Florida Republicans Walk Out of Meeting Featuring Bill to Repeal Disney World District ‘Takeover’ 

Published on November 30, 2023

Florida Republican lawmakers walked out of an Orange County Legislative Delegation meeting on Nov. 29 that would have considered a bill to repeal Gov. Ron DeSantis’s “take over” of Disney World’s special district. The three GOP legislators exited the meeting before discussions on Disney’s Reedy Creek Improvement District, citing disagreements over which members can run for chair or vice chair for Orange County’s delegation. Delegation rules demand that lawmakers have a majority of their precincts within Orange County if they want to run for chair or vice chair, effectively limiting the position to lawmakers in Democrat-leaning districts. Sens. Jason Brodeur, Dennis Baxley, and Rep. Doug Bankson left the meeting after Mr. Brodeur argued that rules on which members can seek chairmanship amount to limiting elected officials’ political participation in the committee....

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