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In reply to the discussion: DeSantis Promises Florida Will Control Disney Content [View all]FBaggins
(27,935 posts)DeSantis didn't "back down" - he escalated.
The original plan would have left a pair of blue counties as Disney's ongoing government services/control. Would that have transferred debt from the district (effectively Disney) to the counties? Yes... but the legislature said last year that they were going to "fix" that. They could have just changed the law such that the counties could still pass the burden on to Disney. But that would have been complicated and still left blue counties as Disney's local government.
Now it's his own hand-picked nutcase board that will be in charge... killing two birds with one stone. They debt obligation stay with Disney and now the next time they need to issue bonds... it's DeSantis' pets who will decide whether to do and how much to tax Disney for it.
I have no idea how you spin that as "backing down"... let alone why you think it's relevant to Sabatini's ridiculous spin.
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