A group of Florida taxpayers and residents who live near Walt Disney World in Orlando are suing Gov. Ron DeSantis over the state’s plan to dissolve the special tax district known as the Reedy Creek Improvement District, claiming the state violated their rights and will burden them with $1 billion in Disney’s bond debt.
The plaintiffs, who are identified as Michael Foronda, Edward Foronda and Vivian Gorsky and are described as property owners living near Reedy Creek in the surrounding Osceola counties, filed a complaint in Florida federal court on Tuesday, alleging that stripping Disney of its special district designation would “move these major regulatory burdens unto the county, thereby increasing the Plaintiff’s taxes, and will cause significant injury to plaintiffs.”