DeSantis: Florida Likely Taking Control of Reedy Creek, Not Local Governments

Guests are seen at Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., in a file photo. Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) in a Feb. 24, 2022, photo. Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP; Joe Raedle/Getty Images

PUNTA GORDA, Fla.–Gov. Ron DeSantis said on May 16 that Florida would “most likely” take control of Walt Disney World’s Reedy Creek Improvement District, rather than local governments.

“The path forward is Disney will not control its own government in the state of Florida. Disney will have to follow the same laws that every other company has to follow—they will pay their fair share of taxes,” DeSantis said on May 16 at a press conference in Sanford.