GoofGoof
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I donāt disagree that without RCID Disney would have most likely just built the garages themselves, but option A would not be unheard of either. Universal is having the county build them a road to their new park (splitting the cost) and the county will I assume be paying for their portion with municipal debt.I never said it was but what you said was "That's akin to saying roads in neighborhoods aren't public."
I'd say my neighborhood has a lot more in common with what most people would call a neighborhood than WDW does but whatever.
For someone jumping all over my words for some weird reason, you sure don't seem to be choosing your own very well.
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So Disney as a private company cannot issue bonds - GREAT, WE AGREE!
RCID does not pay taxes for the property it owns - GREAT, WE AGREE!
RCID could (when it still existed) issue public bonds - I THINK we agree?
So if RCID did not exist and Disney wanted state-of-the-art Parking Garages for its Disney Springs or a special overpass right near the parking entrance to MK, do you think they would have:
A) handed over that land to the county and asked them to build them?
B) kept the property private and built them, themselves?
If B, we can agree Disney would not have been able to issue public bonds themselves since they are a private company, right? That means they would have had to pay directly up front or taken on their own debt to finance them, right? They also would have had to pay property taxes on these newly built structures, right?
That's a unique benefit, for the area they had, in that they have their own government entity that essentially serves at their (Disney's) pleasure, wouldn't you say?
I can't imagine them going with option, A - can you? I don't even want to imagine it, personally given the way public works usually unfold.
Again, I was happy with the arrangement. I don't agree with Capt. I have no argument against how things worked moral or otherwise but I'm not pretending to be totally blind to his position.
I think it's okay to disagree with someone without having to pretend they're taking crazy pills.
Anyway, I'm out - if you want to find something new to disagree with that I've written, knock yourself out but for the record - I DID NOT WANT THE DISILLUSION OF THE RCID. I FELT IT WAS A BENEFIT TO DISNEY, THE STATE, THE GUESTS AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. I DO NOT AGREE WITH OUR GOVERNOR'S ACTIONS IN ANY WAY REGARDING THIS...
Want to make that clear so nobody says "are you suggesting" or otherwise tries to put words in my mouth. The bold part above is my position - nothing else suggested or implied.
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