Part 9/11:
The audit’s findings suggest that Disney and REI Creek knew they were violating laws but chose to conceal their actions to preserve their privilege. Since the district was not a private company but a public entity created and sanctioned by Florida law, these violations threaten to trigger federal investigations, including potential IRS and SEC inquiries into tax evasion and corporate misconduct.
Furthermore, the audit exposes how Disney’s narrative that Florida was playing favorites—claiming cronyism and unfair treatment—was, in fact, a mirror of Disney’s own practices of cronyism and favoritism. Their alleged "cronyism" was, in reality, a policy of mutual benefit, nepotism, and illegal self-dealing that went unnoticed until now.