move Disney World.

[sinkingfeeling]

5. Jumping from the frying pan into the fire.

[AllaN01Bear]

6. they have abbot who is just as bad.

[qazplm135]

7. Disneyworld isn't moving anywhere

1. You need good weather, that probably means the South.
2. You need to be relatively close to the East Coast.
3. The entire Gulf is bright red and no better than Florida so that's out. GA is the same so that's out. SC ditto.

So you really only have 2 choices...NC which is at best purple, or somewhere in the Caribbean. Latter too hard to get to, former you have weather concerns.

There's nowhere for Disney to go.

[MagickMuffin]

10. If I'm not mistaken Texas is part of the south. I live here.

But Disney will not be moving anytime soon.

[qazplm135]

11. culturally sure

geographically not so much. The point is to be close to the Eastern half of the US.

I'm in SA, went to law school in Houston, part of college in El Paso and was stationed at Hood.

Regardless, whether Texas is South or Southwest, doesn't matter as it violates 2 and 3. There's no point moving from Florida to Texas.

[In It to Win It]

8. Disney is not moving. A comet would have to hit the Earth, in the middle of Florida

for Disney to move

[Captain Zero]

21. DisneyWorld should close for 3-6 months

Tell DeSantis to collect his tourism taxes some other place.

[bottomofthehill]

9. Texas. Make it easier for the bounty hunters

[LetMyPeopleVote]

12. We need to vote out Greg Abbott first

Texas and Florida are in a contest to race to the bottom

Link to tweet

[HAB911]

14. Out of the frying pan into..............

[no_hypocrisy]

17. Beat me to it

[denbot]

16. Forget it Jake, it's RINO-town.

They'll screen women for signs of pregnancy, and men for the absence of "loyalty". Texas tolerant? Like Disney is that dumb. If they sue, Disney can conceivably sue for up to a billion dollars.

[mcar]

18. Frying pan. Fire.

[Vogon_Glory]

22. Nice thought, but the Texas Republican Party is

as stupid, vicious, and authoritarian-minded as it’s Florida counterpart. Until the Texas Republican Party is trounced in several statewide elections several times running, Texas is no safe haven for the happiest place on Earth.

[Torchlight]

23. Offers like this give Disney more and more leverage over the FL gov.

I'm left to wonder, after all the dust settles, what DeSantis' preferred method of groveling to big business cap in hand will turn out to be.

[Ilsa]

25. Oh yeah, I can't wait to spend 3 days in Houston/Harris County in August.

If you're close enough to the Gulf of Mexico to get a sea breeze, you'll be able to breathe in the petrochemical pollutants. If it is built further inland, Disney will have to built a giant dome over the entire thing for air conditioning from May through October.