Commentary Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has signed a bill passed by the Republican-majority legislature that revokes a special tax exemption and other privileges for Walt Disney World in Orlando. This was in response to the company’s current leadership and some of its employees who have protested another bill signed by the governor that prohibits the…
DeSantis Fears Blue State Voters Could Begin Fleeing to Florida
Gov. Ron DeSantis said he’s worried that residents and companies from California are moving to Florida, which may impact the local politics of his state. “There is cause for concern,” DeSantis said at an event on Monday about the phenomenon. “Texas would have all these companies moved from California over the years. So you’d have…
Florida Gov. DeSantis Signs Bill to Dissolve Disney World’s Private Government
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday signed a legislature-passed bill to dissolve Walt Disney World’s self-governing status in central Florida. The law would eliminate the 55-year-old Reedy Creek Improvement District and several similar districts by June 2023. The measure allows those districts to be reestablished under circumstances. It could have significant tax implications for Disney,…
DeSantis to Hold Twitter Board Accountable for ‘Breaching Fiduciary Duty’ by Rejecting Musk Takeover Bid
April 19, 2022
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis waded into Elon Musk’s Twitter buyout saga on Tuesday, saying that Florida would look into holding Twitter’s board of directors accountable for breaching their fiduciary duties after its members adopted a “poison pill” tactic to thwart Musk’s takeover attempt. DeSantis made the remarks at a press conference in The Villages, Florida,…
Florida’s DeSantis Asks Lawmakers to Eliminate Disney World’s Self-Governing Status
April 19, 2022
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on April 19 formally asked state lawmakers to take up eliminating Walt Disney World’s self-governing status during a special session that was set to start on Monday. DeSantis, a Republican, announced the move in a proclamation (pdf), telling members of the Florida House of Representatives and Senate that the state’s updated…
Florida School Chief Rejects Math Textbooks for ‘Attempts to Indoctrinate Students’
April 17, 2022
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Dozens of K-12 mathematics textbooks were rejected by Florida’s education department after officials said they include “indoctrinating concepts” such as critical race theory (CRT). According to Florida Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran, his department reviewed 132 submitted textbooks and found 54, or 41 percent of them, didn’t meet Florida’s K-12 curriculum standards or contained prohibited topics….
Florida School Chief Rejects Math Textbooks Over ‘Attempts to Indoctrinate Students’
April 17, 2022
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Florida’s Department of Education has rejected dozens of K–12 mathematics textbooks after officials said they include “indoctrinating concepts,” such as critical race theory (CRT). According to Florida Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran, his department reviewed 132 submitted textbooks and found that 54 of them, or 41 percent, didn’t meet Florida’s K–12 curriculum standards or contained prohibited…
Capitol Report (April 14): Musk Makes Offer to Buy Twitter
April 14, 2022
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With inflation at a 40-year high, President Joe Biden was in North Carolina trying to reassure Americans he’s doing something about it. We’ll take a look at his plan of action. The Chinese Communist Party disrupted the global economy when they mishandled the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, allowing it to spread around the world. How is…
Conservative Disney Employee Speaks Out Against Company’s Woke Agenda: ‘A Terrible Miscalculation’
Disney made “a terrible miscalculation” when it condemned Florida’s new parental rights law and alienated the non-woke “silent majority” within the company, according to Jose Castillo, a current Disney employee and Republican congressional candidate. Castillo, who is running in the Republican primary for Florida’s 9th Congressional District, said his employer’s decision to take a stance…
‘Discriminatory’: First Lawsuit Filed Against New Florida Law Barring Sex Talk in Early Grades
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and other officials in the state were hit on March 31 with a federal lawsuit alleging a newly passed bill discriminates against gay and transgender students. Equality Florida, students, and parents say the new law, the Parental Rights in Education act, treats gay and transgender students and students with certain parents unequally….
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