The deals are at the center of the battle between Disney and DeSantis, who is expected to challenge former President Donald Trump in the 2024 GOP primary.
out of the state's Republican-majority Legislature just a day earlier, follows a vote by DeSantis' board members to invalidate the deals, claiming they were struck unlawfully. Disney says the contracts were crafted to help lock in its long-term development plans amid escalating tension with DeSantis and his allies.
Shortly after, DeSantis and his allies moved to dissolve the special tax district that had allowed Walt Disney World to essentially govern its own operations since the 1960s. In March, the new board accused Disney of crafting 11th-hour deals that undercut its power. Disney says its contacts were forged publicly, and that they don't undermine the board's oversight of the district's operations.
The Legislature, which bears Republican supermajorities in both chambers, churned out bills that helped enact DeSantis' wide-ranging conservative agenda — with a focus on divisive cultural issues that could resonate in a Republican primary race.
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