News Reedy Creek Improvement District and the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District

[James Alucobond]

Hopefully this doesn't sound harsh, but you just have to move on. It's a rule of the forum, and the outcome is always the same. Complaining about it doesn't change it, and the owners have the right to moderate and administrate as they see fit.

 

[flynnibus]

To be clear - I don’t want anything “done away with”. I got a ban from the Wish thread for reasons I do not even begin to understand since I am one of the people who actually saw it and was able to discuss it. I didn’t really have any interest in coming back to this board after that until I noticed that there is all sorts of political chat all over the entire board and a lot is not being deleted at all. If the board owners do not allow political discussion, it should be consistent.

Here's an idea... talk to the boss instead of polluting this thread with your 'concerns'. You know how to reach him.

 

[Prince-1]

Here's an idea... talk to the boss instead of polluting this thread with your 'concerns'. You know how to reach him.

Polluting!!!

 

[WoundedDreamer]

Yet another delete-a-thon? Say it isn’t so! It’s almost as if we are all 5 year old children being sent to stand in the corner. The amazingness never ends!

No hard feelings. These topics are explosive. Mods are just trying to keep things under control. I can see why they made the decision they did on this thread. Sometimes good posts might get swept up, but when you're deleting hundreds of posts everyday that's just how it roles. I suspect the role of WDWMagic moderator has gotten more laborious and just more difficult over the years. Much more grey area due to the turbulence of recent years. Yet the site is seemingly thriving, so they must be getting it right most of the time.

If I don't like how they mod, I can always rent my own servers and start my own site. Sounds expensive, eh?

 

[DCBaker]

Here's a segment from WESH 2 on the City of Bay Lake and Lake Buena Vista joint meeting today discussing the termination of the Interlocal Agreement between the Cities and the CFTOD.

 

[freedogshampoo]

"The company, while I was gone, decided to take a position against the Don't Say Gay bill that was moving through the Florida Legislature. I won't comment about what I would have done or not done, but the company took that position against it."

Wait, wasn't it widely reported that Bob Chapek wanted to remain silent/neutral
on the issue of the "Don't Say Gay" bill but it was Iger that pressed Chapek to make public comments? Particularly, Iger wanted Chapek to reassure employees of the companies values around diversity.

I personally am all for DEI am proud that the company took the stand that it did but Iger is trying to shift the blame & wash his hands of the role he played. This character trait of late has not been in a good look on him.

 

[flynnibus]

Here's a segment from WESH 2 on the City of Bay Lake and Lake Buena Vista joint meeting today discussing the termination of the Interlocal Agreement between the Cities and the CFTOD.

So i’m not 100% on the language used… is it the district not wanting to extend the covered services?

 

[Stripes]

Wait, wasn't it widely reported that Bob Chapek wanted to remain silent/neutral
on the issue of the "Don't Say Gay" bill but it was Iger that pressed Chapek to make public comments? Particularly, Iger wanted Chapek to reassure employees of the companies values around diversity.

I personally am all for DEI am proud that the company took the stand that it did but Iger is trying to shift the blame & wash his hands of the role he played. This character trait of late has not been in a good look on him.

Iger made a post as a private citizen in opposition to the bill. There was some discussion about how that post empowered some Disney employees to push back harder against Chapek’s lack of support.

Chapek was not feeling secure in the job and seeking to win over support with employees finally commented on the bill with a very aggressive statement.

Virtually every Fortune 100 company released statements opposing the bill but Chapek went from 0 to 100 and that caught a lot of attention.

Iger clearly agreed with the position the company took, but I‘m sure it wouldn’t have been a botched response if he was in charge.

 

[Isamar]

So i’m not 100% on the language used… is it the district not wanting to extend the covered services?

It sounds like they’ve unilaterally decided to stop paying for certain city expenses covered by the agreement (after everyone finalized their budgets) and they therefore won’t renew the agreement.

It could be just one more way to pretend they aren’t raising taxes to pay lawyers and other assorted buddies.

Also, I suspect that “insurance and risk management” might be how the cities would pay their lawyers when they get swept into the state court lawsuit? There are probably people here who could answer that.

(Rank speculation alert: I guess it could also be an attempt to strong-arm the cities into agreeing to something, like control over the police contracts for example. Or who knows what else?)

The report also mentioned that the district rather than the cities collects taxes to cover those services, and presumably won’t be giving up that money. But there was no explanation of exactly how that worked.

 

[Figgy1]

It sounds like they’ve unilaterally decided to stop paying for certain city expenses covered by the agreement (after everyone finalized their budgets) and they therefore won’t renew the agreement.

It could be just one more way to pretend they aren’t raising taxes to pay lawyers and other assorted buddies.

Also, I suspect that “insurance and risk management” might be how the cities would pay their lawyers when they get swept into the state court lawsuit? There are probably people here who could answer that.

(Rank speculation alert: I guess it could also be an attempt to strong-arm the cities into agreeing to something, like control over the police contracts for example. Or who knows what else?)

The report also mentioned that the district rather than the cities collects taxes to cover those services, and presumably won’t be giving up that money. But there was no explanation of exactly how that worked.

I'm wondering how much of these current actions can/will be rolled into the suits against the state/district when asking for damages?

 

[monothingie]

Bob also said he was definitely leaving in 2026 and definitely not selling ABC/ ESPN.

Soooo refreshing to hear an honest non ego driven answer at the rich out of touch CEO conference.

 

[Fido Chuckwagon]

I assume this is dead on arrival, but maybe some hope?:

Lawmaker to propose bill to restore Disney’s Reedy Creek district

The state took over the special district earlier this year.

mynews13.com

 

[tissandtully]

Iger made a post as a private citizen in opposition to the bill. There was some discussion about how that post empowered some Disney employees to push back harder against Chapek’s lack of support.

Chapek was not feeling secure in the job and seeking to win over support with employees finally commented on the bill with a very aggressive statement.

Virtually every Fortune 100 company released statements opposing the bill but Chapek went from 0 to 100 and that caught a lot of attention.

Iger clearly agreed with the position the company took, but I‘m sure it wouldn’t have been a botched response if he was in charge.

It's kind of weird seeing Iger distancing himself from this, like Disney didn't have a right to speak up on the issue and deserves the retaliation. No matter how it was handled by Disney, the state's response is unconstitutional.

 

[mkt]

I wonder if CFTOD board member and Moms for Liberty co-founder Bridget Ziegler will resign?

 

[tissandtully]

I think Bridget Ziegler has bigger issues now lol.

 

[mkt]

I think Bridget Ziegler has bigger issues now lol.

Sounds spicy.

 

[tissandtully]

I wonder if CFTOD board member and Moms for Liberty co-founder Bridget Ziegler will resign?

I don't wanna judge people to do their thing, it's the hypocrisy that bothers me. She should resign cause she's a hypocrite.

 

[mkt]

I don't wanna judge people to do their thing, it's the hypocrisy that bothers me. She should resign cause she's a hypocrite.

I don't kink shame.
I hypocrisy shame.

 

[Figgy1]

I don't wanna judge people to do their thing, it's the hypocrisy that bothers me. She should resign cause she's a hypocrite.

 

[Nevermore525]

I wonder if CFTOD board member and Moms for Liberty co-founder Bridget Ziegler will resign?

“Come and knock on our door, we’ve been waiting for you. Where the kisses are hers and hers and his, three’s company too”