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BTW, Garcia’s Affidavits in support of the Motions confirms that his tenure ended earlier this month (on March 6 or March 8, depending on which of his Affidavits you’re reading).

After months of back and forth to get deposition dates for the Board members, they were finally scheduled for late March and early April, starting with Garcia on March 22. Disney filed notice of the dates on March 1. Yesterday, March 19, after 5 pm, CFTOD filed motions seeking protective orders...

Board members are in the “Reserved” seats in the front row.

This site says they’ll have live coverage: https://www.clickorlando.com/news/politics/2024/02/22/gov-desantis-to-speak-in-lake-buena-vista/

And one more: Disney has filed a motion to further continue the hearing date for CFTOD’s motion for summary judgement, because CFTOD is still refusing to comply with their discovery obligations. They’re seeking a 6-month continuance.

Also in the state case, Disney has now filed a Motion to Compel Discovery from the Executive Office of the Governor. They allege that the EOG has been less than compliant with a 3rd-party subpoena served in October. There are months of emails between the lawyers but the EOG has failed to produce...

Disney’s Motion to Compel Discovery was heard in state court this morning. Order to follow. Has anyone seen any reporting on it yet? (Despite all the public attention these cases have received, reporting about the actual court proceedings has been abysmal.)

New (I think?) counsel for Disney in the Public Records case:

And in Disney’s Public Records claim: NOTICE OF HEARING PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on Thursday, January 25, 2024 at 8:30 a.m. EDT, or as soon thereafter as the matter can be heard, before the Honorable Chad K. Alvaro, Circuit Judge, the undersigned counsel will call up for short-matters hearing...

We have new filings in the state court. In the district’s lawsuit against Disney (& Disney’s countersuit): NOTICE OF HEARING PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on Tuesday, January 23, 2024 at 8:30 a.m. EDT, or as soon thereafter as the matter can be heard, before the Honorable Margaret H. Schreiber...

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Does anyone have a link to this one without a paywall? https://www.bizjournals.com/orlando/news/2024/01/03/ahvanguard-disney-district-bid.html

Here’s Disney’s filing, with the 11th circuit’s Warren decision attached. (I don’t see it on CourtListener yet but when I do I’ll post a link to that too.) The Warren decision is worth reading. And here’s a Slate article about that decision...

The records statute also mentions suspension, removal and impeachment of officials, but it’s not clear on the procedure for that (court? the governor?). Other legislation and/or case law may explain that.

CFTOD & RCID would generally be considered one continuing entity for legal purposes. Many of the discovery requests will be inherently limited to a certain period of time because they relate to certain events, such as documents relating to the preparation of the Development Agreement, or to the...

We’ve done NYE at Disney for at least a decade (except for 2020) and the restrictions on park reservations definitely resulted in less crowding in 2021 & 2022. It used to get so crowded that you could barely move in some areas. I’m hoping for the same this year. We’ll be at Boardwalk from Dec...

Sorry, I realized shortly after posting that I hadn’t sourced the quote. It’s from page 2 of Disney’s Public Records lawsuit. I’ve edited my original post.

At least one CFTOD official has been deposed (according to Disney’s lawsuit under the Public Records legislation) 👀 (apologies if someone already posted this)

Disney has also filed a Motion to Compel Discovery in the lawsuit in state court. Shockingly, it seems the CFTOD is still managing their discovery obligations with the same good faith and diligence that they bring to their management of the district 😒.

The correspondence in the Exhibits at the end of the filing are interesting reading, including the additional public records requests made by Disney on Nov. 30th & Dec. 6th: “All contracts, as well as all draft contracts, between the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District and Donald J...