jobs and generate massive sales tax revenue, the ready creek approvement district that pays for joeng, roads and emergency services within disney s 40 square miles. this all began with what critics call florida s don t say gay law which prohibits teaching topics concerning sexual orientation and gender identity to kids from k-third grade and they vowed to fight that law in the course. one thing people have to understand is they don t get these special benefits and privileges. our view of this is don t say gay bill is really crystal clear. it s wrong, it is our view, it s just wrong. the audio recorded on air force one yesterday. two counties orange and osceola will have to take on the huge footprint that is disney. that means maintaining and fixing all roads as well as providing all emergency
thank you, mr. speaker. mickey and minnie, this is the bill we discussed yesterday. the republican controlled florida house passed the same bill the state senate did wednesday with a 70-38 vote. the bill eliminates the self-controlled tax district created for disney back in 1967. as part of the deal with the state to lure disney to florida to build disney world and bring millions of tourists from around the world. create tens of thousands of jobs and generate massive sales tax revenue. it approves and pays for all zoning, roads and emergency services within the 40 square miles. it all began with what critics call florida s don t say gay law which prohibits teaching topics concerning sexual orientation and gender identity to kids from kindergarten through third grade. disney vows to fight that law in the courts. their behavior has been at
now to the escalating feud between florida s governor and his state s largest private employer, disney. governor ron desantis is now pushing to end disney s 35-year special status that allows its theme parks to operate with tax breaks and other benefits, a 55-year special status, and the timing here is raising some serious questions about retaliation because disney doesn t support what critics call florida s don t say gay law. the new law bans classroom discussions about sexual orientation and gender identity for young children. we are joined from miami, explain this special status and is disney truly at risk of losing it? reporter: right. so, ana, disney which, by the way, employs 75,000 people here in florida, has that special status called a special district, essentially allows them to operate as an independent government in the orlando area theme park. so the republicans yesterday