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

[GoofGoof]

One of the primary reasons for all the hotels, restaurants, and minor attractions in the Central Florida region to exist ceasing to exist would lead to economic calamity for the entire region. Most don't come to Orlando for Fun Spot or Gatorland.

Obviously Universal and SeaWorld would still be around, but when the primary incentive for visitors to come to the area is gone, you could bet on it that a huge portion of the hotels and restaurants, as well as smaller attractions, will be forced to close. When that happens, other sectors of the economy slow/cease too, because of the lack of public funds/investment available by way of tax revenue, as well as family pressures wherein one of the two income earners in the family losing their hospitality job will lead to the family moving to somewhere they can find a new one means that someone working in an unrelated industry will also leave, or their schools not having enough funding due to the lower tax revenue.

When folks leave a region en masse and nobody wants to replace them because there's not enough jobs, then much of the home equity that so many hard-working families are banking on disappears.

But "DeSantis bad" so let's tank the economy of an entire region of the state.

If you're not going to engage in the realities of the situation, I would agree that ignoring your comments might be for the best.

I agree with this. Of course the Governor and state legislature obviously don’t agree. They are attacking the largest employer who as you stated is the reason the state is the tourism hub it is over a petty political dispute. They know Disney won’t just up and leave the state, but when they ask why Disney gets “special“ treatment maybe this should be the response they get. Nobody comes to Florida for Fun Spot or Gatorland. Without Disney, FL is a very, very different state. Plenty of other places have nice beaches but only a fraction of the tourism revenue coming in. There’s a very good reason Disney is not and should not be treated like every other business in the state…you laid it out perfectly. The FL Speaker of the House in that podcast asked how can he explain to a dry cleaner that they don’t get the same benefits as Disney. The answer…..if you close the dry cleaner it doesn’t lead to everything you described above. Seems obvious to everyone but these guys….unless they know it’s a political stunt with no plans to follow through and just want a slap on the back from the base.

 

[Sir_Cliff]

It's on!

 

[BuzzedPotatoHead89]

When folks leave a region en masse and nobody wants to replace them because there's not enough jobs, then much of the home equity that so many hard-working families are banking on disappears.

But "DeSantis bad" so let's tank the economy of an entire region of the state.

If you're not going to engage in the realities of the situation, I would agree that ignoring your comments might be for the best.

I’ll add that if politics is all that matters to people… it is a region (greater Orlando) that votes much more blue than other parts of the state.. so you’re “harming” the wrong class of voters.

That said it’s troubling state of affairs that we’ve even gotten to a point in our political/civil discourse that citizens on either side of the proverbial political aisle would wish economic harm on others as retribution because they disagree with the politics of those elected by the (in many cases slim) majority of the registered voters in said state.

And I say this as someone who is not a fan of DeSantis or the current retaliatory politics in Tallahassee.

 

[flynnibus]

This. I assume, and what I was driving at with the other question, that RCID actually owns the land for lots of the roads, not Disney. Following that route I laid out, most of the trip should be on RCID owned roads and not on private Disney owned roads.

Simply because RCID operates a road doesn't necessarily mean that is their land. Right-of-ways and easements can account for the land use, without necessarily ownership.

The electric company maintains the power utility running through your property through an easement - that doesn't mean they own the ground.

I think your investigation would have to go a bit further to conclude such topics.

 

[lazyboy97o]

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If only they hadn’t scuttled their submarine fleet…

 

[GoofGoof]

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Don’t even joke, the site that can not be named might pick this up and run with it

The crazy part is a year or so ago I thought they may be looking to secede from the state of CA. If you told me then a state Government would do something so preposterous it would make what CA does seem rational I would have said no shot. What a difference a year makes.

 

[flynnibus]

All the general services from Police / Fire / EMS to the availability of electricity / water / sewage will continue. The visitors / guests / travelers and other passers through will not notice nor care. There are a lot of factors that the tourists will be concerned with but whether there is an RCID or not is not one of them.

Did you checkout the Disney Road Sign thread recently at all?

Or any number of complaints about parking at Disney Springs? Or traffic at all on property?

None of those things impacted tourists?

The Disney bubble would be popped.. and people would eventually see many small things that would negate the bubble they were used to.

 

[Disstevefan1]

Exactly!!! There are no "groomers" in the public education system. To think that is insane.

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To me, this is does not qualify as grooming in the public education system this is one filthy CREEP that also happens to be a school board president.

Totally SICK, but not an example of grooming in the public education system.

 

[JoeCamel]

To me, this is does not qualify as grooming in the public education system this is one filthy CREEP that also happens to be a school board president.

Totally SICK, but not an example of grooming in the public education system.

Youth pastors......

 

[chrisvee]

Exactly!!! There are no "groomers" in the public education system. To think that is insane.

that’s exactly why willfully misunderstanding and misapplying that term is wrong

 

[flynnibus]

The following is summarized and paraphrased for brevity purposes. It is not a complete transcript and is intended to give you an idea of where Sprowls stands on the current state of affairs.

Sounds like the guy drinking the kool aid and asking no questions. A great loyal servant to the party's needs and probably why he's in his chair.

 

[lazyboy97o]

So Rep. Roach not only doesn’t know about the EPCOT Building Code, he is also unaware that individual county codes were done away with over 20 years ago with the introduction of the Florida Building Code.

 

[ctrlaltdel]

So Rep. Roach not only doesn’t know about the EPCOT Building Code, he is also unaware that individual county codes were done away with over 20 years ago with the introduction of the Florida Building Code.

It's amazing how clueless politicians at every level of government are of what government's role actually is (doesn't matter what party they are).

 

[roj2323]

I don't understand who hears this sort of stuff and finds it reasonable. The Speaker of the House is openly saying this was done to retaliate against Disney for expressing an opinion on government legislation and hoping that it has the effect of stopping other companies from doing the same, i.e. chilling free speech. It's very blatant.

Is that really the kind of state or country in which you want to live?

The thing that concerns me is Disney has been eerily quiet and hasn't issued any public statements on this. For something that is such a massive deal to the basic function of WDW, It's just odd.

 

[GimpYancIent]

The thing that concerns me is Disney has been eerily quiet and hasn't issued any public statements on this. For something that is such a massive deal to the basic function of WDW, It's just odd.

TWDC executives are finally listening to their lawyers. They need to keep listening to them.

 

[roj2323]

So Rep. Roach not only doesn’t know about the EPCOT Building Code, he is also unaware that individual county codes were done away with over 20 years ago with the introduction of the Florida Building Code.

He also apparently isn't aware that Disney actually builds over code in a lot of case. In particular they build to a 220mph hurricane rating on all structures and they way over do it on Electrical as well. If you have ever seen back stage you will understand just how impressive some of this stuff is from an engineering standpoint.

 

[BuzzedPotatoHead89]

The thing that concerns me is Disney has been eerily quiet and hasn't issued any public statements on this. For something that is such a massive deal to the basic function of WDW, It's just odd.

As a TWDC shareholder with experience in Government Affairs and litigation for a fortune 50, I’m more concerned that they’re going to open their mouth soon.

As I’m sure they’re being advised: Best to be as quiet as a mouse on this and say nothing. Let the politicians bury themselves by running their mouths and stop making unnecessary statements.

 

[lazyboy97o]

He also apparently isn't aware that Disney actually builds over code in a lot of case. In particular they build to a 220mph hurricane rating on all structures and they way over do it on Electrical as well. If you have ever seen back stage you will understand just how impressive some of this stuff is from an engineering standpoint.

Disney does not exceed code requirements to that extent.

 

[James Alucobond]

If only they hadn’t scuttled their submarine fleet…

Don't worry; that's why they put the Tomahawk launchers on the WS lagoon.

 

[Club Cooloholic]

Today, the small subset of folks on social media now tell the billionaires (and billion dollar companies) how to act and how to think.

I think you have it wrong buddy, there is a small subset of talking heads on certain conservative outlets that it's listeners swallow what they say hook line and sinker. But you what you're writing already confirms that.