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[mf1972]

i feel this is how disney’s lawyers handled the situation behind the scenes

 

[MagicHappens1971]

Next question, is there anything protecting the cities of Bay Lake and Lake Buena Vista in these new documents?

I skimmed through them two or three times and didn’t see anything that did that. I may be wrong though.

 

[wdwmagic]

Watching more and more clips of these new board members with their knickers in a knot yesterday makes me curious to what these people thought their job was going to actually be. Did they think their role was ever more than the mundane goings on of a local municipality? I keep seeing the one guy going on about “all we can do is road improvements and maintain infrastructure”. Yah! That’s the whole point. You’re not designing new parades and attractions or building new hotels, you’re making sure the trash gets picked up on time and the mosquito sprayer truck is making the rounds. It’s just hilarious to see how mad they are when they realized what a terribly boring job they have been given

I really think they felt they were going to walk into Team Disney and start cancelling Tiana's Bayou Adventure and telling Iger what movies they can make.

 

[JoeCamel]

Imagine the headlines with Charlotte meeting Aurora- A Princess meets a Princess.

Why not Merida?

 

[mmascari]

Watching more and more clips of these new board members with their knickers in a knot yesterday makes me curious to what these people thought their job was going to actually be.

They clearly thought they would have full editorial control of all Disney content.

Specifically, they thought they would be able to leverage the powers of the district to dictate editorial control over things outside those powers.

That's a nice restaurant you have there, you should put cheeseburgers on the menu and change that window poster. On an unrelated note, be a shame if their was a fire, the health department shut you down, or the fire marshal shut you down to make layout changes.

The new events do not eliminate all of those levers, but they significantly reduce the number of levers available and the possible impacts of the ones that are left.

 

[JoeCamel]

They clearly thought they would have full editorial control of all Disney content.

Specifically, they thought they would be able to leverage the powers of the district to dictate editorial control over things outside those powers.

That's a nice restaurant you have there, you should put cheeseburgers on the menu and change that window poster. On an unrelated note, be a shame if their was a fire, the health department shut you down, or the fire marshal shut you down to make layout changes.

The new events do not eliminate all of those levers, but they significantly reduce the number of levers available and the possible impacts of the ones that are left.

With the positions these board members have held in the past I wonder if the reality of what they signed up is causing second thoughts about accepting the position? Who will be the first to bail?

 

[MagicHappens1971]

With the positions these board members have held in the past I wonder if the reality of what they signed up is causing second thoughts about accepting the position? Who will be the first to bail?

I noticed that yedsteday when I was doing some searching, all but one of them are/were lawyers who do/did work at a Law firm. The one that isn’t is the chair for the Sarasota school district.

However, this is Florida and these are DeSantis cronies, they will serve on this board for as long as their dictator tells them to.

 

[Fido Chuckwagon]

I really think they felt they were going to walk into Team Disney and start cancelling Tiana's Bayou Adventure and telling Iger what movies they can make.

This is almost certainly true, and also why this whole thing is so disturbing.

 

[Riviera Rita]

Why not Merida?

Especially as her great granny was half Scottish.

 

[Riviera Rita]

And all this because Disney decided to exercise it's First Amendment rights.

 

[MagicHappens1971]

And all this because Disney decided to exercise it's First Amendment rights.

Coupled with the fact that the governor & other members of his party have openly stated that they did this in retaliation against Disney for their exercise of free speech against the Don't Say Gay bill. I’m sure Disney could sue them for that if the CFTOD decides to escalate this.

 

[JohnD]

Thank you. The article I quoted earlier didn't include the "living as of the date of this Declaration" bit, plus I was thrown by the reference to "the last survivor", which I mistakenly interpreted as referring to future generations. I see now that "the last survivor of the descendants" is meant to be understood as "the last surviving descendant".

I'll accept whatever the correct interpretation is. Yeah, I read it to mean all descendants of King Charles III, meaning when the royal line dies out which would be a VERY long time.

 

[Horizons '83]

I don't dabble in politics, but man its fantastic to see politicians try to pull a "power move" and fail, essentially leaving them at square one. Hopefully this political theatre can end or take a back seat to issues that really matter in Florida, and there are many.

 

[CastAStone]

I'll accept whatever the correct interpretation is. Yeah, I read it to mean all descendants of King Charles III, meaning when the royal line dies out which would be a VERY long time.

It’s a very common land rights item and it always means last living. Even if it wasn’t written that way, Disney would argue that it means last living, because otherwise it’s a perpetuity, and it is specifically written into the document that the King Charles part only comes into effect if it is ruled that a perpetuity isn’t allowed here. But also that’s how any court would interpret it, because again, it’s a norm.

 

[castlecake2.0]

Soooo when is the Governors next press conference… curious to see what questions reporters ask him ….

 

[JohnD]

It’s a very common land rights item and it always means last living. Even if it wasn’t written that way, Disney would argue that it means last living, because otherwise it’s a perpetuity, and it is specifically written into the document that the King Charles part only comes into effect if it is ruled that a perpetuity isn’t allowed here. But also that’s how any court would interpret it, because again, it’s a norm.

Understood. They were going for longest possible time they could get in legal terms. Gotcha.

 

[pdude81]

I think it's a distraction that DeSantis needs even less and one that I think he wished was buttoned up by now considering what he is planning.

I view this in the other direction. He wanted this fight and free publicity in the lead up to some national ambitions. Whether Disney won or lost in a court battle against Florida, he would have the ability to speak in the press and at podiums about his intentions and why he felt the other side needed that talking to. When that didn't happen and this seemed to just go away, we find ourselves in a spot where he polls lower than another large personality.

My take is that he wants this smoke more than ever. It's just that now it's somebody else's battle, and if he gets involved there would have to be an explanation as to why this board needs to get involved in more than services and infrastructure.

 

[Piebald]

I don't think I saw this mentioned but while Disney obviously has a dream team of a legal department the funny thing is that they essentially just used an old spell from the republican playbook and just avada kedavara'd this whole thing. Yes, I went for a nerdy Harry Potter analogy.

 

[MagicHappens1971]

Hopefully this political theatre can end or take a back seat to issues that really matter in Florida, and there are many.

granted they used the special session intended to work on home insurance crisis to focus on this special district, I don’t foresee the political theatre to take a back seat.

 

[LittleBuford]

Not so much to me, I'm afraid! Very used to hearing about 'the Queen of Australia' to try and make us all feel as though the monarchy was not some distant and indifferent institution.

This is a very fair point, and something that I imagine holds true for others from the Commonwealth realms.