Disney is scrapping plans for a new $1 billion Florida campus

[Scott]

 

 

Disney on Thursday upped the ante in its battle with Florida’s Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, and it cost his state 2,000 white-collar jobs.

Disney is scrapping plans to build a $1 billion office complex in Florida, citing “changing business conditions,” according to a memo provided by a Disney spokesperson.

The decision comes at a time when the company is openly feuding with DeSantis, who is expected to officially enter the 2024 GOP presidential race next week, CNN reported Thursday.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/18/media/disney-florida-desantis/index.html

[Bkk Brian]

The battle in full swing with Disney firing back. This is not going to end well for DeSantis

[Tug]

Ron certainly is a piece of work just lost his state a billion dollar investment has made a name for himself by stripping women of their rights made it even easier for just about anyone to arm themselves and conceal carry no checks or questions (any tweaker) can be armed(bet the cops are (censored) about that!harasses the most helpless easiest targets (immigrants and lgbtq) quite the piece of work yup!I hope Disney absolutely squashes this wanna be fascist!

[James105]

1 hour ago, Tug said:

Ron certainly is a piece of work just lost his state a billion dollar investment has made a name for himself by stripping women of their rights made it even easier for just about anyone to arm themselves and conceal carry no checks or questions (any tweaker) can be armed(bet the cops are (censored) about that!harasses the most helpless easiest targets (immigrants and lgbtq) quite the piece of work yup!I hope Disney absolutely squashes this wanna be fascist!

What rights has he stripped from women?   

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5 minutes ago, James105 said:

What rights has he stripped from women?   

The right to an abortion within 15 weeks of conception.

[ozimoron]

8 minutes ago, James105 said:

What rights has he stripped from women?   

The right to a decent education uncensored by the state.

[James105]

1 hour ago, ozimoron said:

The right to a decent education uncensored by the state.

The state has always censored stuff that kids are too young to see regarding sexually explicit content.   That is why certain movies are given adult ratings.   Only "people" with very questionable intentions for kids would want them sexualised at such a young age. 

 

Why is it that you want kids to see this stuff?

[ozimoron]

15 minutes ago, James105 said:

The state has always censored stuff that kids are too young to see regarding sexually explicit content.   That is why certain movies are given adult ratings.   Only "people" with very questionable intentions for kids would want them sexualised at such a young age. 

 

Why is it that you want kids to see this stuff?

I'm not interested in that stuff, it's just weirdos making alarmist and false homophobic allegations about subjects that are a matter for kids, parents and their doctors. Not state political and religious interference. Nor am I concerned about what education kids are or are not receiving about sexuality and gender. Not in the least.

 

Nope, I'm talking Critical Race Theory.

[BusyB]

4 hours ago, Tug said:

Ron certainly is a piece of work just lost his state a billion dollar investment has made a name for himself by stripping women of their rights made it even easier for just about anyone to arm themselves and conceal carry no checks or questions (any tweaker) can be armed(bet the cops are (censored) about that!harasses the most helpless easiest targets (immigrants and lgbtq) quite the piece of work yup!I hope Disney absolutely squashes this wanna be fascist!

Sounds like paradise.

[wwest5829]

3 hours ago, James105 said:

What rights has he stripped from women?   

??? Right to make their own decisions concerning pregnancy medical care ...

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2 hours ago, James105 said:

The state has always censored stuff that kids are too young to see regarding sexually explicit content.   That is why certain movies are given adult ratings.   Only "people" with very questionable intentions for kids would want them sexualised at such a young age. 

 

Why is it that you want kids to see this stuff?

I don't think that's true. It's been up to localities to decide. I guess now you think it should be up to big gubbamint to decide what the standards should be?

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2 hours ago, James105 said:

The state has always censored stuff that kids are too young to see regarding sexually explicit content.   That is why certain movies are given adult ratings.   Only "people" with very questionable intentions for kids would want them sexualised at such a young age. 

 

Why is it that you want kids to see this stuff?

And what's this got to do with the fact that the Desantis is deploying the resource of the State of Florida to punish Disney for publicly criticizing the government?

[thecyclist]

4 hours ago, James105 said:

What rights has he stripped from women?   

The right to liberty, equality and the pursuit of happiness free from totalitarianism of a clownish wannabe Mussolini. 

[candide]

1 hour ago, placeholder said:

And what's this got to do with the fact that the Desantis is deploying the resource of the State of Florida to punish Disney for publicly criticizing the government?

On top of it, the moron bragged publicly about it, confirming Disney's claim that is was indeed a 1st amendment issue.

[RichardColeman]

9 hours ago, Bkk Brian said:

The battle in full swing with Disney firing back. This is not going to end well for DeSantis

Really ? Where will they go, I here the downtown San Francisco sirloin area is quite a nice place to set up shop - or maybe Portland, Chicago, NY.................................People are moving to Florida - not away

[BritManToo]

6 hours ago, James105 said:

What rights has he stripped from women?   

The right to kill their unborn children in Florida?

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6 minutes ago, RichardColeman said:

Really ? Where will they go, I here the downtown San Francisco sirloin area is quite a nice place to set up shop - or maybe Portland, Chicago, NY.................................People are moving to Florida - not away

They can stay right where they are but just go slower. Lots of other people invested in real estate and such on the strength of Disney's plans. And there will be less jobs than there otherwise would have been. And Disney is letting people know it. Lot of Republicans are making their unhappiness with Desantis known too,  He's overplayed his hand. But he doesn't know how to retreat.

 

There was an interesting story a while back about how Desantis fired someone he suspected of going behind his back to the press. She is a very well connected long time Republican apparatchik. Not only did he fire her, but he made sure that no other Republicans in the state would hire her. Now she's working for Trump.

 

DeSantis tried to bury her. Now she’s helping Trump try to bury him

https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation-politics/desantis-tried-to-bury-her-now-shes-helping-trump-try-to-bury-him/

 

There is something seriously wrong with Desantis. HIs guiding principle is vindictiveness.

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1 minute ago, BritManToo said:

The right to kill their unborn children in Florida?

Call it what you like. Most Americans wouldn't agree with your characterization, anyway.  As the Republicans keep on finding out.

[ozimoron]

4 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

The right to kill their unborn children in Florida?

Yes

[eisfeld]

1 hour ago, placeholder said:

There is something seriously wrong with Desantis. HIs guiding principle is vindictiveness.

To me it seems like he is showing all the traits of a dictator that just doesn't have absolute power yet. Very strong populist agendas. Vindictiveness as you said. Focus on attacking something or somebody instead of putting the energy towards positive ventures and being an inspiring rolemodel. Trying to instill fear to suppress opponents.

 

He shares a lot of these traits with Trump but seems even more aggressive and trying to properly hurt his targets. Scary to have someone like that in power. But as we are seeing people like that will try to tear each other apart even if they are from the same party.

[candide]

1 hour ago, placeholder said:

They can stay right where they are but just go slower. Lots of other people invested in real estate and such on the strength of Disney's plans. And there will be less jobs than there otherwise would have been. And Disney is letting people know it. Lot of Republicans are making their unhappiness with Desantis known too,  He's overplayed his hand. But he doesn't know how to retreat.

 

There was an interesting story a while back about how Desantis fired someone he suspected of going behind his back to the press. She is a very well connected long time Republican apparatchik. Not only did he fire her, but he made sure that no other Republicans in the state would hire her. Now she's working for Trump.

 

DeSantis tried to bury her. Now she’s helping Trump try to bury him

https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation-politics/desantis-tried-to-bury-her-now-shes-helping-trump-try-to-bury-him/

 

There is something seriously wrong with Desantis. HIs guiding principle is vindictiveness.

There are a few things DeSantis did not take into account about his different 'crusades':

- Dysney employs 75,000 people, there are also thousands of induced jobs in hotels, shops, etc... These people also have family members. That's a lot of voters.

- LGBT: more than 4% of Florida's pop. That's even more a lot of voters.

- women: few actually use abortion, but many want to keep this option open to them. That's also a lot of voters.

[Tug]

19 minutes ago, eisfeld said:

To me it seems like he is showing all the traits of a dictator that just doesn't have absolute power yet. Very strong populist agendas. Vindictiveness as you said. Focus on attacking something or somebody instead of putting the energy towards positive ventures and being an inspiring rolemodel. Trying to instill fear to suppress opponents.

 

He shares a lot of these traits with Trump but seems even more aggressive and trying to properly hurt his targets. Scary to have someone like that in power. But as we are seeing people like that will try to tear each other apart even if they are from the same party.

Don’t worry he’s not a real governor he only plays one to pander for votes he does little to address the poverty rampant drug addiction and crime in the state he’s supposed to govern he’s much to busy picking fights with Mikey mouse and attacking the most defenseless in society .truly sad 

[vandeventer]

Good on you Ron, stick to your guns. The shareholders of Disney might not like this move away from Florida as it is only political.

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12 minutes ago, vandeventer said:

Good on you Ron, stick to your guns. The shareholders of Disney might not like this move away from Florida as it is only political.

What guns are those? Trying to make business difficult for a company because it's voiced opinions that you don't like? 

[eisfeld]

52 minutes ago, vandeventer said:

The shareholders of Disney might not like this move away from Florida as it is only political.

So you are suggesting shareholders would prefer the company move a part of their business into a state where the government actively fights the company? I'm pretty sure they'll have more sense than that.

[Bkk Brian]

58 minutes ago, vandeventer said:

Good on you Ron, stick to your guns. The shareholders of Disney might not like this move away from Florida as it is only political.

Nobody from Disney is moving away from Florida, all DeSantis has achieved is lose an extra workforce of 2,000 Disney employees many of which were going to be re located from California and others needed to be recruited. All white collar jobs. Oh and of course the sum of nearly $1 billion investment and all the other local jobs it would have created.

 

Yea stick to your guns Ron, way to go......lol

[vandeventer]

19 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

Nobody from Disney is moving away from Florida, all DeSantis has achieved is lose an extra workforce of 2,000 Disney employees many of which were going to be re located from California and others needed to be recruited. All white collar jobs. Oh and of course the sum of nearly $1 billion investment and all the other local jobs it would have created.

 

Yea stick to your guns Ron, way to go......lol

Staying in Florida is cheaper tax wise.

[Bkk Brian]

4 minutes ago, vandeventer said:

Staying in Florida is cheaper tax wise.

Who's leaving Florida?

[ballpoint]

Mickey Mouse 1

Goofy 0

[dingdongrb]

Move to Ohio.......  Seems that Intel and Google like the area!