About 7 months ago now, I created a thread that summarized a video interview from Legal Mindset (government name: Andrew Esquire), who is one of the few lawyers specializing in Florida Special Districts law, talking about how all of the attempts at gaslighting about the situation did not actually meet the truth of what was happening, and that DeSantis had actually bent Disney over and spanked their asses with virtually no way out, with a full TLDR of the reasons why listed in the other thread.

Now, there are newspapers and journo's putting out messages with supposed updates about Reedy Creek, spinning the info as DeSantis backing down and Disney winning this fight, especially now that Iger is back in charge.

So the same interviewer did another video with Andrew (one more in-depth about a month ago, and one yesterday with some further Post-Election, Post-Iger clarification). And at least according to Andrew, everything is happening exactly as he called it.

Basically, the "proof" that Disney is winning and DeSantis is backing down is that Reedy Creek will still exist and still have Disney property, and will now just have a board overlooking it. There is just one problem with this narrative: that is what literally every other Special District in the state is like! Part of what made Reedy Creek so unique is that they didnt have that sort of oversight. Now they will, and the board will consist of members from Orange and Osceola counties, as well as appointed representatives from the state of Florida, who are chosen by the Governor.

Now, if Disney wants to do anything, they will have file permits, pay fees and taxes on their work, and have their work approved by the board. Which also means anything they do is going to be going public within hours of them filling the permits, just like what happens with Universal Orlando whenever they plan on doing anything. This is some sort of "win", is it Disney? And the odds they get back their old cushy deal is practically gone now that DeSantis has won a crushing re-election and Iger is back (who has even less pull with Florida representatives than even Chapek did).

So why are they saying that Disney totally is owning DeSantis? Probably the same reason they did the first time: Political favoritism, shills, personal grudges, you name it. Still aint going to help Disney, especially as their financials continue to get worse and worse.

About 7 months ago now, I created a thread the summarized a video interview from Legal Mindset (government name: Andrew Esquire), who is one of the few lawyers specializing in Florida Special Districts law, talking about how all of the attempts a gaslighting about the situation did not actually meet the truth of what was happening, and that DeSantis had actually bent Disney over and spanked their asses with virtually no way out, with a full TLDR of the reasons why listed in the other thread.

Now, there are newspapers and journo's putting out messages with supposed updates about Reedy Creek, spinning the info as DeSantis backing down and Disney winning this fight, especially now that Iger is back in charge.

So the same interviewer did another video with Andrew (one more in-depth about a month ago, and one yesterday with some further Post-Election, Post-Iger clarification). And at least according to Andrew, everything is happening exactly as he called it.

Basically, the "proof" that Disney is winning and DeSantis is backing down is that Reedy Creek will still exist and still have Disney property, and will now just have a board overlooking it. There is just one problem with this narrative: that is what literally every other Special District in the state is like! Part of what made Reedy Creek so unique is that they didnt have that sort of oversight. Now they will, and the board will consist of members from Orange and Osceola counties, as well as appointed representatives from the state of Florida, who are chosen by the Governor.

Now, if Disney wants to do anything, they will have file permits, pay fees and taxes on their work, and have their work approved by the board. Which also means anything they do is going to be going public within hours of them filling the permits, just like what happens with Universal Orlando whenever they plan on doing anything. This is some sort of "win", is it Disney? And the odds they get back their old cushy deal is practically gone now that DeSantis has won a crushing re-election and Iger is back (who has even less pull with Florida representatives than even Chapek did).

So why are they saying that Disney totally is owning DeSantis? Probably the same reason they did the first time: Political favoritism, shills, personal grudges, you name it. Still aint going to help Disney, especially as their financials continue to get worse and worse.