Old Puddin' Fingers just blew it with his war on gays, pronouns, Mickey Mouse, and wokeness. Disney ended a nearly $1 billion office complex scheduled for construction that would have brought more than 2,000 jobs to the Orlando area, with $120,000 as the average salary. And this just happened on the day it was reported that Ron DeSantis is expected to announce a 2024 bid next week.
Iger wasn't fooling around last week.
"Does the state want us to invest more, employ more people, and pay more taxes, or not?" Robert Iger, Disney's chief executive, said on an earnings-related conference call last week.
The New York Times reports:
On Thursday, Mr. Iger and Josh D'Amaro, Disney's theme park and consumer products chairman, showed that they were not bluffing, pulling the plug on a nearly $1 billion office complex that was scheduled for construction in Orlando. It would have brought more than 2,000 jobs to the region, with $120,000 as the average salary, according to an estimate from the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity.
The project, known as the Lake Nona Town Center, was supposed to involve the relocation of more than 1,000 employees from Southern California, including most of a department known as Imagineering, which works with Disney's movie studios to develop theme park attractions. Most of the affected employees complained bitterly about having to move — some quit — but Disney largely held firm, partly because of a Florida tax credit that would have allowed the company to recoup as much as $570 million over 20 years for building and occupying the complex.
When he announced the project in 2021, Mr. D'Amaro cited "Florida's business-friendly climate" as justification.
Remember this?
According to the outlet, DeSantis's war with Disney influenced the company's decision to cancel the project. Imagine being Governor of a state and launching a war against a massive company like Disney that brings tourists in and creates an incredible number of jobs. What a bonehead. He's as much of an idiot as Bloaty McBatShit who bankrupted casinos.
