The chaos and grief would be a bit of pyrrhic victory for DeSantis, I think. Everyone would initially be mad at and blame Disney and DeSantis might make a little hay off of it (I created jobs!), but Disney would likely have the facts out in the media and sentiment would likely turn after a few days. If it doesn’t turn hard enough, though, and cause enough of a pushback forcing it to stop it would absolutely be worth seeking an injunction. And it would still give him a “victory” that he can point to, in making Disney waste time and resources in fighting that. Remember, we’re not (IMO) dealing with a rational actor at this point.
Honestly, my biggest concern (while acknowledging that it’s almost out of the realm of possibility) is if DeSantis/the board get really desperate for anything to look like a win and do something very dumb and drastic like close off a handful or more of the roads into property, likely with some obviously fake yet “plausible” reason, wreaking havoc on local traffic. I just hope that he doesn’t remember that the CMs pushed the company to respond and decide to take actions that harm them the most (I believe tolls and road closures would do that very effectively). It just seems like the easiest, least effort way to a “win” for him, which he and his board seems desperate to have.
Speaking of the board, I know it was brought up earlier this week or last, but did anyone actually find legislative approval of the board members yet? If there’s no official notice of their approval by the state Senate by the end of the current session, could Disney have them unseated? I know that it would just result in a scrambled special session to affirm and reappoint them, but would be yet another egg in his face that would be entertaining.
