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Hello everyone and welcome to
another.
fantastic edition of Florida‘s
fourth estate we can‘t wait to
get to the guest we have.
For today, I‘m going to
introduce myself.
I‘m Ginger Gadsden.
My co-host is Matt Austin.
There is a gentleman who needs
no introduction, but I‘m going
to tell you his name is John
Morgan attorney extraordinaire
Mr. Morgan.
We are so happy.
We‘re just gonna get right to it
because we‘re so excited to have
you on Florida‘s for the state.
This is a podcast as you know,
where You wonder what people are
thinking sometimes and we‘re
going to tell you and I don‘t
think we ever wonder what you‘re
thinking because you always just
tell us hello.
I‘ve always thought.
If you just speak straight.
you speak best and Authenticity
is better than anything else.
So I say What it I don‘t know
who the comedian was you say
what you see is what you get
maybe Flip Wilson.
Asia myself but what you see is
what you get and the older you
get.
Unless you give a --.
I like the Richer you get to I
like that where two minutes in
we‘ve already got a Flip Wilson
reference and we have our first
Dam with John Morgan is
definitely on the podcast friend
of the podcast.
He‘s been on several times John
first off want to know how Is
going how business is going if
people read the paper, they
probably saw not only are you
doing well your son is killing
it.
He just bought a mansion on the
Winter Park Chain of Lakes and
things must be going well for
the Morgan Family, huh?
Well, all I can say to that is.
in my next life, I would like to
be one of my four children or
one of my six grandchildren
because They all live in better
houses than me.
They drive better cars and They
-- sure vacation more than me.
Is that do you find that a
challenge though?
Because when you come up you had
to really, you know earn from
the bottom up and being a parent
of kids that you‘re trying to
raise with humility and and a
hard work ethic.
Obviously your kids are working
hard, but you find that as a
challenge as a parent because I
know I sure do.
I worried about it early because
you know You just you want
people to stay hungry.
I wrote a book once called you
you can‘t teach hungry.
sold a lot of copies, but the
thing I worried most about was
would they have a drive?
and a work ethic and when they
were all young.
One time they came home.
For Christmas break and they are
from Bishop Moore and they say I
said y‘all gonna go start
working over Christmas break and
one of the one of the boys said
well Nobody‘s nobody‘s schools
working this Christmas.
So that‘s not true.
He goes Nobody.
Nobody‘s working.
I said, well, I know that‘s not
true because you two are going
to be working this Christmas.
and all you got to do is go, you
know, we had WonderWorks.
I don‘t not drive us.
the good news.
Is he already got a job just
pick your 40 hours and get out
there and work and so wow, all
three of my boys went to law
school.
My daughter went to University
of Florida.
and my son Dan had a big verdict
yesterday down in Brevard
County.
He‘s my baby.
and he‘s tried seven cases to
trial this year.
So I‘m proud of him.
and I‘m proud of all of them
because They get up and work.
Yeah, so you don‘t really have
to worry about you know that
work ethic anymore.
It seems like it‘s stuck.
I worried about a lot.
You know, I had So Matt, my
number two guy.
Was the surfer he would he
chased serves serves over the
world and smoked a little weed
in between so I had to worry
about him then I had to worry
about Dan my baby.
Who decided when he was the
University of Florida He was
going to be a rapper and he
smoked a little weed in between
his you know, what, you know,
you have trouble when your son
in College‘s nickname is the
most flags and you know, there‘s
marijuana going on when you when
you hear that.
and You know, thank God for my
daughter so I can say It just
had my only granddaughter a few
weeks ago.
So oh congratulations.
I‘m so happy.
Yeah, we got a little That‘s
what are you Are your kids?
Okay with weed usage.
Um we have because it‘s true.
I mean I think what people in
life make the biggest mistake is
trying to be something they‘re
not or anything that nothing
ever happened and Look a lot of
things have happened and I think
when you own that people
appreciate that more than when
you try to.
act like you‘re some kind of
Saint so yeah, I mean, there‘s
also that it‘s always be
cover-up.
It‘s true and he goes by hashtag
pot Daddy on Twitter, so I don‘t
think anybody‘s you know, I‘m
followed by the other thing
people are interested in these
days.
The governor‘s race.
So we have had a governor who‘s
making headlines nationally
pretty much every other day last
time we had you on this podcast
you were approving of the job
Governor DeSantis.
doing I‘m curious as if if your
thoughts on that have changed.
Where are you at as far as
Governor DeSantis and whoever
the Democrats end up getting
him, you know Charlie Crist
appears to be the front runner
runner to take him on right now.
Where are you at with this
Governor‘s race.
well You know, I told you the
governor and I struck a great
deal on on marijuana so I would
come always appreciative him for
that.
This whole covid thing has been
politicized.
to the point that you know If
you‘re Republican, you don‘t get
a booster.
and if your Democrat You get get
a booster every week.
And and who knows what the right
answer is.
I mean I talked to a guy went to
high school with the other day.
Who‘s an anesthesiologist.
and one of my best friends
growing up here in Winter Park,
and I said are you vaccinated?
He said no comment.
And he‘s a doctor.
And from my perspective on the
thing look the reason I became a
lawyer is I suck in math and
science.
So there‘s no chance of me being
a doctor.
The only reason I got through
math classes.
smart girl sitting right to the
right of me and I had a good
eyes.
but But for her, I‘d still be
remediating over Winter Park
High School.
algebra but look coming from
Kentucky with low test scores on
the SAT my take is this.
Everybody who‘s dying?
Is basically unvaccinated.
And the people who are living
our vaccinated.
Okay now that you‘ve learned a
little bit about his stance on
covid his family and his
thoughts on pot.
We ask Attorney John Morgan
about how he got started in law
becoming America‘s biggest
injury Law Firm how he says
go to Trump Morgan & Morgan for the people.com. We‘ve been catching up with
Powerhouse attorney and
businessman.
John Morgan here on Florida‘s
fourth estate.
Let‘s get back to it.
Let me ask you this John one of
the big headlines.
We‘ve been following this year
is Rhonda santis against Disney
or woke Disney as he calls it
this is something you‘ve been
deep in Florida politics for
decades.
And Disney has run things.
There‘s kind of like big sugar
Disney.
They dump all the money into the
system.
to see politicians turn on
Disney is very interesting and
possibly taking the Reedy Creek
District away from Disney, which
would really complicate Disney‘s
operations.
Not saying it would obviously
wouldn‘t shut him down but
complications it would cost them
a lot of money.
What‘s your take on the governor
and the Republican Party versus
Disney right now?
Well, first of all.
with full disclosure.
I have to announce that you
know, I‘m a former cast member
at Disney I started.
in the beginning as Fiddler Pig
and the big bad wolf unit.
I was promoted to King Louie.
in Song of the South and because
I was a great dancer.
I was ultimately promoted to
Pluto.
for the America on Parade for
the America on Parade in 1976.
So I‘m a former character.
So you‘re biased so I‘m biased
well, but video I‘m gonna first
before we go on.
Is there video of any of this
your performances?
you‘re very swivel here.
There are pictures of me with my
Pluto and and King Louie had all
I was King Louie the gorilla.
and there are pictures there are
very vivid pictures.
I don‘t look like myself.
I look good.
I look like my children.
This is before I started looking
like Danny DeVito.
This is when I used to look I
used to look like Tom Cruise and
as I got older I turned into
Oregon Danny DeVito, but I do
have pictures if you all would
like to for me to send them for
the podcast, but we like
interest interesting thing about
Reedy Creek is when my brother
Tim was paralyzed.
He was paralyzed out of Disney
World.
He was paralyzed on the water
the reason that his case never
would that he can never Sue
Disney World.
It‘s because Reedy Creek was
owned by Disney so that that was
his Lawyer and they had comp
immunity so that Tim was never
able to a lawsuit because they
had comp immunity.
I don‘t wear that yeah, and and
listen by the way Disney treated
till like the oh terribly.
During that and and it was that
time.
I didn‘t know what a person
injury lawyer was.
it was Disney‘s poor treatment
of Tim and the way they just you
know, they fought him like he
was a combatant enemy.
even on his comp benefits and I
was 19 we were poor as hell.
We did you know, and here we
were with my brother C6 C7
quadriplegic with this gigantic
company, and then they finally
to him they said well We‘ll put
you back to work.
So they can get out paying
benefits and they said we‘ll
make you an operator from 11.
At night till 7:00 in the
morning.
And when Disney was messing with
Tim, I became as mad at Disney
as Ron DeSantis is a Disney and
that was those moments in my
life was my inspiration for
becoming A personal injury
lawyer.
I I said then and there.
That my life‘s work was going to
be representing people.
Who were powerless hopeless and
helpless against big
corporations like Walt Disney
World and that‘s all I‘ve ever
done.
I never applied for a job
anywhere else.
their story Knows this is the
story.
So it‘s been interesting to hear
Reedy Creek‘s name come up after
all those years.
After you know Tim was hurt in
1977, So I bet you‘d love to see
that Reedy Creek.
taken away well You know, I
there‘s been so many changes in
the guard at Disney.
But if there‘s it wouldn‘t
bother me.
It wouldn‘t bother me to see
Reedy Creek taken away because
when I think of Reedy Creek,
that‘s what block tells.
A lawsuit was the comp immunity
that which is which was BS in
itself.
I mean they say we own the
utility.
And so therefore Tim is part of
that because Disney owns that
and but you know DeSantis is is
a he‘s a risk taker.
I mean, he‘s you know, he‘s
going against the mouse.
I don‘t think it‘s gonna have
much effect on Disney.
I think it‘s gonna be kind of
like When Chick-fil-A, you know
got into a big row with the gay
community.
They weren‘t going to eat
Chick-fil-A‘s anymore.
Well, you still get into a
Chick-fil-A.
Chick-fil-A is just going
gangbusters and I think Disney
will too.
when we start having this war
over.
a -- I just think it‘s so
unhealthy.
I think it‘s so sad.
I don‘t understand it.
I don‘t know that my kids have
ever were ever taught.
Anything about it when they were
in when second third grade, but
these are Wars that are
manufactured to gen up.
Jenna votes this is what they
are talking about with some of
the Republicans are saying they
don‘t want a teacher talking to
their kids about gay or not
being gay.
Now there are 50 some odd Math
books that are banned in the
State of Florida because they
fear that there are some
critical race theories being
taught there it How does that
strike you?
all of there‘s no question that
there is a race war going on in
America right now.
That‘s that‘s the underlying.
issue, you know I got a lot of
hate mail.
When I had Baraka when he was
president, and he came to my
house.
you know, I I had hate mail that
you can‘t believe just because
the president United States came
to my house.
and I think that bothered a lot
of people that a black man.
would be president United
States, but I will tell you what
I‘ve done a lot of politicians
in my life.
I‘ve never met one maybe
Clinton.
as smart as Barack Obama so it‘s
a war people are unhappy people
are angry people life is not
gone the way they want so they
got to start looking to who to
blame.
It‘s like the illegal
immigrants.
They‘re a Target yet If we
didn‘t if we didn‘t have the 14
million illegal immigrants, we
wouldn‘t have vegetables.
when you go out to all these
Strawberry Fields and and
avocado Fields, it‘s illegal
immigrants when you drive down
to Orlando Avenue Orlando, you
see people swinging off of a
building.
Wash and windows from 20 stories
up.
It‘s an illegal immigrant.
And and we could we could
listen.
Here‘s the real crazy thing we
could get rid of illegal
immigrants in one day.
We could just say if you hire an
illegal immigrant.
It‘s a third degree.
Felony you go to jail for a
year.
You find a hundred thousand
dollars.
You know why we don‘t want to do
that because we like slave
labor.
We like to have these people who
work in camps out the babka and
and over in Pasco and they get
paid and they have a commissary
and it‘s it is almost like slave
labor.
I‘ve learned so much about you
do and I‘ve thought I new you
and I think a lot of people
think they know you, but they
really don‘t know you former
Disney star is what I‘m learning
to answer.
Don‘t dancer.
I mean, you know, A dancer, you
know Tommy tune.
Tommy tune came to Disney he was
a world-class choreographer and
he plucked me out of everybody
because of my dancing abilities.
Do you still have the moves
John?
Oh my God, I‘m unbelievable.
John Morgan.
We appreciate you taking a bunch
of time to talk to us.
And you‘re an interesting guy.
with a lot of perspectives on
pretty much everything you can
imagine.
So enjoy your gummies tomorrow
and your Lucky Charms.
And don‘t do anything crazy.
Okay, man, don‘t don‘t end up on
the news.
We‘re gonna call you swivel from
here and remember.
I will always be here fighting.
For the people not the powerful.
Shaka stay with us.
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