The Governor of Florida

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How can we save Disney World? It's come to that. Proof that some people will try to kill anything that's good in this life. The Governor of Florida has vindictively decided to take control of the Reedy Creek Improvement District, which is like a fiefdom run by Disney Corporation for the last 56 years - whose Board of Directors controls the roads, construction permits, fire services, security, building codes, water services and waste collection, tax collection, and municipal debt - because without absolute control over everything, Disney World can't be Disney World, the 'Happiest Place on Earth'. In Disney World you never see overflowing garbage cans, shit-stained clogged public toilets, trash in the streets or homeless people. There's no inner-city housing or gang violence, and they don't have guns, open-carry or concealed (the only thing that's concealed are the tasks done by the maintenance staff. The garbage vanishes as if by magic). In Disney World music is heard everywhere and a hundred and fifty thousand people a day stand in line calmly to buy their tickets for the rides - not like those immigrants who clammer to get in illegally at the southern border, hop the fence, ford the river. The folks come from all over the planet, every race and religion, and they stand patiently in line to see the shows, the song and dance numbers in Pocahontas and Aladdin. In Disney World you feel secure, and when you are accosted it's by a giant Mickey and Minnie Mouse, or Goofy, and all they want from you is a hug, and to take a photo. In Disney World there's no drug dealing in the streets, no prostitution or child-trafficking. There's no teen-suicide, no disappointment. Now the Governor of Florida is interfering. He's fucking up the happiest place on Earth, because some people aren't happy until everyone else is unhappy. The news these days is all about who you can piss off and how long you can keep them pissed off. And it's working. So fuck you Governor of Florida. I'm pissed off. And not because I've ever been to the Magic Kingdom, but because like America, which was once great and isn't anymore, Disney World will never be the same again, and now I'll never be able to go. Congratulations Governor of Florida. You've won. You've managed to ruin the only great thing left about America. You've managed to get us all anxious and angry. You're Scar and Jafar, Gaston and Prince Hans all rolled into one.