Como residente da Flórida, estou vivendo uma das batalhas mais notáveis entre o maior empregador do estado e um culto ideológico em torno e incluindo o governador do estado de Sunshine. Ele quer ser o próximo presidente da América. Para conseguir isso, ele precisa obter a indicação republicana. Parcialmente em seu caminho está o Shuffling, Stoop -ombre e extravagante Donald Trump.
As a bit of background, Disney and Florida are at war.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is a complex character. He wants to be the next President of America. To achieve this, he needs to gain the Republican nomination. Standing partially in his way is the shuffling, stoop shouldered, flamboyantly quaffed Donald Trump.
Ron e Don costumavam ser amigos. Ron apoiou Don em sua campanha presidencial da última vez. Mas agora Don quer ser presidente novamente, mas Ron também. Veteranos descontentes, karens, racistas, sexistas, anti-semitas, homofóbicos, amantes de armas e, mais importante, a direita religiosa cristã. -
While Don is struggling to overcome his legal challenges and possible criminal indictments, as last week’s blog discussed, Ron is using that to his advantage.
Ron is trying to win over the hardcore supporters who propelled Trump to power in 2016: Angry white people, disgruntled veterans, Karens, racists, sexists, antisemites, homophobes, gun-lovers and most importantly the Christian religious right.
The Christian Right could, and probably will, become a political party of their own pretty soon.
They have fundamental beliefs based on 16th century interpretations of 2000-year-old Jewish writings – O que estranhamente não parece incomodá -los, mas - e os interpreta para se adequar à sua situação ou exigindo que sejam seguidos, erm, religiosamente como o evangelho. Michelangelo's
Ron has a lot of these people as close friends and advisers and they are making laws and rules based on their beliefs.
Last week Friends of Ron (FOR) declared Michelangelo’s David Pornográfico, e um professor de arte veterano foi demitido por compartilhar a imagem na escola. ou orientação nas escolas, adicionando a capacidade dos pais processarem professores ou educadores que o fizeram. Queers. Aparecendo os livros, empilhando a literatura clássica em Pyres.
Florida’s FOR had also recently presented the so called ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Laws to the Governor and he happily approved them making it an offence to talk about gender, sexuality, or orientation in schools, adding the ability for parents to sue teachers or educators who did.
And earlier in the year, in scenes reminiscent of the dark days of Mao, Stalin, Pol Pot and Germany in the Thirties – schools were given lists of books which were banned and to be removed from libraries and reading lists.
At the top of the list of banned books were those written by queers.
Anything which could possibly be deemed as ‘gay’ or promoting anything but the nuclear family of mum and dad was subversive according to FOR, and only one step away from turning your budding high school football superstar into a cross dressing, show-song-singing, flaming homo.
Angry Karens took over school libraries, ripping books apart, piling classic literature in pyres.
Então, você pergunta, o que tudo isso tem a ver com a Disney? Eles exigiram que a Disney flexionasse seus músculos poderosos e falasse por eles.
Well, Disney is possibly the biggest employer of theatrical stars and performers in the world let alone the state and a significant percentage of their ‘cast members’ are LGBTQ+ or supportive of gay rights and gender recognition laws. They demanded Disney flexed its powerful muscles and speak up for them.
After a bit of a delay, the top folks at Disney let it be publicly known they didn’t think much of Ron’s rules and were opposed to it.
Ron não estava feliz. Pois e grupos cristãos pediram que suas congregações boicotem a Disney e fossem para as pessoas legais nos parques temáticos universais, porque tinham a decência de ficar em silêncio sobre a questão. Sinners, ou queimaduras de livros - quando o pipeline de financiamento político é desligado, fica real.
Disney went a step further and made it clear that their political advocacy – which is the way we politely describe bunging huge sums of money to candidates before elections – would be reviewed in light of this matter.
Never mind gay rights, praying for sinners, or book burnings – when the political funding pipeline is turned off, it gets real.
Desantis e seus pequenos ajudantes foram trabalhar. Como parte do acordo para fazer com que o gigante da animação abra seu maior e melhor parque temático lá e, posteriormente, mude toda a economia da região de citros para turismo, um acordo foi cortado com a Disney para deixá -lo executar o desenvolvimento em seus próprios termos. Gerenciado quase como uma cidade por si só, possui sua própria brigada de bombeiros, a segurança, gerencia seus problemas de águas pluviais e gera eletricidade que compartilha com as comunidades vizinhas. Distrito
Disney sits on a huge tract of drained swamp in the centre of Florida. As part of the deal to get the animation giant to open his biggest and best theme park there and subsequently change the entire economy of the region from citrus to tourism, a deal was cut with Disney to let it run the development on its own terms. Managed almost as a city in and of itself, it has its own fire brigade, security, manages its storm water issues and generates electricity which it shares with surrounding communities.
According to FOR, if Disney was going to ‘side with the queers’ then they were going to pay.
That Special Authority, known for 50-plus years as The Reedy Creek Improvement District, foi ameaçado e, com DeSantis, liderando o ataque, abolido no final de fevereiro deste ano. "Há um novo xerife na cidade, e a responsabilidade será a ordem do dia." Membros. Então Ron revelou Ron Peri, CEO da reunião dos EUA, um ministério cristão como membro do conselho. Ele então acrescentou que o advogado Martin Garcia, de Tampa, cuja empresa de investimento privado contribuiu para a eleição de DeSantis, nomeando -o como o novo presidente.
“Today, the corporate kingdom finally comes to an end,” DeSantis told a press conference held at a fire station on Disney property. “There’s a new sheriff in town, and accountability will be the order of the day.”
It is unclear if Governor DeSantis was dressed as Woody from Toy Story when he made this Churchillian pronouncement.
A new Central Florida Tourism Oversight District (CFTOD) was instantly set up and Sheriff DeSantis declared he was personally picking the new board members.
First, he appointed Bridget Ziegler, who co-founded the conservative Moms for Liberty and is wife to Christian Ziegler, the new chair of Republican Party of Florida. Then Ron unveiled Ron Peri, CEO of The Gathering USA, a Christian ministry as a member of the board. He then added lawyer Martin Garcia of Tampa, whose private investment firm contributed to DeSantis’ election, appointing him as the new chair.
DeSantis então nomeou mais advogados, Michael Sasso e Brian Aungst, para o conselho, talvez sentindo que isso possa se tornar legalmente desafiador em breve.
Disney estava chateado. Eles se encontraram dentro do Magic Kingdom e começaram a eclodir um plano para lutar contra o xerife do mal e colocá-lo nas mãos agradecidas das princesas, rainhas e fadas mais uma vez. Suas taxas e dividendos para servir no novo cftod, silenciosamente e sem chamar a atenção para si mesmos, a equipe de saída desencadeou uma cláusula de brecha. O novo acordo que eles assinaram utilizaram uma lei obscura de propriedades, ocasionalmente usadas na Grã -Bretanha, mas anteriormente inéditas nos EUA - o
But no-one could possibly have guessed the absolute diamond their army of super talented lawyers would concoct to achieve this.
While the Sheriff and his new henchmen and women were busy celebrating and arranging their fees and dividends for serving on the new CFTOD, quietly and without drawing attention to themselves, the outgoing team triggered a loophole clause.
While the other woodland folks slept, the good people of Reedy Creek gathered to propose and approve without fanfare a contentious agreement just a day before Sheriff DeSantis was expecting to assumed more control of Disney’s kingdom.
The new agreement they signed utilised an obscure property law, occasionally used in the Great Britain but previously unheard of in the USA – the regra contra perpetuidades. Para encobrir seu novo acordo. As meias com a cabeça de um esquilo antes de serem pregadas na porta da prefeitura para todo o povo da Disney ler. “Este conselho perde, para fins práticos, a maioria de sua capacidade de fazer qualquer coisa além de manter as estradas e manter a infraestrutura básica.”
Disney being Disney, never one to miss an opportunity to generate headlines, create blockbuster theatre or bring the glamour of the stage to even the most turgid of legal affairs chose some spectacular language to shroud their new agreement in.
Establishing the expiration terms of the new agreement, Disney set that date as:
“twenty one (21) years after the death of the last survivor of the descendants of King Charles IIII, King of England living as of the date of this Declaration.”
I can only imagine this was cried out in the Town Square by a man dressed in forest green tights with a squirrel’s head before being nailed to the town hall door for all the Disney folk to read.
The Sheriff’s preacher friend was none-too-happy.
“This essentially makes Disney the government,” Ron Peri huffed. “This board loses, for practical purposes, the majority of its ability to do anything beyond maintain the roads and maintain basic infrastructure.”
'Moms for Liberty' O chefe de Bridgit Zeigler também estava furioso. Florida. ”
“The arrogance of @disney continues” she tweeted “From ignoring parents and allowing radicals to sexualize our children, to now ignoring Florida taxpayers by sneaking in a last minute sweetheart development agreement, Disney has once again overplayed their hand in Florida.”
Se ela ordenou que uma enteada para esfregar a lareira como uma consequência não está clara. e clientes globais para tentar e 'fazer boas idéias acontecer'.
This is destined for the courts, of course, its America, but a mouse master stroke, I’m sure you will agree.
