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

GoofGoof

GoofGoof

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seascape said:
That statement is always made in response to government action. Unfortunately, DeSantis and the Republican Legislature started this. Now we have no choice but to fight this unfair tax increase. To think the 5 member board cares so little of us taxpayers that they want to use my money to defend their illegal behavior. They want to lower ride standards road standards and building standards. Disney has always built to higher standards than the law requires and that is why WDW is known as the safest place to stay during hurricanes or other storms.
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There really are no winners here outside of the lawyers (at least none that eat pudding with a spoon).

If Disney wins the lawsuit they get to return to the status quo from before this started and the state is out potentially millions in legal fees. Disney isn’t any better off after this, just not worse off. The residents of FL lose because their tax payments pay for the legal fees.

If Disney loses the lawsuit the state continues to control the district, Disney’s business is hurt and they potentially pull back on future investment and job growth in the state. The residents of FL lose because the largest taxpayer and largest employer in the state pulls back and that ripples through the economy. Having state control of the district provides no actual benefit to the residents of FL.

Does DeSantis win? Maybe so. He has certainly benefited with his base and campaigned off of this and fund raised off of it. He also has the ancillary benefit of giving hand outs to what I call “friends of the program”. The Governor appointed board are all donors to his campaign and/or political allies, the law firms hired are donors to the Governor. I’m sure as they begin selecting other vendors or selling off utilities or and of their other plans that will all benefit friends of the program.
 
JusticeDisney

JusticeDisney

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Not that anyone here is defending DeSantis (understandably so, given what a clown he is proving himself to be), but I‘m waiting for someone to publicly state what seems so obvious to me, which is, “Hey, Ron, if getting rid of the horrible arrangement between the state and Disney and making sure that Disney is treated the same as every other business is and has been your one and only goal, what stopped you from taking action during those first four years you were in office?“ The guy is such a fool and is so obviously retaliating only AFTER Disney took a stance on the legislation, that it’s hard to believe anyone could argue otherwise with a straight face. This will be one of the easiest cases Disney lawyers have ever had.
 
lazyboy97o

lazyboy97o

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JusticeDisney said:
Not that anyone here is defending DeSantis (understandably so, given what a clown he is proving himself to be), but I‘m waiting for someone to publicly state what seems so obvious to me, which is, “Hey, Ron, if getting rid of the horrible arrangement between the state and Disney and making sure that Disney is treated the same as every other business is and has been your one and only goal, what stopped you from taking action during those first four years you were in office?“ The guy is such a fool and is so obviously retaliating only AFTER Disney took a stance on the legislation, that it’s hard to believe anyone could argue otherwise with a straight face. This will be one of the easiest cases Disney lawyers have ever had.
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The governor has already addressed this, claiming to not be aware of the Reedy Creek Improvement District.
 
CaptainAmerica

CaptainAmerica

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JusticeDisney said:
Hey, Ron, if getting rid of the horrible arrangement between the state and Disney and making sure that Disney is treated the same as every other business is and has been your one and only goal, what stopped you from taking action during those first four years you were in office?
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Is your argument that all legislative action taken in a governor's second term is somehow illegitimate?

Not everything is a Day 1 priority.
 
CaptainAmerica

CaptainAmerica

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lazyboy97o said:
The governor has already addressed this, claiming to not be aware of the Reedy Creek Improvement District.
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Which is entirely plausible given that there are something like 2,000 special districts in Florida and I wouldn't expect any governor to be an expert on every single one until and unless something happens that brings one of them to his or her attention.
 
GoofGoof

GoofGoof

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mmascari said:
Rank them in order of size. Is this one in the top 50?
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Better question would be if special districts are a potential problem and if the Governor plans to solve that particular problem are we expected to believe this is the only special district out of 1800+ that exist in the state that’s a problem? Why aren’t the others being addressed? Why not look at the Villages? There are plenty of housing developments in the state that don’t have the same setup as the villages. Shouldn’t they have a level playing field? Should they control their own government? I think we all know why. It’s just silly that people still attempt to say this was always planned and he just got around to it. It’s not a serious discussion.
 
GoofGoof

GoofGoof

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CaptainAmerica said:
Which is entirely plausible given that there are something like 2,000 special districts in Florida and I wouldn't expect any governor to be an expert on every single one until and unless something happens that brings one of them to his or her attention.
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What happened that brought it to his attention? Did RCID do something with roads or sewers or EMS or wetland preservation that prompted his attention?
 
Surferboy567

Surferboy567

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With tomorrow’s board meeting, and the board being left to enforce the will of the emperor for the time being. What can we expect the board to do to the district in the time they still have power?

More rhetoric? When do we expect the injunction to be issued so they can’t cause more harm?
 
GoofGoof

GoofGoof

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Surferboy567 said:
With tomorrow’s board meeting, and the board being left to enforce the will of the emperor for the time being. What can we expect the board to do to the district in the time they still have power?

More rhetoric? When do we expect the injunction to be issued so they can’t cause more harm?
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So far the board’s actions probably haven’t warranted an emergency injunction but that could change fast and they appear to be moving forward with their plan so it’s a matter of when not if. I think some history posted earlier suggest it may take a few weeks to a month or more for a preliminary injunction to go into effect should it be approved.
 
Surferboy567

Surferboy567

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GoofGoof said:
So far the board’s actions probably haven’t warranted an emergency injunction but that could change fast and they appear to be moving forward with their plan so it’s a matter of when not if. I think some history posted earlier suggest it may take a few weeks to a month or more for a preliminary injunction to go into effect should it be approved.
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Who approves them? How does that work?
 
GoofGoof

GoofGoof

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mkt said:
I get the jokes on attorneys, but let's be real, attorneys don't celebrate this nonsense, just like oncologists don't celebrate more cancer.
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The one‘s getting paid probably don’t mind too much….especially those hired by the district who contributed to DeSantis. They are getting good return on their donations 🙄🙄🙄
 

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