Florida governor Ron DeSantis continued his feud with Disney on Tuesday by announcing that lawmakers will consider eliminating the special status that the entertainment company enjoys.

Disney operates as an independent government around its theme park area in Orlando.

DeSantis’s move seems to be a revengeful tactic used against Disney for publicly slamming the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law in Florida. 

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“I am announcing today that we are expanding the call of what they are going to be considering this week. And so, yes they will be considering the congressional map, but they also will be considering termination of all special districts that were enacted in Florida prior to 1968, and that includes the Reedy Creek Improvement District,” he said at a news conference.

Disney privately controls the Reedy Creek Improvement District in the Sunshine State. Set up in 1967 by the state legislature, the government allows the company to provide its own services such as infrastructure, fire protection, utilities, public services, zoning, police services etc. 

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“Disney is a guest in Florida. Today we remind them,” Republican lawmaker Randy Fine wrote on Twitter on Tuesday.

Last month, Disney said that it would end political donations in the state over the new Parental Rights in Education law. It bashed the bill for banning lessons on sexual orientation and said that doing so would further marginalize and weaken the LGBTQ community. 

“Our goal as a company is for this law to be repealed by the legislature or struck down in the courts, and we remain committed to supporting the national and state organizations working to achieve that,” Disney wrote in a statement at the time.

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The statement came after Disney CEO Bob Chapek previously issued an apology to the employees who protested over the entertainment company’s silent stance on the bill. 

“You needed me to be a stronger ally in the fight for equal rights and I let you down,” Chapek wrote in a letter addressed to the employees.