Central Florida Tourism Oversight District

The move Thursday came a day after the governor’s appointees approved a deal with the company on how Walt Disney World will be developed over the next two decades, ending the last piece of conflict between the two sides.

The five DeSantis-appointed board members to the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District voted unanimously to approve a new development deal with Disney, committing to make infrastructure improvements in exchange for Disney investing up to $17 billion into Disney World over the next two decades.

Disney asked for a 60-day extension in submitting an opening brief to “facilitate” negotiations. It said such negotiations were contemplated in a settlement the company reached last month with the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District in a state-court case.

Martin Garcia is departing as chairman of the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District, a week after the district’s administrator left.

Appointees of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis are seeking communications between Disney and local media, as well as documents related to the company’s position on Florida’s so-called “Don’t Say Gay” law.

Since allies of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis took over Walt Disney World’s government earlier this year, morale has deteriorated, the governing district has been politicized and cronyism permeates the organization. That's according to many employees who have departed in recent months.

Disney says Walt Disney World’s governing district made up of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' appointees is dragging its feet in providing requested documents to the company in a lawsuit over who has design and construction powers over Disney’s sprawling theme park resort in central Florida.

Disney attorneys want to question a previous administrator of the Walt Disney World governing district as part of its defense against a lawsuit brought by a board made up of appointees of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Employees of Walt Disney World’s governing district are criticizing new board members appointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis for a decision to eliminate free passes and discounts to the theme park resort for 400 of its district workers.

Glen Gilzean stepped down Tuesday as chairman of the Florida Commission on Ethics, while maintaining his $400,0000-a-year job as administrator of a revamped special district that includes Walt Disney World properties.

Glen Gilzean, administrator of the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District, shouldn’t continue to serve as a member of the Florida Commission on Ethics while holding a public job, the ethics panel’s general counsel concluded Thursday.

The appointees said Disney wrongly stripped them of powers over design and construction at Disney World when the company made agreements with their predecessors who were Disney supporters.