don t say gay bill. it prohibits gender identity through the third grade in florida s elementary schools. on march 7, chapek told employees as we ve seen time and again, corporate statements do very little to change outcomes or minds. instead, they re often weaponized by one side or the other to further divide and inflame. he said he did not want the company to become a political football. at that time, more than 150 companies had already signed a letter opposing the legislation. two days later, chapek changed course, amid widespread outrage from disney employees and fans. he called governor desantis to express disappointment with the law. on the same day at an annual shareholders meeting he said our originally approach no matter how much attention didn t quite get the job done. he further apologized at a town hall for staff on march 21. on march 28th, desantis signed the bill into law. we ve seen corporate activism, guns after parkland, social justice after george floyd. the
if the status does get revoked next year there could be a financial consequence for local taxpayers. joining me now to discuss is james clarke, he s a historian at the university of central florida who has written several books about the state including a history lovers guide to florida. dr. clark, thank you so much for being here. i love the story as to how anonymously they were able to do this land assemblage. was their secret ever at risk? no, they kept it extremely well. for months and months. finally, a reporter at walt disney could walt be the one buying all the land. he said, no, he had no interest in florida. but there were two things that said that gave it away. one, he knew the annual rainfall for orlando. and, two, he pronounced kissimmee correctly. everybody else in the world
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