> https://thenewamerican.com/desantis-board-to-curb-disney-is-neutered-on-arrival/?pk_campaign=feed&pk_kwd=desantis-board-to-curb-disney-is-neutered-on-arrival > Ron DeSantis may have warned Disney that there’s a new sheriff in town, but, thus far, it seems that Sheriff Mickey Mouse is still calling all the shots. > The Florida Republican governor’s effort to shut down Disney’s ability to run its own government jurisdiction has hit a snag, as the board DeSantis created to manage the area encompassing Walt Disney World Resort now admits that its hands are tied from any meaningful action due to an 11th-hour deal made between Disney and the DeSantis appointees’ predecessors. > Members of the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District (CFTOD), created during a special session of the Republican-dominated Florida Legislature with the support of DeSantis, say the agreement keeps control in the hands of Disney for the next 30 years, and even prevents the board from taking many major actions without approval from the company. > “This essentially makes Disney the government,” board member Ron Peri said on local television on Wednesday. “This board loses, for practical purposes, the majority of its ability to do anything beyond maintaining the roads and maintaining basic infrastructure.”