“Don’t Fuck With The Mouse!”—Harlan Ellison

An unnamed Walt Disney World spokesperson responded by email with this statement. 4/ pic.twitter.com/AAY9bdmMz3

— Mike DeForest (@DeForestNews6) March 29, 2023

Yup; they did.

Nearly 10 months passed between @VoteRandyFine filing a bill to abolish Reedy Creek and @Hawkins4florida filing a bill to reinstate the special district with alternations. Disney and Reedy Creek signed the agreements 2 days later (and recorded it with the county the next day) pic.twitter.com/CkUKR051ft

— Mike DeForest (@DeForestNews6) March 30, 2023

"Last minute" is a little bit of special pleading. Disney waited until they knew what the new law would be and then, before it was law, acted legally and accordingly. DeSantis never saw it coming because he wasn’t looking. Not a good look for a guy who claims he’s qualified to be POTUS.

It was all right in front of him. Disney is not a bad actor here, and still DeSantis missed it. Bad actors hide what they’re doing. How’s he ever going to see them coming?

I don’t have a dog in the fight between Disney and DeSantis. I just find the fight interesting. DeSantis never got the number of the truck that hit him.