'When the district changed hands last year, we were told that our jobs and our benefits were safe,' Disney fireman Peter Simon blasted DeSantis' new board.
"This benefit is intangible and generational," Pete Simon, a firefighter for the district who said the ability to take his three daughters to Disney were one of the top three reasons he chose to take the job, said on August 23."We have retirees, some of them here today, that work their entire careers and earned this benefit for the rest of their lives. This allows me to bring my children to the parks and eventually my grandchildren.
As part of Disney and DeSantis public feud over the state's so-called"Don't Say Gay" bill, which limits classroom discussion on sexual orientation and gender identity and which the governor signed into law March 2022, DeSantis revoked the special status of 's Reedy Creek district in what was largely seen as a retaliatory move against the entertainment giant.Florida Governor Ron DeSantis at the first Republican presidential primary debate at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on August 23, 2023. A decision from the newly created Disney board appointed by DeSantis has sparked outrage from a group of key supporters that backed his takeover of the Disney district in the first place.
The union that represents Disney's first responders had initially come out in support of DeSantis' plan for the state to assume control of the district. "We've got our faith in the governor that we're going to be around and that it's going to be a better place to work.
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