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

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afterabme

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lazyboy97o said:
It’s the legislature that would have to remove powers. They could work towards dissolution and that is the appearance that is intended.
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Still waiting for how they will try to handle the debt issued by the district, if they attempt to dissolve it, somehow in the future.


According to a report issued by RCID, prior to the takeover last year, the last bond will reach maturity in 2038.

Lake Buena Vista, Florida CONTINUING DISCLOSURE Year Ended September 30 ... https://www.rcid.org/document/2022-continuing-disclosure/


Given the amount of effort, it took by Orange County and Universal to get the Kirkman road extension built, I don’t want to imagine what it would be like for Disney to attempt to go to Orange and Osceola County commissions to ask for certain road projects to be funded.
 
flynnibus

flynnibus

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wdwmagic said:
This is what happens when things are not being done for the right reasons.
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yeah, but in the grand scheme this is more a story of 'oops... needs cleanup' than anything else. It's a story of sloppiness and obvious handpicked team players... not corruption or cloak and dagger.

There really is no undecided conflict here. The dude can drop his ethics commission slot without any fuss. The commission is all appointed by the Gov and the heads of the statehouse... aka all the same GOP team. They just appoint another team player and keep Gilzean on his current task... at the district.

The commission is just a 4 year appointed job... it's nothing Gilzean or the Gov is sweating.
 
Sirwalterraleigh

Sirwalterraleigh

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wdwmagic said:
This is what happens when things are not being done for the right reasons.
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lazyboy97o

lazyboy97o

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afterabme said:
Still waiting for how they will try to handle the debt issued by the district, if they attempt to dissolve it, somehow in the future.


According to a report issued by RCID, prior to the takeover last year, the last bond will reach maturity in 2038.

Lake Buena Vista, Florida CONTINUING DISCLOSURE Year Ended September 30 ... https://www.rcid.org/document/2022-continuing-disclosure/


Given the amount of effort, it took by Orange County and Universal to get the Kirkman road extension built, I don’t want to imagine what it would be like for Disney to attempt to go to Orange and Osceola County commissions to ask for certain road projects to be funded.
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Actual dissolution is something that would take years and actual planning. I don't think it's really a goal. It helps provide a rationalization for the state appointed board as they could be framed as a "temporary" step in the process of dissolution.
 
lazyboy97o

lazyboy97o

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Thoughts on Disney’s response to CFTOD
  • Pages 1 - 25: ”The allegations in Parage [x] are legal arguments and conclusions to which no response is required; to the extent a response is required, Disney denies the allegations.” Over and over again.
  • They bring up the issues of standing we have discussed here. How was the District injuries by not informing.
  • Disney points out a few times that the District is trying to act on behalf of the municipalities without their consent or participation in the litigation.
  • The District’s alleged failures are the District’s, not Disney’s.
  • Disney argues this is unconstitutional under the Florida Constitution as it’s about Disney’s speech. This is part of Disney”s counterclaim that they are introducing to the litigation.
  • You can’t sue over hypothetical bonds
  • We’re past the statute of limitations for challenging the Comprehensive Plan
  • Bobbie C is “Disney’s then-CEO”
  • They accurately lay out the timeline to show how the District acted before the state, not after
  • They point out how the District had basically concluded immediately that the agreements were void and then did the work to come to that pre-existing determination
  • They note that the District is limited by law to how it can use land and to the fact that they lack an alternative development plan that contradicts the agreements. The board members have talked about affordable housing but they cannot legally pursue that at this time.
Disney doesn’t address mailings at all. To that, they also don’t really note that the previous charter had its own requirements for how the District was to handle certain issues and decision making processes. I imagine the District will take that as damning evidence but Disney does note that that would not have been their action to take and nobody injured by these deficiencies has been identified.
 
MisterPenguin

MisterPenguin

President of Animal Kingdom
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My favorite part:

CFTOD: We won't follow the contracts that the RCID entered into.

Disney: But, *you are* the RCID, just with a new name. It's *your* contracts. The legislature very specifically said that you are the RCID, but with a new name, and all the contracts you entered into as the RCID remain valid. You *are* the RCID. You can't sue yourself, thus, you have no standing to sue. So... stop hitting yourself.
 
LAKid53

LAKid53

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DCBaker said:
An update on the ethics issue with Glen Gilzean from the Orlando Sentinel.

"Glen Gilzean cannot continue to serve as Florida’s ethics commission chairman and work as the administrator of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ Disney World oversight district, according to a legal opinion released Thursday.

State law does not allow public employees to serve on the government watchdog panel, Steven Zuilkowski, the ethics commission’s general counsel, wrote in the analysis.

Gilzean, chairman of the ethics commission, was hired in May to lead the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District. He earns an annual salary of $400,000 as the district’s administrator.

“It appears that your position as district administrator for the district is public employment,” Zuilkowski concluded.

DeSantis first appointed Gilzean to the ethics commission in August 2019. His present term expires in June 2024. The nine members of the ethics panel, who do not draw a salary, are appointed by the governor and leaders of the Florida Senate and House.

Gilzean, a DeSantis ally, was named to the tourism district administrator post on May 10. The district’s five board members, who approved the hiring, are appointed by the governor.

Gilzean was not immediately available for comment."

www.orlandosentinel.com

DeSantis’ Disney chief can’t hold both posts, ethics lawyer says

Glen Gilzean cannot continue to serve as Florida’s ethics commission chairman and work as the administrator of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ Disney World oversight district, according to a legal o…
www.orlandosentinel.com www.orlandosentinel.com
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The statute is pretty clear on the Commission on Ethics. He can't fulfill both roles.
 

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