Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis's appointed board overseeing Disney's special district is going after the deputies hired to protect park guests, and the irony meter just blew up. During this week's meeting, officials said the previous board spent $8 million yearly on law enforcement overtime on Disney properties. And they're doing this to pay for their court costs with Disney. This seems to be done solely for one man's ego.
WFTV reports:
Now, the board is doing away with that spending and cutting $8 million used to pay law enforcement officers in off-duty shifts, saying the cost of fighting Disney in court has caused it to have to find money in other places.
The Central Florida Tourism Oversight District manages the land known as Reedy Creek, on which Disney owns all the property. The previous board called the Reedy Creek Improvement District, was controlled by Disney itself.
"There was spending on a number of fronts that was wasteful," Martin Garcia, Central Florida Tourism Oversight District board chairman, said, according to The Daily Beast. "Eight million dollars was being used for law enforcement services exclusively on Disney properties, and that doesn't make any sense to me."
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