The puppet board appointed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to oversee the special taxing district at Walt Disney World has decided to take the drastic move to defund a multimillion dollar budget for law enforcement services at the park properties -- the same police presence that deterred the Pulse shooter from targeting Disney.
These guys are so fucking stupid. Almost ever single Community Development District in Florida has a line item on its budget for funding additional security from either off duty Sheriff’s Deputies, State Troopers, or private security. In my county at least, deputies are about $45/hour and you can hire them in 4 hour shifts. Participation by the deputies is entirely optional for them and in addition to their normal duties. Troopers are more expensive, around $80/hr if my memory is right, plus they charge an extra hour for the drive.
This is all to say that what Disney is doing with this budget line is entirely normal and mundane. They’re acting like Disney is wasting money because their hillbilly voters don’t know any better and don’t care to learn.