What am I missing here?

Disney pulled a kind of "an end run" on the self-aggrandizing, self-appointed king of Florida by essentially using the law (as it was written to create the reedy creek improvement district) to their advantage, before he could appoint his acolytes to the board.

Remember that while he vowed to "change the law," he really didn't. Instead he changed the composition of the board, so they could decide what Disney could and could not do with the land.

Quick aside: he made a big show of what he did, and lazy reporters had headlines like "governor takes control over Disney" which is bad hyperbole and wholly inaccurate.

Up until that point, Disney (mostly) didn't abuse their powers to govern and was a good citizen. But the governor decided he wanted to be punitive with Disney and punish them for having the audacity to stand up to him and challenge his stupid anti-woke-edness.

So, the outgoing board voted to grant Disney (the company) the ability to (essentially) self-govern and decide land usage. Which was within the bounds of what they were legally allowed to do, because the law creating the improvement district was cleverly written by…let's see here…a law firm populated by CIA operatives who helped ensure that Disney had everything they needed to operate in a state that might have been described as the "Wild West" … Florida was akong the poor states at that point and had a lot of laws that were written by people who helped Florida grow - in return for something.

The outgoing board even used language like 'these new rules are in effect' until "21 years after the death of the last survivor of the descendants of King Charles III, king of England" which was kind of in your face to governor (mo)Ron.

Cue the whining and the griping. And the vow for revenge!

The governor decided that he's the supreme leader and they can't defy him. Even if, legally, they did just that. He is spending taxpayer dollars (don't miss the irony that many of these dollars come from Disney) to investigate this, and sue, and otherwise carry on. He made a big show of directing the attorney general to look for criminal acts here! You have to find something!

And then went on a public tirade and made threats to stop Disney!

He absurdly called it war, and has proposed adding toll roads into Disney and taxing Disney hotels more. And being punitive in any way he can.

Of course all of the things he is proposing "could" hurt Disney in the long run … but he's talking about hurting locals indirectly (thanks for helping citizens in your state, pal!) and tourists directly. And the tourists are the ones who provide the most tax dollars to the state. You want to destroy the biggest industry? Of course you do.

Disney naturally responded to these threats, and Iger vowed to protect Disneys interests and was unequivocal in his disdain for the governor and any of his allies. In short, none of them will be receiving any campaign contributions….and that is hitting them where it hurts the most.

But here is the bigger picture on some of this. The GOP is all about small government. Staying out of the way with few regulations. And leaving companies to do their business.

The whole "citizens United" case was about just that.

Except that it's not really about that, apparently. It's about companies giving them money and keeping their mouth shut and doing exactly what the leadership in the GOP says to do. The GOP is more like the mafia that way.

So floridas governor decides to attack a publicly traded company for his benefit, and attempts to use legislation against them; and when they get to it first he throws a hissy and threatens to Sue.

Here's to hoping that some of his supporters, maybe people with half a brain?, see through this as him being a tyrant and imposing his will against a company that is (a) the largest employer in the state and (b) brings in the most revenue to the state.

In simpler terms, he's using his powers to HURT Florida.