You're making up criteria that simply don't matter to the point. "that some other governments wouldn't do" -- There is no exclusivity requirement here. You keep coming up with filtering criteria that simply don't matter.
I haven't moved the goal posts once. You clearly don't like RCID. Not because there's some specific thing that is different about RCID, you just don't like the policy decisions that it makes and allows within its definition and creation. A definition and creation that is very common and exists throughout special districts in FL.
The actions taken to change RCID were not actions to change how all special districts in FL work. They were not general reform. They were not changes to what types of policy special districts should allow or not. They were specific to some unique situation that exists only for RCID.
You keep saying stuff like "it may have been legal but it wasn't right". That's a policy distinction then. That's a reason to look for general special district reform. Change them all, update how special districts can work, level the playing field and change what is possible. That's fine, it has nothing to do with what was done.
I'm looking for examples of specifically where Disney and RCID did something that warrants reforming only RCID and not all special districts. Since that is the action that was taken. Only RCID was changed. The rest of the functions of how special districts generally work in FL was not changed at all. Following that, there must be something that RCID did that was different and not something every other special district is also allowed to do. Otherwise, there wouldn't be a reason to single out RCID. Changes would have targeted all special districts that are able to do the same things.
It's not about 'being different' -- It's that it's done and obviously done to the extreme in the case of the district. No it's not unique, nor illegal -- but that doesn't mean it's not an advantage for Disney when they can basically get the district to do whatever they wanted... including funding massive hundred million dollar projects.
So, special districts can be an advantage? Is that some gottcha? It's 100% about being different. Special Districts and how they function were not changed. Only RCID was changed. So, either RCID is different somehow, a difference that makes it worth singling out RCID, or it's not different and this was a targeted attack with no justification.
Are you saying this is a targeted attack with no justification for why only RCID should be reformed and not all special districts? Perhaps that just Disney shouldn't be allowed these policy decisions, but others with special districts can make what you view as bad policy decisions?
Wrong - and already gave you examples to the contrary. Developers are forced to proffer PUBLIC ROAD IMPROVEMENTS all the freaking time. It's one of the leading ways local governments fund public road improvements. Building a new shopping center? Pay for the traffic control. Building a new housing development that will increase trips on the nearby underbuilt road? Pay to add another lane to it etc.
I did not suggest that developers never pay. In fact, I was very explicit that sometimes developers pay, sometimes governments pay, sometimes they split the costs. That the decision about who and how to fund these types of things is a local decision. Different localities make the decision differently. You seem to be saying none of them ever do. Just look at any stadium project, governments help fund all kinds of stuff around them all the time. Not every one, and not every cost, but lots of stuff. It's a local decision. A decision that is perfectly acceptable for RCID to make one way or the other. One that every special district in FL makes, likely in both directions. So, what makes RCID different that this decision is worth targeting? That you don't like that they made this policy decision is clear. People don't like policy decisions all the time, that doesn't make them all incorrect or nefarious or worth reforming the organization that made them. To raise to to that level, there needs to be more then "would have done it different".
Again with these other non-sensical criteria... "that are for Disney privately and not for the general public passing through the district". This means nothing. If you increase traffic to an area, you can expect scrutiny from your local government if you need zoning approvals. You have this notion that there is a line drawn between 'exclusive use' or benefit. There is no such line when it comes to proffers and required improvements.
There is a complete difference between spending on public use and private use infrastructure. If Disney was using RCID to build attractions, to dredge bay lake, fix the sidewalks in the Magic Kingdom, those would all clearly be wrong. They would be good reasons to target specifically RCID for reform. If RCID or Disney pay to redo a sidewalk on Hotel Plaza Blvd, that's not some strange question. Either would be totally normal. It's a public sidewalk, sometimes public governments pay for that, sometimes the land owner. Sometimes both in the same town.
You clearly don't understand the premise... so there is no point in continuing.
You clearly dislike RCID and just want to rationalize changing it. That you cannot separate RCID from Disney and hence view everything RCID as wrong is clear. You're obviously not going to provide any example reason that RCID and not all special districts in FL should be reformed, yet that is what is going on. I can only assume that a dislike of Disney means you are happy that they are being targeted specifically.
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