Vacationeer
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It’s all fine when it’s happening to the other guys!
People are very short sighted.
It’s all fine when it’s happening to the other guys!
People are very short sighted.
He can't take this tack because he's staked so much of his political persona as being the tough guy who beat "woke" Disney. There's a whole chapter in his book about it. The amount he seems to have staked on this fight was clear in his response when people started making fun of him for seemingly being outsmarted by Disney and he started making weird comments about building prisons next to the parks or putting tolls on the roads into the resort.As someone said, they are laying the groundwork on making claims that DeSantis wasn't the entity that actually made the changes. First, they will go on a media blitz. Watch other DeSantis minions make similar claims on right wing outlets. You'll possibly see some op-eds in the WSJ, etc. also try to make similar claims. Then they will show up in court and try to make a legal argument that he's not party to the suit.
They have to do this because DeSantis was an arrogant fool by continually bragging that he took on Disney himself. I mean he wasn't even vague about it, he was pretty clear he did this.
Also going to be quite the campaign issue............. he's going to want to run on him being the guy that took it to Disney but his legal team is going to be arguing that he can't be a defendant because he had nothing to do with the legislature reshaping the district via legislation.
I’m not sure what the proper term is…but the talking heads have taken to calling it “identity politics”It's reasonable to assume that those people see the retaliation as a positive.
Excellent.He can't take this tack because he's staked so much of his political persona as being the tough guy who beat "woke" Disney. There's a whole chapter in his book about it. The amount he seems to have staked on this fight was clear in his response when people started making fun of him for seemingly being outsmarted by Disney and he started making weird comments about building prisons next to the parks or putting tolls on the roads into the resort.
The line seems to be that the state was merely taking away Disney's "special privileges" and that it was in the public interest. You can already see that in DeSantis' comments from Israel (he must be loving that this is overshadowing his big oversees trip designed to prove how presidential he can be). I suspect the AG's comments will be a bit of an outlier because I can't imagine DeSantis would be able to stomach backing away now, whatever legal advice he receives.
A good lesson in thinking through your actions rather than reacting impulsively driven by pride and ego. It's hard to imagine he would be politically worse off now if he had of just brushed off Disney's initial statement.
This Board doesn’t seem to be doing a whole lot of “Tourism Oversight.”The Central Florida Tourism Oversight District Board of Supervisors have scheduled a special meeting for this Monday, May 1.
Here's the only item currently listed for new business -
4.1 Board discussion and direction to litigation counsel and authorization to defend District officials sued in official capacities.
Disney Springs is still the Lake Buena Vista Village to my mom.MGM always in our house.
An argument I've made that seems get some traction among those who relish in these kinds of "own the libs" policies...From my completely unprofessional (not a lawyer) view, I agree. The actions by Desantis and the legislature seem egregious and quite clearly targeted retaliation to censor speech. I sincerely hope one or more judges will see it that way.
I just wish more people would see it this way as well. Many seem to want to take the other view and punish Disney and their “woke agenda”, and fail to see the danger of a government body being allowed to go after a private business or entity in this way.
And in a federal venue, how much will Disney be allowed to argue that these changes violate state law and the state constitution?Probably the biggest keystone in the defense using legitimate purposes to ignore the motive argument would be the change of the makeup of the district’s board. To goto the extreme they did… including some of the qualifiers on eligibility…. Are some of the strongest retorts to the facility valid arguments.
But I don’t know what it would mean for ghe court to see some of the law’s changes valid, and others not.
I still think this will be a defense the state side plays
The Villages is composed of about a dozen special districts known as community development districts (CDD). CDDs are open to anyone with 1,000 contiguous acres of land (individually or collectively as it requires unanimous consent) and Universal is currently seeking to have one created at Epic Universe. They do not offer the full set of powers that were held by the Reedy Creek Improvement District but several of them are available including drainage, water service, mosquito control, roads and transit services and emergency services. They don’t by default have zoning control but are often paired with master planned development zoning and land development agreements that give the developer effective zoning control. They don‘t control building permits (there was no state requirement for enforcing a building code when RCID was created, there is now the state wide Florida Building Code), but if they have a fire department they would control the fire code reviews that are part of getting a permit.This is an interesting point.
I read an article not long ago about “The Villages”. I’m not actually familiar with this other special district beyond what I read in that one article.
It centered around drama regarding the board running it, and how residents banded together to get on it due to being taxed extra to help them develop something new, or something. I clearly wasn’t posting that close of attention at the time.
But I wonder, if this “Villages” place had to allow residents an opportunity to hold power, just as RCID clearly did (and that’s why Disney kept tight controls over its land), is RCID now the only one of these districts that does NOT operate that way?
None, they will be arguing the changes violate federal law. State law doesn’t matter if it violates federal law due to the supremacy clause.And in a federal venue, how much will Disney be allowed to argue that these changes violate state law and the state constitution?
My question wasn’t about if RCID is the only one that operates by land ownership.The Villages is composed of about a dozen special districts known as community development districts (CDD). CDDs are open to anyone with 1,000 contiguous acres of land (individually or collectively as it requires unanimous consent) and Universal is currently seeking to have one created at Epic Universe. They do not offer the full set of powers that were held by the Reedy Creek Improvement District but several of them are available including drainage, water service, mosquito control, roads and transit services and emergency services. They don’t by default have zoning control but are often paired with master planned development zoning and land development agreements that give the developer effective zoning control. They don‘t control building permits (there was no state requirement for enforcing a building code when RCID was created, there is now the state wide Florida Building Code), but if they have a fire department they would control the fire code reviews that are part of getting a permit.
The issue with The Villages is how they have used land purchases and multiple districts. CDDs start off by voting based on land ownership, but starts switching to include residents once residents own a certain percentage of the district. If Universal’s proposed Shingle Creek Transit Improvement District is created it would remain controlled by land ownership so long as residents were not added. RCID is not the only district that operates based on land ownership.
Magic Kingdom is always “the swamp” in my house.Disney Springs is still the Lake Buena Vista Village to my mom.
It has to do with facially valid test. What really hinders any claimed validity of the laws isn’t federal law, but state law.None, they will be arguing the changes violate federal law. State law doesn’t matter if it violates federal law due to the supremacy clause.
It is unique in having its level of taxing authority and having a state appointed board.My question wasn’t about if RCID is the only one that operates by land ownership.
My question was whether or not it’s now the only one where land owners or residents have absolutely no vote in the leadership which has the power to levy taxes on the district.
The problem is the people that support this type of thing don't ever connect the two. They will scream their brains out if the shoe is on the other foot while making endless, trivial, often far-fetched excuses on why when their "team" did the same thing it was okay or different somehow.An argument I've made that seems get some traction among tjose who relish in these kinds of "own the libs" policies...
What if the shoe was on the other foot? Suppose a left-leaning governor went after your church's tax-exempt status because they opposed one or more of his policies? And beyond that, what if the governor then declared all parochial schools of that particular must now be governed by state-installed appointees?
I’m not a lawyer so could be way off base but it’s direct vs indirect. In O’Brien the government passed a law that was being challenged as directly limiting free speech (a symbolic action not actual words coming from someone). In the Disney case the law itself is not directly limiting Disney’s free speech, but it was a retaliation against them for speaking out. So I don’t think they are the same thing. The Gwinnett County case seems more similar to me in that the action of the government itself did not directly limit the union’s speech (and was otherwise legal outside of motive) but the court ruled that it was retaliatory and that the government entity could not revoke a benefit as a sanction for expressing a view.
From my completely unprofessional (not a lawyer) view, I agree. The actions by Desantis and the legislature seem egregious and quite clearly targeted retaliation to censor speech. I sincerely hope one or more judges will see it that way.
I just wish more people would see it this way as well. Many seem to want to take the other view and punish Disney and their “woke agenda”, and fail to see the danger of a government body being allowed to go after a private business or entity in this way.
Exactly. I think the precedent should fall to cases where a government took action to punish a person (or in this case a corporation) for speaking out against the government. The punishment itself is not relevant it’s the motivation for it. In O’Brien and other cases like flag burning the action itself which was blocked by government action was an expression of free speech. In this case there is no question that there is no constitutionally protected right to a special district, but the Government cannot take action (even if the action is legal) that singles out an individual for punishment.Good analyses. It's not that government passed a law that the law itself restricts or prohibits speech (O'Brien) but that the government uses law to retaliate for prior speech it doesn't like. And that, as prior courts have ruled, is unconstitutional.
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