It's a federal lawsuit, not state, so I doubt he's laughing very much. Now he has to prove in court that their taxes won't go up due to the bonds shifting to the counties.
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News Reedy Creek Improvement District and the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District
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ImperfectPixie
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Chip Chipperson
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Here's a link to the story at The Hollywood Reporter -
Florida Taxpayers Sue Gov. Ron DeSantis for Eliminating Disney’s Special District
The lawsuit from residents of a county surrounding Disney World claims they'll be saddled with paying off $1 billion-plus in bond debt.www.hollywoodreporter.com
The first of several, I'm sure.
GoofGoof
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It may not work but this is the second legal challenge we’ve seen that isn’t actually coming from Disney. RCID hasn’t formally filed anything but has claimed harm was done to them directly. Now taxpayers in surrounding counties and I’m sure at some point RCID bondholders will file. The last 2 are Federal cases which will bypass the FL courts altogether.
He's going to cost the taxpayers of Florida literally millions of dollars on all the lawsuits that will be filed. I doubt they will be very happy about that. If he is named as a defendant, I wonder if he has to pay a lawyer from his pocket?
Chip Chipperson
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Finally, something for the birds to aim for!
UNCgolf
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I think he was referencing Troy Nehls suggesting that Congress should remove it.
EDIT: It was Nehls going after the no-fly zone; Hawley brought up copyright.
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The bigger question is why would they remove it?
UNCgolf
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Removing it won't happen -- they'd have to get at least one Democrat on board in the Senate while also keeping all 50 Republicans together. It seems like the kind of thing that even some Republican Senators would be opposed to if only for safety reasons.
Even then they almost certainly wouldn't be able to get it through the House. Of course that could all change in 6 months, but I imagine they'll have moved on to other things by then.
peter11435
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They saw how successful DeSantis was in getting campaign contributions.
Chip Chipperson
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He gave the same reason as the FL legislators - "woke" companies shouldn't have special protection. I guess I missed the part of the Bill of Rights that excluded "woke" entities from having rights, otherwise these politicians wouldn't keep using it to justify their actions.
So you think that a lot of politicians are simply going to get on the tear Disney apart bandwagon for more money?
I must have missed that part as well.
GoofGoof
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I know it’s off topic here but the argument to remove the no fly zone makes no sense. We should add more no fly zones around large tourist areas not take them away. These zones have very little impact on commercial aviation since in most cases a plane flying over 3,000 feet up is fine. They do temporary no fly zones over sports stadiums and other events. This is just good public safety. Figure out another way to punish Disney. Ban multiple super heroes from appearing in the same movie, make May 4th national proctologist day so each year on that date people will think of a rectal exam instead of a galaxy far far away, ban all royalty from appearing in animated movies, ban anyone from naming their son Walt, etc, etc….
peter11435
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Among other reasons, yes. Right now the cool thing to do in the GOP and among their base is to go after Disney and woke corporations. That’s why so many in Florida jumped on the Reedy Creek bandwagon even though it was against their own best interests, and now others around the country are trying to find their way in too. So Nehls in Texas decided to go after the no-fly zone, and Hawley chose to use the copyright extension.
Brian
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Three.
Source:
Residents sue Florida over Reedy Creek dissolution, say it violates taxpayer rights
Three Central Florida residents are suing the state of Florida over the recent law to dissolve the special district that governs Walt Disney World property.
www.clickorlando.com
GoofGoof
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Good info. I’m just curious why it matters how many taxpayers are suing. All it takes is 1. It’s not like they are suing for personal damage. The remedy they seek is to block the debt from going to the counties which will benefit every taxpayer in both counties regardless of whether they support the action or not.Three.
Source:
Residents sue Florida over Reedy Creek dissolution, say it violates taxpayer rights
Three Central Florida residents are suing the state of Florida over the recent law to dissolve the special district that governs Walt Disney World property.
Story from the Hollywood Reporter... isn’t that Bobby’s paper?
GoofGoof
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If the Governor releases his plan which he claims he has and he claims does not result in any FL taxpayers other than Disney paying more I think the case gets thrown out.