DeSantis has selected the board members who will run the state-controlled tax district overseeing 25,000 acres surrounding Walt Disney World.
It's an uncompensated volunteer position and the appointees are awaiting confirmation by the Florida Senate.
The board, which will have its first meeting Wednesday, will oversee operations such as tax collection, sewage treatment and road maintenance at Disney’s properties. "They can decide to borrow money or not to fund projects, or they could decide not to expand infrastructure to allow projects to go forward," Aubrey Jewett, an associate professor of political science at the University of Central Florida, told the"These are folks who have a variety of experience that I think all are pertinent," the governorThey are people with experience in business and in local government, DeSantis said, adding: "This is ultimately a state agency...
"We also have people that very much want to see Disney be what Walt envisioned, which is what we all want to do," DeSantis said.at who will be on the board, pending confirmation.His private investment firm contributed $50,000 to the governor’s 2022 reelection campaign, per
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