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Tha Realest

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Chatting with Miami/Tallahassee lobbyist & attorney.

The word up there is that this was entirely done so DeSantis wins on paper and saves face, while after all is said and done, Disney gets what they want: control (via a likely friendlier and more competent board)
A Miami / Tallahassee lobbyist & attorney that’s also an Orlando WDW bus driver.
 

Tha Realest

Well-Known Member
Its not - which is why its specifically mentioned i this settlement
A judge dismissed the case. It can only be “revived” if an appeals court reverses. Disney can choose to push forward with its appeal, but ultimately it is up to an appellate court to “revive the federal suit.”
 

Chi84

Premium Member
It’s not up to Disney to revive the federal suit. It’s dead. If anyone could revive it, it’s the appellate court.

Here:


My favorite line is where the parties refer to the Jan/Feb 2023 agreements as having been “purportedly adopted.”
There’s a final order in the case but the lawsuit isn’t dead; in fact, abandoning an appeal is often part of settlement agreements. And given this particular district judge’s track record of being overturned on first amendment issues, it’s a viable point.
 

Tha Realest

Well-Known Member
There’s a final order in the case but the lawsuit isn’t dead; in fact, abandoning an appeal is often part of settlement agreements. And given this particular district judge’s track record of being overturned on first amendment issues, it’s a viable point.
You’re right. It’s not dead. It’s just been dismissed by a judge, appealed with an uphill battle, and the parties agreed to stay further briefing so they can negotiate a new development agreement between Disney and the CFTOD.
 

Chi84

Premium Member
You’re right. It’s not dead. It’s just been dismissed by a judge, appealed with an uphill battle, and the parties agreed to stay further briefing so they can negotiate a new development agreement between Disney and the CFTOD.
The settlement agreement requires the parties to negotiate in good faith. If that doesn’t happen, they’ll end up back in court for breach of the agreement.

But none of this is likely to happen. The only party who thought he would benefit at all by this course of action was bitten in the behind by it and has no reason to hassle Disney anymore.
 

Chi84

Premium Member
I’m hopeful this is the beginning of the end of this legal battle. No one benefits, and everyone loses.

Disney needs to start rebuilding its image and continuing to fight DeSantis only prevents that from occurring.

Time to turn the page!
The parties have turned the page. They settled the case. It’s over.
 

Tom P.

Well-Known Member
DeSantis should have chosen a different campaign strategy. Books will be written about what a poor choice he made in going after Disney. In fact, there are already some pretty lengthy analyses by political experts.
Agreed. Even if you wanted to base a campaign on an "anti-woke" strategy, Disney was the wrong target. Liberal or not, Disney is still beloved and Walt Disney World is one of the most popular vacation destinations in the world. It was just never going to end well for DeSantis.
 

OvertheHorizon

Well-Known Member
Chatting with Miami/Tallahassee lobbyist & attorney.

The word up there is that this was entirely done so DeSantis wins on paper and saves face, while after all is said and done, Disney gets what they want: control (via a likely friendlier and more competent board)
This sounds right to me. I suspect that the recent moves made by the Governor to change a Board member and bring in a more experienced administrator were precursors to the agreed upon settlement.
 

ParentsOf4

Well-Known Member
Based on public statements, Disney wanted to cool things off some time ago.

But with DeSantis running for president, any deal would have been spun as a DeSantis loss by his opponents.

Now that he’s no longer running and the national spotlight is no longer on him, I suspect DeSantis was willing to agree to the deal that Disney wanted to make all along.

Disney wants profitable business growth in Florida. This agreement supports that.
 

monothingie

Evil will always triumph, because good is dumb.
Premium Member
Based on public statements, Disney wanted to cool things off some time ago.

But with DeSantis running for president, any deal would have been spun as a DeSantis loss by his opponents.

Now that he’s no longer running and the national spotlight is no longer on him, I suspect DeSantis was willing to agree to the deal that Disney wanted to make all along.

Disney wants profitable business growth in Florida. This agreement supports that.
I agree, Disney started putting feelers out for wanting to settle and tone this down at the end of 2023 and after the setbacks in the various court cases, they realized that it would be increasingly difficult to put things back to the way they were. I agree with you on the Governor, but I will add that it was likely not the State of Florida initiating settlement talks with Disney, but the other way around.
 

Vegas Disney Fan

Well-Known Member
I agree, Disney started putting feelers out for wanting to settle and tone this down at the end of 2023 and after the setbacks in the various court cases, they realized that it would be increasingly difficult to put things back to the way they were. I agree with you on the Governor, but I will add that it was likely not the State of Florida initiating settlement talks with Disney, but the other way around.
I think this is exactly how it went down, Disney’s been trying to resolve this for a year but DeSantis was dug in for personal reasons, now that he’s out of the election FL could finally sit down and listen to what Disney was offering without it “damaging” a campaign. 2 years of infighting with one of your state’s largest employers/revenue generators, and millions of tax dollars spent on lawyers, for political reasons, what a fiasco.
 

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