Just before Florida Republicans passed a law in February that formally stripped Disney of control of the Reedy Creek Improvement District, the company got some payback against Gov. Ron DeSantis when it pushed through several very restrictive rule changes that effectively renders the region's new bosses powerless.

In their final days of controlling the Reedy Creek improvement district’s board, Disney executives and attorneys found a way to poison the authority of the incoming members appointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis and effectively oversee the area’s development.

A meeting Wednesday morning of the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District board — which replaced the former Reedy Creek Improvement District — o

Ron DeSantis' move to take over Walt Disney World's governing ... A board, previously known as Reedy Creek Improvement District, oversaw the area and had free reign of development processes, such as zoning and infrastructure, and even control of its ...

Ron DeSantis has fashioned himself as a younger version of Donald ... They were set to replace the Reedy Creek Improvement District, which served as the governing jurisdiction of the land, which has long had its own government independent of the state.