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    Michael Hiltzik: How Disney's lawyers brutally mauled DeSantis over control of Disney World

    by Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times Mar 30, 2023 3 minutes
    Ron DeSantis’“ Stop WOKE” campaign just ran into a Disney buzz saw.

    Did you really believe that Florida's arrogant, petty, childish Gov. Ron DeSantis would get the better of Walt Disney Co. in their fight over Disney's supposed "wokeness"?

    If so, you don't know your Disney.

    DeSantis handpicked a board of cronies to take over control of Reedy Creek Improvement District — the quasi-governmental entity that Disney and Florida established more than 55 years ago to control development and management of the land on which Walt Disney World, EPCOT and the company's related enterprises are located.

    DeSantis' board has now revealed that, while they were snoozing, Disney that strips the new board of all its powers except the authority to "maintain the roads and maintain basic infrastructure," according to one of the new board members.

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