News DeSantis moves to bring state safety oversight of the Walt Disney World Monorail including suspending the service for inspections

[fgmnt]

I’m confused as to why you would attack the character of any potential inspectors. You assume they are just a bunch of crooks that cannot be trusted? They aren’t politicians.

It would be very reckless to assume state investigators are invested in political hit jobs. Luckily no one with a bully pulpit like, say, a former president, would ever do such a thing.

 

[Lilofan]

We quit riding it about 3 years ago when it smelled like a urinal.

Depends

 

[JohnD]

Waiting for Desantis and company to inspect the Yeti next

We can only hope. LOL.

 

[Andrew C]

It would be very reckless to assume state investigators are invested in political hit jobs. Luckily no one with a bully pulpit like, say, a former president, would ever do such a thing.

Sorry. Over my head I guess.

 

[Captain Neo]

Does this mean that Disney will potentially finally make a new kind of monorail?


/s

They will close the monorail system permanently before doing that

 

[CaptainAmerica]

In case we needed any more proof that Florida is governed as a third world country.

Yes, public safety inspections are notorious tools of tinpot dictators.

 

[mkt]

Yes, public safety inspections are notorious tools of tinpot dictators.

Using state power to target opponents is indeed a tool of authoritarians.

Even something as seemingly benign as increased safety oversight can be a punishment when only one party is singled out, and that party has been openly critical of those in power.

 

[JohnD]

Yes, public safety inspections are notorious tools of tinpot dictators.

Me geeking out. Reminds me of a Star Trek: The Next Generation episode where The Enterprise uses a "safety inspection" as a ruse to board a Klingon ship. The point is the "safety inspection" is a complete joke just to hamstring the other.

 

[mkt]

Gonna quote myself from the other thread here:

Granted, the word transportation is there, but this is written vague enough and lacks a definition of what transport is in the context of this new rule that I could potentially see CFTOD goons... sorry, "FDOT Regulators" shutting down attractions that are on rails because they technically do transport you between locations.

 

[mikejs78]

Yes, public safety inspections are notorious tools of tinpot dictators.

Have you ever had a home inspection done after having work done? It's a shakedown.

 

[mkt]

Yes, public safety inspections are notorious tools of tinpot dictators.

You may want to take a peek at Fuller v Carollo, presently going through federal courts in Florida, where Miami City Commissioner Joe Carollo has been on a public vendetta against Bill Fuller, local bar owner and landlord, after publicly supporting his opponent in an election.

He weaponized regulatory resources to punish a perceived enemy.

 

[Sir_Cliff]

Yes, public safety inspections are notorious tools of tinpot dictators.

You know this is retaliation toward a company for expressing an opinion in opposition to the government.

 

[Baloo62]

He could shut down the parking lot trams at Epcot and Hollywood Studios....oh, wait. Nevermind.

 

[blazer383]

He should be thankfull for all the tax dollars being spent by Disney guests, but lets give them more of a headache with all the waiting and extra costs for transportation.

 

[TalkingHead]

Another threat that's likely to never come to fruition - the media backlash would be tremendous from both sides.

Delusional. There’d be no media backlash if the stated cause is safety, just like with coaster inspections and so on. Reports would contextualize this oversight, rightly or wrongly, as overdue since it was never implemented after the monorail accident that resulted in a CM death. Connects the dots to safety inspections, no backlash.

 

[Chi84]

Elected into power in a constitutional republic where those with accusations of abuse of government power have the right to seek redress in court, just like in the example you cited.

You don't have to like him, or this situation. Let's all at least try to avoid hyperbole.

I’ve always had a great deal of faith in the courts. I know some people think the judges are free to decide a case based on their own beliefs and politics, but that has never been the case.

Lower courts are well-constrained by laws and precedents set by case law. It is true that higher courts, like the state and federal supreme courts, are more involved with policy considerations just based on the subjects brought before them. But it’s a misconception to think that judges are free to rule any way they like.

 

[Hakunamatata]

I wish it would just end at “Chapek stepped in it and Desantis should have just left it alone”. But that didnt happen. Im not certain this ends but I wish it would.

 

[fgmnt]

Sorry. Over my head I guess.

It's essential to your complaint that this be the case.

You know this is retaliation toward a company for expressing an opinion in opposition to the government.

Anyone here supporting the legislation is welcome to explicitly deny this.

 

[Chi84]

It's essential to your complaint that this be the case.


Anyone here supporting the legislation is welcome to explicitly deny this.

I don’t think anyone is denying it. There are some who are arguing it’s a good end result even if the means of getting there was political retaliation for speaking out.

 

[RobbinsDad]

Delusional. There’d be no media backlash if the stated cause is safety, just like with coaster inspections and so on. Reports would contextualize this oversight, rightly or wrongly, as overdue since it was never implemented after the monorail accident that resulted in a CM death. Connects the dots to safety inspections, no backlash.

And I believe it's delusional to think that news outlets won't be falling over themselves to cover the stories of frustrated people waiting hours just to enter the MK by boat.