And it has a private right to action in order to enforce it.īob Chapek, who’s Disney’s new CEO, also happens to be an Indiana University Alumni – my alma mater – announced the company’s opposition to this bill and said in a statement that, “The law should never have passed and should never have been signed.
Fast forward to this year when Florida passed the Parental Rights and Education Bill, widely dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, which regulates, in part, what you can teach in – what it is? Kindergarten through third grade. But fast forward, this has been in place since 1967. Nico: Roads, hospitals, all that stuff is handled by them. They have their own fire department, police department. It has 250,000 acres, and it’s run by the Reedy Creek Improvement District, which is essentially the Walt Disney Corporation. So, when he was out, scouting out spaces for Disney World, he sought this special tax district status which would allow Disney World to sort of govern itself. So, when he was scouting out – for building Disneyland, excuse me. And my understanding, historically, is that Walt Disney created Disneyland in Anaheim, California and was annoyed, in part, by all the red tape that came along with building Disney World. But this week’s email is just one standalone piece from Bob about the recent move in Florida to deny the Walt Disney Company its special tax district status, which it has held since – what was it – the ‘60s, Bob?īob: 1967 in preparation for the construction of Disney World. You can subscribe via email and get it delivered directly to your inbox each week. It’s produced by Ron Collins, who is also a regular guest on the show. It’s a weekly newsletter editorially independent, although published on Fire’s website. Nico: So, you just published an op ad in First Amendment News, which for those of you who are not familiar with Fire Amendment News, you should be. Bob, welcome back onto the show.īob Corn-Revere: Thanks Nico, happy to be here. He is a partner at Davis Wright Tremaine and recently joined Fire’s advisory council. Bob should be a familiar guest to those regular listeners. And then, there’s been the news about Disney, which is the reason I wanted to bring on our guest, Bob Corn-Revere, to today’s show. We’re recording this on Tuesday, so he bought it on Monday. Of course, Elon Musk bought Twitter as of yesterday.
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I am, as always, your host, Nico Perrino, and I wanted to pull together a quick episode for this week because we have a lot of free speech topics in the news. Nico Perrino: Hello, and welcome back to So to Speak, the free speech podcast, where every other week we take an uncensored look at the world of free expression through personal stories and candid conversations. Please check any quotations against the audio recording. Note: This is an unedited rush transcript. ‘So to Speak’ podcast transcript: Disney and Elon Musk