The suit was related to the takeover of the district at the behest of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis after Disney had opposed the state's "Don't Say Gay" law.
I read that from the article also, but it wasn’t really heavy on actual detail.
The settlement also includes Disney’s agreement to seek permission from a federal appeals court to pause its effort to revive a dismissed retaliation lawsuit against DeSantis in Florida federal court in light of expected negotiations of a “new development deal” between the company and the district.
The only thing I can imagine is that Disney negotiated something that was more worth their while than the oversight board behind closed doors in exchange for dropping the lawsuits.
I always saw the lawsuits as a means to combat DeSantis’ grandstanding to get the party bid with negative PR. This still reads as a Disney win to me and everyone is simply tying up loose ends. I guess we won’t know for sure though.
Yeah, that makes sense. I guess I was just hoping Disney would use their legal might to go full scorched earth (as implausible as that would actually be).
Oh me too 100%. I think they both have enough resources for this to end up as a protracted pissing match where they both lose(as long as he’s still governor at least) so it’s a fine line to walk. DeSantis is a huge piece of shit and did a lot of irreparable harm to the state while chasing headlines and I hope he gets what’s coming to him, but I know it won’t happen.
The article was pretty vague. From what I read, it sounded like Disney was basically dropping everything without really getting anything in return other than a mention of “expected negotiations of a ‘new development deal’ between the company and the district.”
This sounds right. Disney never really cared about “winning” anything. Disney is likely getting the money, concessions, and control it wanted, maybe more, still has the street cred from fighting back when people were still looking, and doesn’t care if DeSantis acts like he won.
Maybe there’s something I missed in the article, but it sounds like DeSantis won.
I read that from the article also, but it wasn’t really heavy on actual detail.
The only thing I can imagine is that Disney negotiated something that was more worth their while than the oversight board behind closed doors in exchange for dropping the lawsuits.
I guess? That’s the only part that stood out to me, as well, though it was vague.
Was really hoping Disney’s legal machine might do some good for once.
I always saw the lawsuits as a means to combat DeSantis’ grandstanding to get the party bid with negative PR. This still reads as a Disney win to me and everyone is simply tying up loose ends. I guess we won’t know for sure though.
Yeah, that makes sense. I guess I was just hoping Disney would use their legal might to go full scorched earth (as implausible as that would actually be).
Oh me too 100%. I think they both have enough resources for this to end up as a protracted pissing match where they both lose(as long as he’s still governor at least) so it’s a fine line to walk. DeSantis is a huge piece of shit and did a lot of irreparable harm to the state while chasing headlines and I hope he gets what’s coming to him, but I know it won’t happen.
My interpretation is that both sides got tired of bickering and just gave up on the fight in general.
The Mouse doesn’t give up.
Yeah, someone isn’t familiar with Disney’s litigious history
Leaving the changes in place, which is the weird part.
Where did you get that? There’s no detail on what things will look like moving forward
The article was pretty vague. From what I read, it sounded like Disney was basically dropping everything without really getting anything in return other than a mention of “expected negotiations of a ‘new development deal’ between the company and the district.”
Sounds more like DeSantis negotiated for them to stay, with better conditions, as a way to save face.
If Disney stays and it’s discovered that DeSantis gave them better conditions, it’s DeSantis that caved and negotiated a deal behind closed doors.
This sounds right. Disney never really cared about “winning” anything. Disney is likely getting the money, concessions, and control it wanted, maybe more, still has the street cred from fighting back when people were still looking, and doesn’t care if DeSantis acts like he won.