1 - Most people think this District gives The Walt Disney Co. tax breaks on everything they do on property - which is false - and they (Florida Republicans) are using that to their advantage here.
I wonder if this will bring the idea of spinning off the parks, or at least WDW, back into the fold again.
Well said. The brief that @flynnibus shared last night highlights many of the positive impacts of RCID to the State beginning on page 29.
What line is that?
do you believe that lobbying by and political contributions from corporations should not be legal?
No, it doesn’t cross the line and the Supreme Court disagrees with you.
yes I understand both of those things
Ah, apologies I misunderstood those as direct questions to me.
Seriously? They are publicly saying this is about nuclear power? That’s beyond preposterous. A nuclear power plant costs billions of dollars to build takes decades from licensing to construction to going live and would produce power that would cost 10 times what Disney currently pays (all in cost after financing the construction). No reasonable human being sees that as a real possibility.
Wouldn’t it be hilarious if Reedy Creek Energy Services bought St Lucie? They dissolved the District and Disney actually gets a nuclear power plant.
It's just a talking point that makes Disney looks like this crazy powerful villain exempt from all laws except the ones they make.
But the Universal property was a former superfund site.
Considering Disney contributed to DeSantis and almost all of the sponsors of the bill they clearly had no problem with it while the checks were being cashed.
GOP has a supermajority in the state. Disney doesn’t pay many of its own employees a living wage, fired many of them during the pandemic, and thanks to their diving headfirst into the political realm, has likely lost a lot of sway/goodwill they use to have.
The supermajority received large political contributions from TWDC. They donated to both sides but the majority of their political spend in FL went to Republicans. The party that in the past was pro-business.
I can’t believe anyone would believe this is a real threat….never mind I lived through the last 5 years….people will believe just about anything
Given the dynamics of the districts, many of those races are decided during the primary. For a GOP primary voter, clearly voting against Disney matters more than their donations. I think you’re overestimating Disney’s ability to change the composition of the state legislature. Besides, Chapek announced Disney was halting all political donations.
It does cross the line, but not a legal one. He had every legal right to say what he wanted. But just because you have the right to do or say something does mean you SHOULD do it.
