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

[Disstevefan1]

Im beginning to believe that the Walt Disney Corporation has grown so large and influential that they have become?....well?..."politically un-stopable". They will find a way, by hook or by crook to navigate their will on everybody. Can the citizens or the state of Florida stand in their way? No,...I dont think so. Can the Florida Supreme Court stop them? No...Disney will navigate through them too. Can the Federal Supreme Court stop Disney? I dont think so either...not a chance.

Disney as a corporation has literally become too large, too smart, too influential and too big and powerfull to fail. Disney is literaly a bull that nobody can ride....and they 100% KNOW this. They are completely fearless...for good reason.

The state of Florida is doing a criminal invietigation??. Hilarious!!!...everybody on this board KNOWS that investigators will not find ANYthing. Disney will scrub everything and make 100% sure that everything leads to a dead end.

We all know this. The state is just dreaming. We have reached a time in human history where massice corporations can be just as powerfull as any state or even the Federal government itself.

Its the "Entertainment Media Industrial Complex"

 

[ElvisMickey]

I spend more time criticizing Disney than I do defending it. I think most people here can say that. And regardless of your views on HB 1557, it does not excuse the blatant abuse of power that is being put on display by Governor Ron DeSantis. It's a dangerous precedent that should anger every American.

But, how is it an abuse of power? That agreement was made in 1967 because Walt wanted to build an actual city, which the company never did after his death. They’ve been benefiting ever since for no good reason. Sea World, Universal, etc., don’t have that luxury. So it’s an abuse of power to bring Disney down to everyone else’s standards??

 

[mikejs78]

They will find a way, by hook or by crook to navigate their will on everybody.

I mean, using illegal and unconstitutional acts as examples doesn't exactly make your case....

 

[Cliff]

Its the "Entertainment Media Industrial Complex"

Two years ago I would have laughed at you for saying that. Today?....I'm not laughing anymore at this.

 

[LAKid53]

Oh boy. Some of us appreciate that he didn’t shut our state down during COVID. Which Disney should appreciate as well since they were only making bank out of Florida, as opposed to California…

But he did.

 

[sullyinMT]

Isn't that obvious?

In the interest of closing my own can of worms, I’ll just say I didn’t want to believe it.

Selfishly I’m more worried about the 21t

Cheers to that!

 

[Disstevefan1]

But he did.

In all fairness, even Florida had to play the shutdown game for a time, but WDW was shut down for a relatively short time.

 

[castlecake2.0]

But, how is it an abuse of power? That agreement was made in 1967 because Walt wanted to build an actual city, which the company never did after his death. They’ve been benefiting ever since for no good reason. Sea World, Universal, etc., don’t have that luxury. So it’s an abuse of power to bring Disney down to everyone else’s standards??

Oyyyyyyy veyyyyyyyy

 

[lazyboy97o]

But, how is it an abuse of power? That agreement was made in 1967 because Walt wanted to build an actual city, which the company never did after his death. They’ve been benefiting ever since for no good reason. Sea World, Universal, etc., don’t have that luxury. So it’s an abuse of power to bring Disney down to everyone else’s standards??

“we conclude that the integrated plan or workings of the District and its related improvements are essentially and primarily directed toward encouraging and developing tourism and recreation for the benefit of citizens of the state and visitors to the state generally.”

 

[GrumpyFan]

But, how is it an abuse of power? That agreement was made in 1967 because Walt wanted to build an actual city, which the company never did after his death. They’ve been benefiting ever since for no good reason. Sea World, Universal, etc., don’t have that luxury. So it’s an abuse of power to bring Disney down to everyone else’s standards??

This has been debated here EXTENSIVELY. You will need to go back about 60-70 pages to see the answers.
I think it was just two or three days ago. Geez!
PLEASE. Let's not do it again!

 

[LAKid53]

In all fairness, even Florida had to play the shutdown game for a time, but WDW was shut down for a relatively short time.

Compared to other businesses, true. But to say the state was wide open from April 2020 to the end of the calendar year is erroneous.

 

[Stripes]

So it’s an abuse of power to bring Disney down to everyone else’s standards??

Yes, if the reason for the change is to retaliate against Disney for protected speech.

But, the state didn’t bring Disney down to everyone else’s standard, the state brought them below everyone else by requiring the governor to appoint unelected political cronies to oversee Disney’s operation and tax dollars without any Disney representation.

 

[Disney Glimpses]

But, how is it an abuse of power?

How is using every political mechanism at your disposal to simply punish a corporation and not to benefit your constituents an abuse of power? How am I supposed to even answer this?

 

[GrumpyFan]

Yes, if the reason for the change is to retaliate against Disney for protected speech.

But, the state didn’t bring Disney down to everyone else’s standard, the state brought them below everyone else by requiring the governor to appoint unelected political cronies to oversee Disney’s operation and tax dollars without any Disney representation.

Arguably they had an unfair advantage in their favor, but now it's completely flipped to the state having a hugely unfair advantage over Disney. There needs to be a more balanced approach, if any. I would suggest the CFTOD be represented by all major theme park players in the area as well as some local elected officials from the surrounding counties.

 

[ElvisMickey]

Yes, if the reason for the change is to retaliate against Disney for protected speech.

But, the state didn’t bring Disney down to everyone else’s standard, the state brought them below everyone else by requiring the governor to appoint unelected political cronies to oversee Disney’s operation and tax dollars without any Disney representation.

Maybe Disney should stay out of politics? It probably shouldn’t amaze me how ignorant so many of you are here.

The bottom line doesn’t lie and Disney is butt hurt right now. Universal can give them a pep talk.

Happy Easter !

 

[lazyboy97o]

Yes, if the reason for the change is to retaliate against Disney for protected speech.

But, the state didn’t bring Disney down to everyone else’s standard, the state brought them below everyone else by requiring the governor to appoint unelected political cronies to oversee Disney’s operation and tax dollars without any Disney representation.

Just ignore that those other parks are planned developments with pre-approved zoning.

 

[Cliff]

Can all the people that say: "DeSantis this" or "DeSantis that".....just replace that name with "59.4% of Florida voters"

Love him or hate him....both are fine. He is literally a represntative of almost 60% of the voting citizens of Florida. He is doing what his voters put him in office to do.

Its NOT "Disney vs DeSantis"....it's really "Disney vs 60% of Florida voters"

 

[ElvisMickey]

How is using every political mechanism at your disposal to simply punish a corporation and not to benefit your constituents an abuse of power? How am I supposed to even answer this?

You’re telling me that Iger doesn’t use Walt Disney’s name to his advantage, which, really…can be an abuse of power?

 

[Disstevefan1]

Maybe Disney should stay out of politics? It probably shouldn’t amaze me how ignorant so many of you are here.

The bottom line doesn’t lie and Disney is butt hurt right now. Universal can give them a pep talk.

Happy Easter !

 

[lazyboy97o]

Arguably they had an unfair advantage in their favor, but now it's completely flipped to the state having a hugely unfair advantage over Disney. There needs to be a more balanced approach, if any. I would suggest the CFTOD be represented by all major theme park players in the area as well as some local elected officials from the surrounding counties.

What unfair advantage? Reedy Creek Improvement District introduced a regulatory environment where one largely did not exist.

Extending the district to include other parks would be a quagmire. They have and have had services available to them. And it makes no sense to give officials from other places power outside their jurisdiction.