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

[Texas84]

Seriously, how much is this going to impact Disneyfan? I'm guessing not at all.

 

[danlb_2000]

Seriously, how much is this going to impact Disneyfan? I'm guessing not at all.

Without the benefits RCID provides it could take Disney 3 years to build a clone of a coaster from another park.

 

[Disney Glimpses]

Seriously, how much is this going to impact Disneyfan? I'm guessing not at all.

Zero. It will slightly affect Disney's financials which may have mostly insignificant impacts on pricing and offerings.

 

[Disney Glimpses]

Without the benefits RCID provides it could take Disney 3 years to build a clone of a coaster from another park.

I don't think the benefits are going away, just wide tax exempt benefits. I don't know what the rules are for special districts these days though.

 

[HauntedPirate]

Without the benefits RCID provides it could take Disney 3 years to build a clone of a coaster from another park.

Post of the Day winner, right there!

 

[Casper Gutman]

Seriously, how much is this going to impact Disneyfan? I'm guessing not at all.

The normalization of American governments punishing private speech could effect Disneyfans quite a lot, though more as Americans then as Disneyfans.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

He still trails Trump by quite a bit.

2 years is forever for a guy that’s eaten that much saturated fat

 

[CaptainAmerica]

2 years is forever for a guy that’s eaten that much saturated fat

Elon Musk?

(That's a callback joke for you kids in the back.)

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Without the benefits RCID provides it could take Disney 3 years to build a clone of a coaster from another park.

…or probably 11

 

[flynnibus]

This is completely false. None of the sales tax you pay at Disney goes back to Disney.

nuff said

 

[THEMEPARKPIONEER]

 

[Chip Chipperson]

Seems like the district will simply be reestablished with less favorable tax exemption status. Clearly everyone knows OC absorbing the district would be quite messy.

"An independent special district affected by this subsection may be reestablished on or after June 1, 2023, pursuant to the requirements and limitations of this chapter."

https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022C/3C/BillText/Filed/PDF

OR they'll try to reinstate every special district except for RCID and then try to play innocent as if the passage of time between now and then excuses their actions.

 

[flynnibus]

Ehhhhhhh..... maybe? Florida has a direct pay program that allows companies to collect the tax and defer payment back to the state.... so that Disney can collect the interest (at least for some period of time). It's weird.

Dude... 'hold this for me' does not equate to 'go back to Disney'. Lay off the stretching... we all know what they were trying to say and they were wrong.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Elon Musk?

(That's a callback joke for you kids in the back.)

Everyone i mentioned except Tim Cook (kale) and Taylor Swift (nothing and amphetamines)

 

[Sir_Cliff]

SCOTUS also has been pretty clear that companies like Disney have a first amendment right to make statements like they did. So any retaliation, which this clearly qualifies as, is a violation of their first amendment rights.

It kinda feels like we should all be a lot more outraged by government retaliating against a private corporation for political speech, and the fact that we aren't is a pretty big problem with the country right now.

This isn't the first time the current Floridian administration has tried to limit private speech. This is a REALLY big deal.

This, to me, really seems to be the crux of the issue.

However you feel on the legislation, you can vote the way you want and spend your money where you want to. When the government starts retaliating against corporations for stating their opposition to a piece of legislation, that really seems like creeping authoritarianism. I would have thought that everyone would find this being done so openly as chilling for what it says about the health of democracy in Florida if not the whole country.

 

[Disney Glimpses]

OR they'll try to reinstate every special district except for RCID and then try to play innocent as if the passage of time between now and then excuses their actions.

They could but I honestly think they just want the win that Disney is "now paying their fair share in taxes." I don't think they want to put OC through that transition in such a short period of time, it would be crazy.

 

[CaptainAmerica]

Everyone i mentioned except Tim Cook (kale) and Taylor Swift (nothing and amphetamines)

I ate a whole bunch of kale one time. Nobody will convince me that what it did to my body is healthy.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Seems like the district will simply be reestablished with less favorable tax exemption status. Clearly everyone knows OC absorbing the district would be quite messy.

"An independent special district affected by this subsection may be reestablished on or after June 1, 2023, pursuant to the requirements and limitations of this chapter."

https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022C/3C/BillText/Filed/PDF

Another problem there is I bet Osceola county isn’t gonna give up that sugar without a fight

 

[flynnibus]

The normalization of American governments punishing private speech could effect Disneyfans quite a lot, though more as Americans then as Disneyfans.

It already happens.

See that's the thing with gifts... they can stop giving them or take them away. It's easy enough to come up with other justifications that easily overlap your vendettas. Then it's about who has the better lawyers.

Retaliation in politics is awful - but let's not pretend this is some new emerging threat.

 

[CaptainAmerica]

Retaliation in politics is awful - but let's not pretend this is some emerging threat.

No no no it's a brand new thing that just started on June 16, 2015.