A group of conservatives picked by the Florida governor to oversee how Disney operates has been neutered with a contract that could last decades.

But before DeSantis was able to replace the Reedy Creek board’s members with his own donors, the outgoing members had one last maneuver — as DeSantis and his supporters just found out. In a meeting on February 8,

We’re going to have to deal with it and correct it,” Central Florida Tourism Oversight District Board of Supervisors member Brian Aungst Jr. said today of a vote taken by the

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis was dealt a serious blow in his war with Disney over the company’s self-governing Reedy Creek community. A new board of directors handpicked by DeSantis himself claim that their predecessors made it so that they would be left effectively powerless to run the region over the House of Mouse.

Ron DeSantis' move to take over Walt Disney World's governing ... A board, previously known as Reedy Creek Improvement District, oversaw the area and had free reign of development processes, such as zoning and infrastructure, and even control of its ...

Disney and the previous Reedy Creek board agreed to revert decisions back to Disney World, which could render DeSantis’ board powerless.