Florida Governor Ron DeSantis rids Disney World of its special tax privileges

On Monday Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s longstanding beef with the Most Magical Place on Earth culminated with the adoption of a law that dismantles Disney World’s special tax district. The move appears to be belated retaliation for The Walt Disney Company’s opposition to DeSantis’s “Don’t Say Gay” law, a 2022 measure that prohibits public schools from teaching young children about gender identity or sexual orientation.

The new law, HB 9-B, nullifies the Reedy Creek Improvement District (RCID), a special tax district the State of Flordia established in 1967 to help Disney build Disney World. Under the

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