Disney managed to maneuver around Ron DeSantis' power grab, but the Florida governor is determined to have the last word. (via MaddowBlog)
, DeSantis has now ordered an investigation.
The governor’s letter went on to question whether Disney’s moves — made before the retaliatory measure was signed into law — should be seen as legally binding. For his part, Disney CEO Bob Iger spoke at an annual shareholder meeting yesterday, noting that the dispute began by the company exercising its right to take a public position on a matter of public debate.
After stressing Disney’s role in the state — the company is Florida’s largest taxpayer and largest private employer, which continues to make billions of dollars in new investments to its Orlando-area property — Iger concluded, “Our point on this is that any action that supports those efforts simply to retaliate for a position the company took sounds not just anti-business, but it sounds anti-Florida. And I’ll just leave it at that.
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