lazyboy97o
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Wait until he learns about Shades of Green.
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News Reedy Creek Improvement District and the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District
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Sounds like a massive no-no to me.
Figgy1
Premium Member
Anaheim is a publicly elected municipality, not a special taxing district
James Alucobond
Well-Known Member
If only we had 50 years worth of records where people tried to find fault with the arrangement and came up empty-handed over and over again ... 
Stripes
Well-Known Member
It’s also not as if this type of perk is unheard of. My mother used to work for a county government who gave employees free tickets to the local MLB games.
As another example:
As another example:
GCTales
Well-Known Member
You mean like discounts that employees of Miami-Dade County are eligible to receive?
Miami-Dade Employee Discount
Or those of LA county?
LA County Employee Discounts
Both are partially funded by the local governments. In fact, nearly any organization can buy in.
Nothing nefarious, underhanded, illegal about it.
I know you want there to be something nefarious going on, but there isn't: These are pretty standard benefits that employers offer to attract and retain talent.
If my employer - that's not based in Florida, and has no operations in Florida- can offer its employees deep DEEP discounts on Disney tickets that no one else can touch (short of giving free admission), then it makes sense to me that Reedy Creek should offer free or deeply discounted admission to its employees many of who work daily on Disney property (just like the many other employers that operate on the district)
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mikejs78
Premium Member
It doesn't. As long as the government entity is purchasing things available to other businesses, it's fine. Where it would be a problem is if a company *gave* something to the government (a gift) or gave discounts to a particular city or municipality if they were only available to that city or municipality.
In these cases, the governments (including Reedy Creek) are purchasing something for their employees that is available at the same rate to any business within the district that wants it.
The law is pretty clear on this. A perk that is purchased by the government is fine. A gift given by a company to a government is not.
You are free to believe that governments shouldn't be spending their money on this. That is legitimate political position. But there is nothing under handed, illegal, unethical about it by any standards that we have out there
JoeCamel
Well-Known Member
How about if the g'mnt is purchasing uniforms for their employees to wear, are they allowed to choose which company they award the contract to? Who supplies the school lunch programs or any other thing they buy in the normal course of business? This is just another purchase the g'mnt choose to award their employees like a pay raise, time off etc. Just another expense and while Disney does sell tickets to this block they also don't play favorites who they sell to
It seems to be limited to entities that employ people on their property and within RCID as far as free admission goes.
However, they do offer discounted tickets to almost any employer through various programs.
If Disney were really struggling, they could offer slightly discounted payroll deducted APs as a work benefit to large local area employers, and honestly... I'd see that benefit being EXTREMELY popular.
Since I've got a lot of free time coming, maybe I'll start showing up
Wendy Pleakley
Well-Known Member
The people complaining that government provides perks and benefits to their employees are probably the same people who complain about long lines at the DMV or what not.
People should want good people working for them. You have to compensate if you want quality staff.
People should want good people working for them. You have to compensate if you want quality staff.
Unless you are desperately looking for anything to make the government’s actions look good.
tissandtully
Well-Known Member
Things not going great for Ronnie on this subject, unbelievable how he ruined his run over this
www.businessinsider.com
DeSantis megadonor still not sold on presidential bid, saying his 'ongoing battle with Disney' is 'pointless'
Ken Griffin, who was DeSantis' biggest backer in 2022, previously said that "our country would be well-served by him as president."
www.businessinsider.com
Teleostei35
New Member
I Agree. And if the Board wants to change the terms of employment, then start with new hires in the new fiscal year. That shouldn’t penalize current employees or retirees.