Florida Votes to Revoke Special Tax Status for Disney

Via AAN:

The Florida legislature voted decisively to revoke the special tax status the Disney corporation has enjoyed in the state for decades in response to its decision to adopt militantly woke policies.

As The New York Times reports:

The upshot: Disney usually gets whatever it wants in Florida.

That era ended on Thursday, when the Florida House voted to revoke Disney World’s designation as a special tax district — a privilege that Disney has held for 55 years, effectively allowing the company to self-govern its 25,000-acre theme park complex. The Florida Senate on Wednesday voted to eliminate the special zone, which is called the Reedy Creek Improvement District. Having cleared the way to this outcome on Tuesday, Gov. Ron DeSantis will almost certainly make the measure official by adding his signature. It would take effect in June of next year.

The swift effort to dissolve Reedy Creek by Florida Republicans has been widely seen as brazen retaliation after Disney, Florida’s largest private employer, paused political donations in the state and condemned a new education law that opponents call “Don’t Say Gay.” The law, known as Parental Rights in Education, among many things prohibits discussion about sexual orientation and gender identity through the third grade in Florida classrooms and limits it for older students.

Conservatives around the state and the nation were jubilant on social media after news of the legislation’s passing broke: