if you purchased every house in your HOA you too would have nearly full control. If you purchased every parcel in your city you too would have full development control and would largely have governmental power provided you were acting within established laws and following codes and regulations. You’d be able to single handedly elect your board/commission/representatives too.
As was I.
You are assuming that your experience is universal when it is not. The particulars of building and development vary by local jurisdiction. Even within a single jurisdiction the process can vary even amongst neighboring parcels of property.
So to sum this up you support more government oversight and less control for corporations. That’s a valid viewpoint, but historically speaking not the way most statutes in FL were setup. The state up until very recently had a strong desire to be business friendly and to attract new business to the state. One of the main ways to do that is to simplify and/or reduce regulations. Working for a company that develops projects all over the country I can tell you that in a place like CA with too much government oversight it’s really hard to get anything done. I don’t think it’s a good idea to let corporations do whatever they want. Obviously if the company wants to do something that would be dangerous or harmful to the local community it should be stopped but I can’t see how Disney building a new hotel or a 5th gate could possibly be viewed as harmful to citizens.
The land development agreement locked in place the zoning and land use regulations. Things like the building code are still overseen by the District. Zoning was important because the standards and precedent are less defined and consistent. It would have been the easiest, most normal way for the Board to interfere with Walt Disney World.
I still had to get a permit, but I think they just wanted the feeYou can erect a fence anywhere you'd like in your backyard without a permit - so long as it's not on the border of the adjacent property.
Agreed. I'd like to see developmental control reigned in a bit in Florida, especially given the urban sprawl happening across the state with little to no regard for the infrastructure, but certainly not to the point that we get to be like CA where you can't break ground on anything in less than 10 years.
I don't think a potential 5th gate would be harmful, per-se. To be sure, in the long run, it would be a net benefit to the Central FL community. After all, how many people are going to come visit Orlando for Epic Universe when it opens? Those tax dollars and revenue to local businesses will be a win. I just think that, when speaking to a 5th gate specifically, that's a way different project in terms of impact and scope than, let's say, a new overpass for the MK resort area.
This is not universally true. The regulations and restrictions vary from place to place.You can erect a fence anywhere you'd like in your backyard without a permit - so long as it's not on the border of the adjacent property.
You win
Since there are no documented cases of it, yes, I am speculating, as are others who have studied this topic a lot more closely than any of us have.
Overall, I think my objection you your points here are that, while it is perfectly valid to hold the opinion that there should be more government oversight over corporate land development (which I disagree with, but that point of view is reasonable), it is not legitimate to say Disney did something shady by making use of standard agreements and processes that are contemplated by law.
I don’t disagree it’s a different scope. However, I would say a 3rd gate at Universal has a lot more likelihood of impact residents than a 5th gate at WDW. Epic Universe is close to a lot of other property. I don’t know where the 5th gate would go at WDW but it won’t likely be anywhere near as close to other properties as Universal’s new gate. Disney still has the blessing of size which is a curse in a lot of ways too.
Agreed, in fact, I don't fault Disney for taking advantage of potentially beneficial legal avenues contemplated by law, I commend them for doing so. Much in the same way that I laugh in the virtual faces of politicians who scream and yell at "rich people" who take advantage of tax loopholes to reduce their tax liability, which the screaming politicians themselves have the authority to close.
It wasn’t shady. It was actually utilizing the most mundane and boring aspects of contract law and statutes in the state. They even rolled out the law school text book defense of the law of perpetuity with the King Charles clause. While that was headline grabbing and gave some people a chuckle it was actually not all that innovative. It’s kinda ironic that the new board is 80% lawyers and nobody saw this coming. I guess in their defense they were appointed in a shotgun manner with a special session with no time to prepare.
Exactly. Just because the outcome is considered to be significant doesn't mean the means to that outcome were. DeSantis allowed the district to run completely unchecked for more than two weeks and somehow that's Disney's fault.
When reporters report on facts to expose an elected official then sadly the viewing audience at times forms an opinion that the journalists in general are out to get a certain Individual. It adds fuel to the fire when someone lights a match and calls out the media as " enemy of the people" and some fall for and drink the Kool-Aid.
