Ron DeSantis wants to strip Disney workers of free passes and discounts

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Ron DeSantis wants to strip Disney workers of free passes and discounts, arguing it sucks millions from Florida’s economy

Already involved in two lawsuits with Disney, Gov. Ron DeSantis’ appointees to a board that oversees Disney World’s governing district on Monday launched a battle against the company on a new front — free passes and discounts for district employees.

Board members of the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District submitted a complaint to the state Inspector General, claiming that the millions of dollars in season passes, as well as discounts on hotels, merchandise, food and beverages, that their Disney-supporting predecessors provided governing district employees amount to unethical benefits and perks.


Last year alone, before the DeSantis appointees took over the governing board and it was still controlled by Disney backers, around $2.5 million in discounts and passes were given to district employees and their families, the board said in a news release.

The arrangement was self-serving to the company because it funneled money back to Disney, with the district footing the bill, the release said.

Disney didn’t respond to an email seeking comment. A spokesman for the board didn’t respond to a request for the letter sent to the Inspector General, which investigates fraud, mismanagement, waste and abuse.

The arrangement appears to be more like an employee benefit rather than a taxpayer scam, similar to the way professors at a university may get free passes to athletic events or free tuition for family members, said Richard Foglesong, a Rollins College professor emeritus who wrote a definitive account of Disney World’s governance in his book “Married to the Mouse: Walt Disney World and Orlando.”


https://fortune.com/2023/08/21/ron-desantis-disney-employees-free-park-passes-discounts-orlando-board/

[dalton99a]

1. Don't forget to take away their Employee of the Month awards

[Baitball Blogger]

2. Ha. This is really going to piss off those Republican family members who have someone

working for Disney, and count on those passes as a perk.

[Takket]

3. More huffing and puffing

[hlthe2b]

4. I so want Disney to (metaphorically) destroy DeSatan and his entire administration. This is so stupi

[madaboutharry]

5. There is something wrong with him.

He doesn’t behave like a normal person.

[blue neen]

8. Agree 100%.

He must sit all day and dream up ways to get revenge on his enemies. The man is nuts!

[flying_wahini]

6. He is such a Debby Downer. Always sticking his thumb in everybody's eyes.

[Bristlecone]

7. A petty clown. Nothing more.

[Blue Owl]

9. Pudding Nazi sure loves his own perks -- paid cars, planes, free golf, etc....

But NOTHING for anyone else!

Fuck off and get lost, dickbag!

[Freethinker65]

10. Will that apply to all businesses???

If you work for an airline and get discounts? A grocery? A retail store? A fast food restaurant that provides free or discounted meals?

By all means, Ronny, deprive low wage workers of non-taxed benefits. I am sure those businesses would prefer to have to pay their employees more as many will quit because those fringe benefits do provide incentive. I work part time retail (not in Florida) and without the discount, many employees would choose to work elsewhere.

I still am furious Bush decided to tax my education at the college I worked at as a low wage research assistant. I took the job because of the educational benefit. No money changed hands, except I suddenly had to pay the US government for my education.

[Cha]

11. Bullshit deteethGrinder! he can't

tell Disney how to run their business.

[Buns_of_Fire]

12. I think the freebies-in-question were the ones given

to employees of the governing district, not the ones given to the people employed directly by Disney.

Already involved in two lawsuits with Disney, Gov. Ron DeSantis’ appointees to a board that oversees Disney World’s governing district on Monday launched a battle against the company on a new front — free passes and discounts for district employees. (bold mine)