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

[Surferboy567]

What advantage?

I’m still trying to find it but I remember something about them being able to tax themselves? It’s somewhere in this thread.

 

[lazyboy97o]

Not really an advantage. If anything, the CDD that universal has is great for everyone involved. Orange County and Orlando get road improvements, multimodal transit center, odor control improvement, and maybe sun rail service to the airport?

If anything, there be more of these type of districts in Orange and Osceola counties. I don’t see why those governments couldn’t create specific CDD’s outside of the entrance to Disney on 535 or 192 to help improve the roads over there.

Osceola County already has two Community Redevelopment Areas along US 192.

Community Redevelopment Areas

East U.S. 192 Community Redevelopment Area A Community Redevelopment Area (CRA) is an area designated by the local governing body, the Board of County Commiss.

www.osceola.org

 

[lazyboy97o]

I’m still trying to find it but I remember something about them being able to tax themselves? It’s somewhere in this thread.

Yes and?

 

[Surferboy567]

Yes and?

Wouldn’t that be an advantage?

 

[lazyboy97o]

Wouldn’t that be an advantage?

Like Disney, it’s additional property taxes. And they will go to fund things like some road maintenance, improvements to the nearby water treatment plant and SunRail.

 

[Chip Chipperson]

What advantage?

The same "unfair advantages" Disney had. None, but that doesn't matter to DeSantis.

 

[JoeCamel]

In that article posted earlier re: the cancellation of the contract, did anyone notice the following:

"Figgers Communication was hired to assist with “consulting, negotiating and requesting approval from state and federal regulators on behalf of the district,” according to the contract. The scope of work also included designing an “efficient call flow plan” that will enhance the district’s 911 network and eliminate routing through Orange County.

A two-person consulting team was to be paid $485 an hour for an expected 500 hours of work with a total price tag of $242,500, according to the contract."

So, this contract does not even include the work to install the system or procure the hardware/software. It's literally $242K for consulting.

Hey half price, the other guy got $485K I think? They do like shifting the responsibility to consultants and they know a lot of consultants......

 

[adamt]

I just want DeSantis to care about Floridians. Him canceling that is a start. But he needs to kill this entire take over of Reedy Creek. He is making FL worse. It OBVIOUS here. Does he really care about us FLs? I still think he is all about headlines over substance. Give me a substance governor please.

 

[MisterPenguin]

The ability to tax yourself extra in order to build infrastructure (e.g., roads and trains) that the general public uses.

What an unfair advantage!!

 

[Dcgc28]

I just want DeSantis to care about Floridians. Him canceling that is a start. But he needs to kill this entire take over of Reedy Creek. He is making FL worse. It OBVIOUS here. Does he really care about us FLs? I still think he is all about headlines over substance. Give me a substance governor please.

He’s identity politics in a nutshell. All he cares about is being perceived to be in a certain belief system and he thought he could ride that to the White House

 

[mkt]

There's no optics to prevent. The state's position all along has been that they took away a privilege because Disney stepped out of their lane and that they have every legal right to do so for any reason, retaliation or not.

So the state’s position is that they’re above the US constitution?

 

[LAKid53]

So the state’s position is that they’re above the US constitution?

 

[lewisc]

So the state’s position is that they’re above the US constitution?

Their position is Reedy Creek gave Disney unfair advantageous. That's the reason for the legislation.

Politician statements (lies) to the public regarding the reason (woke Disney) shouldn't be considered

 

[Chi84]

Their position is Reedy Creek gave Disney unfair advantageous. That's the reason for the legislation.

Politician statements (lies) to the public regarding the reason (woke Disney) shouldn't be considered

What was unfair?

 

[Dranth]

Their position is Reedy Creek gave Disney unfair advantageous. That's the reason for the legislation.

Politician statements (lies) to the public regarding the reason (woke Disney) shouldn't be considered

No, their cover to hide their position is that RCID gave Disney an unfair advantage. If the only goal was to level the playing field they could have done it without much fuss by removing the offending sections and leaving the rest alone.

 

[lazyboy97o]

What was unfair?

No, their cover to hide their position is that RCID gave Disney an unfair advantage. If the only goal was to level the playing field they could have done it without much fuss by removing the offending sections and leaving the rest alone.

Knowing a position is not endorsement.

 

[Dranth]

Knowing a position is not endorsement.

True.

 

[Surferboy567]

Their position is Reedy Creek gave Disney unfair advantageous. That's the reason for the legislation.

No it’s because they spoke up against DeSantis. Sure, they may of had advantages but they never had a problem with it till then. The state also benefited from Reedy Creek.

 

[Stripes]

Their position is Reedy Creek gave Disney unfair advantageous. That's the reason for the legislation.

Politician statements (lies) to the public regarding the reason (woke Disney) shouldn't be considered

See, the purported justification for taking away Disney’s benefit and only Disney’s benefit makes zero logical sense. The state didn’t just take away a benefit, which is illegal when in retaliation for exercising a Constitutionally protected right. The state put Disney at a distinct disadvantage compared to their competitors and other businesses across the state. Considering this fact, the purported justification that the law was passed to “level the playing field” (also a statement by a politician) is laughable.

 

[Lilofan]

Their position is Reedy Creek gave Disney unfair advantageous. That's the reason for the legislation.

Politician statements (lies) to the public regarding the reason (woke Disney) shouldn't be considered

Irony that no FL governor from 1967 until when DeSantis came, had an issue about Reedy Creek.