Florida House, Senate vote to strip Disney’s special governing status awarded in ’67

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Florida House, Senate vote to strip Disney’s special governing status awarded in ’67

by WorldTribune Staff, April 21, 2022 The Florida House of Representatives on Thursday passed legislation that would dissolve the agreement which grants Walt Disney World special governing powers over itself. The Florida Senate, by a 23-16 margin, voted on Wednesday to dissolve the Reedy Creek Improvement District, which in 1967 granted Disney a special taxing […]

Atypical: Republican in Florida ‘getting things done’ even on — horrors — ‘social issues’

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Atypical: Republican in Florida ‘getting things done’ even on — horrors — ‘social issues’

by WorldTribune Staff, April 1, 2022 Republicans “have a nasty habit of ignoring social issues. They shunned to the back room objections to abortion, gay marriage and the transgendering of our children. Only wars and tax cuts seem to interest the Republican Establishment,” blogger Don Surber noted. But, in the Free State of Florida, a […]