as governor ron desantis and other state
leaders wage political war against
disney this elite neighborhood inside
walt disney world could be caught in the
crossfire
golden oak is a gated residential
community located within the disney
resort as news 6 discovered the
neighborhood's also home to a large
percentage of republican voters
including some very generous campaign
donors news 6 investigator mike deforest
joins us now in studio so mike what do
the residents of golden oak think about
the governor's battle with disney great
question matt unfortunately we don't
know golden oak is a very private very
exclusive community i reached out to
nearly 50 residents from all political
backgrounds they either did not respond
or just did not want to talk politics
after driving underneath the walt disney
world archway and passing through this
guarded gate you enter the elite disney
community of golden oak catering to some
of disney's wealthiest fans homes at
golden oak sell for millions of dollars
some are decked out in disney decor like
this bedroom with a frozen theme other
disney touches like hidden mickeys in
the fireplace stonework are more subtle
we're certainly not going to bend a knee
to woke executives in california what's
not subtle is governor ron desantis's
recent criticism of disney the company
that built golden oak i don't think walt
would appreciate what's going on in this
company right now but while desantis's
allies claim disney has been overtaken
by liberal extremists it appears many
who live in golden oak are anything but
liberal news 6 reviewed publicly
available voter rolls we found there are
about 262 registered florida voters
inside golden oak just 15 percent are
democrats records show more than 47
percent are registered as republicans
those republicans do not just outnumber
democrats three to one they also
outspend their democratic neighbors in
political contributions
campaign finance records analyzed by
news 6 show golden oak residents have
donated a little more than 28 thousand
dollars to democratic candidates since
2014.
republican candidates on the other hand
have received more than 370 thousand
dollars in contributions from golden oak
among the biggest donors former walmart
ceo lee scott and his wife linda who've
contributed more than 78 thousand
dollars to republicans since moving to
golden oak they declined to comment we
view that as a provocation recipients of
golden oak generosity include governor
desantis former president donald trump
senators marco rubio and rick scott and
congressional candidate anthony sabatini
it is time for the disney wreck to go to
hell in this video sabatini posted on
his facebook page he calls disney
radical leftist and tyrannical if it's a
quiet friday afternoon and you want to
go ride space mountain you can you're
there in 15 minutes seven years ago
jonathan ledden raved about living
inside this disney design community what
they said they would do they did the
republican philanthropist declined to
comment about recent political attacks
against disney but says quote we
continue to enjoy living in golden oak
and have made orlando our home we look
forward to being here for years to come
now before golden oak was built the land
was de-annexed from disney's government
the reedy creek improvement district
golden oak residents actually live in
unincorporated orange county that means
people living in golden oak will likely
be impacted the same as every other
orange county property owner once reedy
creek is abolished next year those
impacts though are still unknown
mike it does bring up an interesting
point with the recent political attacks
against disney could it hurt the
property values there in golden oak or
maybe make it harder for them to sell
their houses we don't know the answer to
that for sure matt but i did speak to
one realtor who does not believe this is
going to have any impact there are about
300 homes in golden oak right now and
they're apparently in very high demand
still
all right mike deforest thank you