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

[drnilescrane]

There are many sites which run outrageous stories; the fine print says something like parady site.

The story appears in places like yahoo and msn. This may be the original source.

Florida GOP Chair Christian Ziegler, husband of Moms for Liberty cofounder, accused of sexual assault by alleged menage a trois lover

Christian Ziegler, Florida’s GOP chairman and husband of Sarasota County School Board member and Moms for Liberty co-founder Bridget Ziegler, is under

flcga.org

The Sarasota newspaper of record, the Herald-Tribune, has published a story:

Florida GOP chair accused of sexual battery; attorney says he'll be exonerated

The Florida Center for Government Accountability, citing anonymous sources, says police are investigating Ziegler and have seized his cell phone.

www.heraldtribune.com

So it's real.

 

[MaryJaneP]

Accountability...... Ha Ha

 

[Batman'sParents]

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.

So, could they choose to contract with Orange County to provide the services instead?

 

[flynnibus]

So, could they choose to contract with Orange County to provide the services instead?

They'd likely just pay some accountant and lawyers. The jist here is simply before the cities could offload most of the common work to one place and not have to duplicate efforts. It's basically a way to keep things cheap since all three entities were working in unison anyways and the city's workloads are so small they don't need full time staff of their own. Now with a combative partner, the cities will simply have to source this expertise themselves.

 

[mkt]

Now with a combative partner, the cities will simply have to source this expertise themselves.

I predicted this as a potential outcome with friends during one of my periods of being put into time out - that the cities would take over some of RCID's responsibilities.

 

[flynnibus]

I predicted this as a potential outcome with friends during one of my periods of being put into time out - that the cities would take over some of RCID's responsibilities.

I could clarify that by saying "take back" instead of "take over"

 

[LAKid53]

This HAS to be an Onion post....

Nope. It's hit the press in Florida.

And apparently there are tapes.

 

[LAKid53]

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

Will be an interesting meeting, to say the least.

 

[tissandtully]

The Sarasota newspaper of record, the Herald-Tribune, has published a story:

Florida GOP chair accused of sexual battery; attorney says he'll be exonerated

The Florida Center for Government Accountability, citing anonymous sources, says police are investigating Ziegler and have seized his cell phone.

www.heraldtribune.com

So it's real.

Now Tampa Bay Times

Head of Florida Republican Party accused of sexual battery, under investigation

An attorney representing Christian Ziegler said his client would be exonerated.

www.tampabay.com

 

[LAKid53]

I don't kink shame.
I hypocrisy shame.

She and other board members have been vocal about their desire to control Disney's content, making it more "family friendly". She's fair game, if the allegations are true. And the alleged tapes do exist.

 

[LAKid53]

Now Tampa Bay Times

Head of Florida Republican Party accused of sexual battery, under investigation

An attorney representing Christian Ziegler said his client would be exonerated.

www.tampabay.com

Of course his attorney is going to say that....

 

[tissandtully]

Of course his attorney is going to say that....

If they've got evidence that this is false, I'd be fine with that. Buuuutt... it does not seem good.

 

[LAKid53]

If they've got evidence that this is false, I'd be fine with that. Buuuutt... it does not seem good.

Part of the complaint includes illegally taping the "get-togethers"...

 

[Rhinocerous]

Let’s not rush to judgement. In America, people are innocent until proven kinky.

 

[DCBaker]

The CFTOD has a new website.

Home - Central Florida Tourism Oversight District

About Central Florida Tourism Oversight District Central Florida Tourism Oversight District formerly known as, Reedy Creek Improvement District (the “District”) is a local government entity, created in 1967 by a special Act of the Florida Legislature, the purpose of which is to support and...

www.oversightdistrict.org

 

[wdwmagic]

The Sarasota newspaper of record, the Herald-Tribune, has published a story:

Florida GOP chair accused of sexual battery; attorney says he'll be exonerated

The Florida Center for Government Accountability, citing anonymous sources, says police are investigating Ziegler and have seized his cell phone.

www.heraldtribune.com

So it's real.

Time for her to head back to attending the next BOS meeting via zoom like she usually does?

 

[JoeCamel]

Time for her to head back to attending the next BOS meeting via zoom like she usually does?

She likes that screen time.......

 

[Disstevefan1]

The CFTOD has a new website.

Home - Central Florida Tourism Oversight District

About Central Florida Tourism Oversight District Central Florida Tourism Oversight District formerly known as, Reedy Creek Improvement District (the “District”) is a local government entity, created in 1967 by a special Act of the Florida Legislature, the purpose of which is to support and...

www.oversightdistrict.org

Did they change the sign in front of the building yet?

 

[mmascari]

The CFTOD has a new website.

Does that choice of domain name imply they have larger asperations than just "Central Florida Tourism"?

 

[pdude81]

Does that choice of domain name imply they have larger asperations than just "Central Florida Tourism"?

Likely someone beat them to the ownership for CFTOD(dot)org and they didn't want to pay for it. I am hopeful they don't dump the RCID domain out of spite before the lawsuits are resolved given how many links are out there in the world.