The entertainment giant amended a federal lawsuit against the would-be Republican presidential candidate, arguing that the bills formalized the governor’s “retribution” against the company.
“Governor DeSantis and his allies have no apparent intent to moderate their retaliatory campaign any time soon,” Disney wrote in the refreshed civil complaint,In an effort to dilute Disney’s quasi-governmental authority over its Florida operations, DeSantis stacked the board that oversees the company’s special tax district with his allies.
The Florida legislature later passed bills voiding those deals and DeSantis signed off on them last week.Getty Images “Disney is asking a federal court in Tallahassee to wrestle back the hands of time to 1967,” he said. “While this board is instead charged legislatively with bringing the district into the 21st century with new and better policies and practices.”