<p>Florida Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ron-desantis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ron DeSantis</a>&#8216; handpicked board on the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District (CFTOD) announced this week that it has ended all diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs.</p>
<p>District Administrator Glenton Gilzean announced the abolition of the programs that were adopted by the former Reedy Creek Improvement District that &#8220;discriminated against Americans based on gender and race, costing taxpayers millions of dollars,&#8221; according to the CFTOD.</p>
<p>The district&#8217;s DEI committee &#8220;will be dissolved and any DEI job duties will be eliminated,&#8221; the statement said, adding that staff &#8220;will also no longer be permitted to use any staff time to pursue DEI initiatives.&#8221;</p>
<p>Gilzean said in a statement that the old district&#8217;s DEI initiatives &#8220;were illegal and simply un-American.&#8221;</p>
<p>“Our district will no longer participate in any attempt to divide us by race or advance the notion that we are not created equal,&#8221; he added. &#8220;As the former head of the Central Florida Urban League, a civil rights organization, I can say definitively that our community thrives only when we work together despite our differences.&#8221;</p>
<p>The statement said that the DEI initiatives had also cost the former Reedy Creek Improvement District &#8220;millions of dollars more in order to find businesses who could comply.&#8221;</p>
<p>The news is a political win for DeSantis, who is currently running for president and stands in second place in the Republican primary field behind former President Donald Trump.</p>
<p>No other candidates poll anywhere near double digits, according to The New York Times/Siena poll, which is rated by FiveThirtyEight as the <a href="https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/pollster-ratings/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/pollster-ratings/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1691080818444000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0fQaORxrTt51EoCGoMszCa">top poll</a> in the nation. The poll shows a dramatic drop off after DeSantis with the next closest candidates barely registering with voters as former Vice President Mike Pence, Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), and former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley all sit at 3%. The remaining candidates all sit at 2% or less.</p>
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<p>While Trump appears to be dominant at the moment with just over half of the vote in The New York Times/Siena poll, the poll <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/07/31/us/elections/times-siena-poll-republican-primary-toplines.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">showed</a> that nearly half of the respondents who chose Trump in the poll — 46% — say that they are “considering other candidates.”</p>
<p><em>Zach Jewell contributed to this report. </em></p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ben-shapiro-explains-the-real-story-behind-latest-desantis-disney-battle">Ben Shapiro Explains The Real Story Behind Latest DeSantis-Disney Battle</a></strong></p>

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