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

lazyboy97o

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A better theoretical might be, if we magically dissolve the current district and eliminate its current debts. Without creating a new special district, what would happen to the counties then?
Most of the responsibility would fall to the municipalities. The problem with the dissolution plan was that it dropped assets and liabilities onto the pre-existing jurisdictions. Because the Reedy Creek Drainage District was create before the cities, that made the counties the pre-existing jurisdictions. The existence of the cities then prevented the counties from doing things like setting up taxing districts to generate the funds. Powers like land use, building oversight and emergency services would have still been held by the cities.
 
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flynnibus

Premium Member
Oooooh this email is damning.
It’s only proof that disney was involved- which was already known

The point about optics is not in itself anything actionable. Even the presenter noted this and was only using it to support another argument.

Lobbyists write most bills which are rebranded in the same way by staff.

My biggest take away was they outlined several vectors they would attack the soundness of the deal… but without much ranking of which are actually winnable.

But now disney lawyers have a nice list of points to prepare for
 

Mr. Stay Puft

Well-Known Member
Legal notification of the Development Agreement is required under FL's Sunshine Law. One of the Districts attorneys stated that it didn't happen.
But even not doing so doesn't necessarily mean the contract becomes null and void. I'd think a reasonable judge would allow RCID/Disney to remedy that oversight in good faith.
 

CaptainAmerica

Premium Member
Following up on this - here's the original RCID charter:


That section that he talked about does not appear in it, and there is no 30 year limit. The word 'year' doesn't even appear in the agreement a single time.
They never claimed it was on the charter.

The charter says "pursuant to [statute XYZ]," and that statute is what had the 30 year term.

If you have a law that says "every charter of this nature has a term of 30 years" then it doesn't matter if the charter itself says anything about 30 years.
 

Batman'sParents

Active Member
At what point will Disney and the new District Board start to work behind the scenes on crafting a compromise package between both sides? Surely this has already started?

Ligation is an option, but wouldn't both sides prefer to try to work out their issues to get this out of the news cycle? The RCID was boring for 50 years, I like to go back to that.
 

Kamikaze

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They never claimed it was on the charter.

The charter says "pursuant to [statute XYZ]," and that statute is what had the 30 year term.

If you have a law that says "every charter of this nature has a term of 30 years" then it doesn't matter if the charter itself says anything about 30 years.
Its actually from the Dev Agreement: https://blogmickey.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/2023-02-08-RCID-BOS-Package-FINAL_v2.pdf

So - not sure what that guys point was, 30 years from Feb is fine for this situation for now.
 

CaptainAmerica

Premium Member
At what point will Disney and the new District Board start to work behind the scenes on crafting a compromise package between both sides? Surely this has already started?

Ligation is an option, but wouldn't both sides prefer to try to work out their issues to get this out of the news cycle? The RCID was boring for 50 years, I like to go back to that.
DeSantis wants it *in* the news cycle, he doesn't want it resolved. I don't think he actually cares about the ultimate outcome (which will be years from now), but he wants the fight to be ongoing until the primary begins.

I think the people on this board really do care about the outcome and they actually want to screw Disney. They're doing it for their pound of flesh, they're not just doing it as a stunt.
 

Mr. Stay Puft

Well-Known Member
Now they're talking about regulating Disney's pools, another tool they'll use to extort Disney into making concessions to the state.

They're weaponizing regulation of business by the state to force Disney into complying with DeSantis/Republicans views. They want to force right wing social engineering on Disney using regulatory oversight. It couldn't be more obvious.
 

Mr. Stay Puft

Well-Known Member
DeSantis wants it *in* the news cycle, he doesn't want it resolved. I don't think he actually cares about the ultimate outcome (which will be years from now), but he wants the fight to be ongoing until the primary begins.

I think the people on this board really do care about the outcome and they actually want to screw Disney. They're doing it for their pound of flesh, they're not just doing it as a stunt.
I think he DOES care about the outcome. The only acceptable outcome is state control over Disney.
 

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