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DeSantis appoints new member to state Disney district board

By Jack Birle
Published June 1, 2023 11:22pm ET
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DeSantis appoints new member to state Disney district board
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) announced he is nominating Charbel Barakat to the board of Central Florida Tourism Oversight District, which governs the Walt Disney World Resort, amid the feud with the central Florida company. Barakat, a lawyer from Tampa who serves as the vice president of the Tampa Bay chapter of the Federalist Society and […]


Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) announced he is nominating Charbel Barakat to the board of Central Florida Tourism Oversight District, which governs the Walt Disney World Resort, amid the feud with the central Florida company.

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