The month it opened, there was a vehicle collision in one of the stations. The Reedy Creek Fire Department insisted on doing a vehicular evacuation, which turned what should have been a 1 hour downtime at worst into a multi hour ordeal.
I particularly enjoyed the subject. I remember a lot more about those courses then others because they had debates.
One has to wonder if the union regrets so quickly jumping in with the governor. The new board is obviously not in a hurry to give raises and buy equipment, choosing to use funds for other endeavors. Now there’s the prospect of injunctions and even Disney possibly prevailing.
Even if the board wanted to write a big generous check, the board ostensibly needs to run a balanced budget…. and is about to spend millions on crony lawyers. Oh well, that’s Disney’s fault - you’ll just have to suck it up RCFD.
One of the speakers at the last (?) meeting mentioned they basically have a new agreement being ratified by the members … so sounded eminent
It can vary by school. DH grew up in a neighboring county and his history curriculum was way less complete than mine. This was 1989-1993, BTW. We had graduation requirements for WA history (freshman year), and Civics (senior year) and he had US history that went up to the sinking of the Lusitania. I had all of that, but our US history went up until current, thru Reagan. I also had Western Civilizations and Global History. Global History was things like the Troubles in the UK, Israel / Palestine, the Fall of the Iron Curtain and other things of that nature.
We are 17,000+ posts in. There are several topics that are well settled. At this point, anyone using false talking points or misrepresenting how the District works isn’t a mistake or lack of knowledge. It’s purposeful justification to satisfy a point of view.The user has over 40 posts in this thread -nearly all on this very topic of consequence or not... at what point do we just acknowledge it's not an access to information issue?
I know it’s impossible to set aside all that’s happened the last few years, but this arrangement of deeding land to public officials who serve at the pleasure of their corporate master is troubling, and speaks to the problem many of us have as to this arrangement.
Why?
It would be more worrisome in a situation where the corporation maintained control over a parcel of land that supported a robust population. Like if Disney had maintained a similar level of control over Celebration.
It was designed that way from day 1. It was designed by the state to be that way intentionally. If you want to know why read the write-up in the below which has been posted here multiple times. Take the time to read if you are really interested. I suspect it is only troubling to you because people are telling you it’s troubling to justify their actions. If we are being honest it was not “troubling” to anyone until Disney spoke out against a bill. That’s what should be troubling to everyone.
It was posted a few pages back that those citizens are all renters and Disney owns the properties. They are employees and families. The only individuals who own land in the district are the RCID board members who each own a 5 acre plot that is deeded to them by a subsidiary of TWDC that holds an option to buy the land back.
Exactly all of this. Over the years as Disney sold pieces of their land to be used for residential or other development they intentionally amended the district to exclude that land to ensure they were not “feudal masters” over anyone. It’s a lazy political talking point to call out Disney for “controlling a government”. They control a special tax district (1 of 1,800+ in the state) in which they are virtually the only landowner. It’s not even remotely close to controlling a local general government.
Just as important, the few that make it virtually instead of only all bought in after the district existed and understood what they were getting into. Nobody governed by the district was unaware of the structure when buying.
I believe there are about 25 landowners including Disney and their subsidiaries. These are all businesses directly tied to WDW. There are no residential landowners except for the board members who own the land but don’t live there.
100% true. It has nothing to do with being altruistic. Disney sold the land as a business decision and Disney has no desire to be feudal masters over anyone so the land was annexed to avoid having residential landowners in the district. They just want to run their parks. RCID has never been and never will be a general purpose government. It has a scope that is broader than many special districts but it’s still very narrowly defined for a specific purpose.
Originally EPCOT was supposed to be an actual community with actual "residents" living within Walt Disney World soooo I can see where the Disney powers that be would rather have an amusement park and not have to deal with pesky "residents".
I wonder who will show up to tomorrow's meeting. I will stay through the public comments but want to enjoy AK so I won't waste my time listening to the board and their anti Disney statements. In addition, I believe they are not doing their fiduciary responsibility in doing what is best for the District and as a Taxpayer I hope a lawyer will start a class action case against the Board because they are taking actions that directly harm our investment.
