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[LittleBuford]

Said by one of the people who spoke after him: "We all love Disney. However, you cannot indoctrinate our childrens [sic]. Instead, they have turned Disney into this corporate PR arm of a small group of extremists who want to indoctrinate our children with radical gender ideologies that have no basis in science, common sense, or basic human decency."

Yeah, it's all about making sure the monorail runs safely.

"Loathsome" is the word I keep circling back to in my mind.

 

[Lilofan]

As a FL resident, this is so disturbing, also because we have an insane home insurance crisis, and this is what they are focusing on.

You are lucky to even have home insurance. When companies pull out of FL leaving homeowners with no insurance , need to make extensive repairs and afterwards pray and hope a new insurer takes you on as a customer following 4 point inspection if you even pass.

 

[MagicHappens1971]

Even that were the case, the state has NO RIGHT to punish a company because of their values and ideology. The state is trying to FORCE Disney to comply with ITS VALUES.

I don't care if it's Republicans doing this to Disney for being socially liberal, or Democrats doing this to Hobby Lobby for being socially conservative. You cannot allow a dangerous precedent like this to proceed.

These are extremely dangerous retaliatory actions DeSantis, the legislature, and his appointed board are looking to take here. It's absolutely frightening if this is allowed to continue by the courts. Its not just Disney, this could apply to ANY business or individual who disagrees or does not align with the state's political leadership and their views/values.

This right here is why there's no reasonable judge/justice in this country that can vote to uphold DeSantis' rage. It sets an extremely dangerous precedent for this country, "the land of the free".

 

[MagicHappens1971]

You are lucky to even have home insurance. When companies pull out of FL leaving homeowners with no insurance , need to make extensive repairs and afterwards pray and hope a new insurer takes you on as a customer following 4 point inspection if you even pass.

This happened to my parents. Got dropped after a roof claim, and then the new company they had pulled out of FL. It's a scary time.

 

[danlb_2000]

Yeah I’m confused about this too. How can the legislature pass a law that applies to theme parks but only Disney.

The current inspection law is based on number of employees, so just pick a number between Uni's employee numbers and Disney's

 

[Vegas Disney Fan]

If he let's this go he might have to start answering tougher questions about real issues.

Probably thinks it’s better to keep fighting this super important "woke Disney" battle than actually govern.

A lot of truth in this, it’s a good diversion to keep peoples minds off flooding, insurance, inflation, etc.

The sad thing is there’s probably a lot of people who believe all the rhetoric, for people that have no clue what RCiD was or did they probably believe they weren’t paying their taxes, weren’t inspecting their rides, etc.

The sad thing is he’s hurting Florida in the process of hurting Disney. If people actually believe him it’ll hurt tourism and that will have a ripple affect on the state.

 

[mikejs78]

I would welcome state oversight

Really? Has the state of FL shown  any competency in this area?

Silence is agreement. Have you seen one R speak out against this?

…not a one

To be completely fair, there have been a couple. Gov Sununu of NH has criticized it, as has Gov. Asa Hutchinson, of AK, along with a few others.

But mostly silence.

 

[Figgy1]

The current inspection law is based on number of employees, so just pick a number between Uni's employee numbers and Disney's

I wonder what that metric will be once EPIC opens?

 

[Lilofan]

This happened to my parents. Got dropped after a roof claim, and then the new company they had pulled out of FL. It's a scary time.

This is what DeSantis needs to focus on among other things instead of retaliating against Disney.

 

[flynnibus]

I think every disagreement with Ron's actions should be prefaced with "We the people...."

 

[RSoxNo1]

Really? Has the state of FL shown  any competency in this area?





To be completely fair, there have been a couple. Gov Sununu of NH has criticized it, as has Gov. Asa Hutchinson, of AK, along with a few others.

But mostly silence.

Because they know that he's a leading candidate to be the leader of their party and they're all afraid of upsetting daddy?

 

[Overlordkitty]

I know Disney keeps track of everything, and many pages back someone mentioned people not attending due to politics. Are they tracking who isn't going to Disney World because it's in Florida, as opposed to not going because eof Disney's politics?

 

[MagicHappens1971]

In case some of us need to revisit their elementary or middle school U.S. history course.

 

[Sir_Cliff]

Threatening to build a prison is such theatrical nonsense. Even if it happened, the only downside would be if was super tall or something and somehow interfered with sightlines.

It wouldn't have impact any more than a Haunted Mansion show building we never see.

If the threat is, ooh, dangerous prisoners, again it's a non-issue. To paraphrase the great George Carlin, there's no danger being next to a prison. If someone breaks out, they are not hanging around. They are out of there. We're not going to see some violent offender in an orange jumpsuit stroll into Epcot.

This is where I think he is politically stupid.

He's not going to build a prison, but it's very likely that DeSantis threatening to build a state prison on the grounds of WDW is going to make the news which will make him sound unhinged to anyone not on the fringes. If his appeal is supposed to be as a less unhinged and more competent version of a certain ex-president, this weird obsession with ruining Disney World (one of the motors of his state's economy) because the company disagreed with him runs directly counter to that. Imagine that he, instead, just outlined some restrained argument about taxes and guest safety that may have been dishonest but was at least something more moderate Republicans wouldn't have to feel stupid trying to defend.

 

[flyakite]

Here is link to package for Wednesday

https://www.rcid.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/0-BOS-Meeting-Packet.pdf

 

[MagicHappens1971]

I know Disney keeps track of everything, and many pages back someone mentioned people not attending due to politics. Are they tracking who isn't going to Disney World because it's in Florida, as opposed to not going because eof Disney's politics?

I could be wrong, but I think this is one of DeSantis' talking points. I don't think there's any validity behind it. Imagine being a parent and saying "No honey, we can't go to Disney World anymore, they're too WOKE".

 

[kong1802]

This is where I think he is politically stupid.

He's not going to build a prison, but it's very likely that DeSantis threatening to build a state prison on the grounds of WDW is going to make the news which will make him sound unhinged to anyone not on the fringes. If his appeal is supposed to be as a less unhinged and more competent version of a certain ex-president, this weird obsession with ruining Disney World because the company disagreed with him runs directly counter to that. Imagine that he, instead, just outlined some restrained argument about taxes and guest safety that may have been dishonest but was at least something more moderate Republicans wouldn't have to feel stupid trying to defend.

We've passed that time where people feel any shame in defending such.

 

[GoofGoof]

Another potential aspect of the idea to allow workforce housing in the RCID: Would that potentially alter voting power within the cities of Bay Lake and Lake Buena Vista or not?

I assume it would but he aren’t they dissolving the cities anyway?

Isn’t the land owned by RCID either already used for utility or road services or preserved wetlands? I thought Disney still owned most of the usable land. This nonsense about building housing projects and prisons seems like the ramblings of a defeated man. If anyone wasn’t sure before whether Disney soundly outsmarted this guy today‘s temper tantrum is proof positive.

 

[Disstevefan1]

This happened to my parents. Got dropped after a roof claim, and then the new company they had pulled out of FL. It's a scary time.

This is nothing new. Insurance companies commonly drop folks for making claims.
They pay the claim then drop the person. It has happened forever.
It has nothing to do with the state, it's the way insurance companies do business.

 

[MagicHappens1971]

I assume it would but he aren’t they dissolving the cities anyway?

Isn’t the land owned by RCID either already used for utility or road services or preserved wetlands? I thought Disney still owned most of the usable land. This nonsense about building housing projects and prisons seems like the ramblings of a defeated man. If anyone wasn’t sure before whether Disney soundly outsmarted this guy today‘s temper tantrum is proof positive.

Disney does still own the majority of usable land. I don't even think RCID has enough land to build a state prison if they wanted to. Also unless they successfully void the agreements Disney had between RCID, they can't build a prison without their permission. It would also be a private prison, no?