Disstevefan1
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Discovery cove sounds great! I have never been there. Have fun!
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News Reedy Creek Improvement District and the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District
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WDWHero
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Busch parks employees are probably the worst I've experienced, we had BGT APs for a year and then promptly let them lapse. Rudest employees and I also had one employee try to get me to give him a tip when he tried to get me to steal some soda by saying it was all 1/2 off, when it actually wasn't.
MagicHappens1971
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Oh my god. You get so close to the point everytime.
There are so many words that we are not allowed to use that I wish I could. It doesn't matter how RCID was established, used, controlled, etc.
That is not the problem.
The Governor assaulted an American's (Disney) right to freedom of speech. Now before you try to tell me "I don't understand freedom of speech", for example, the moderators of this board have every right to delete my posts. Lets say the moderators were also police officers, if they tried to punish me in their official capacity, they would be assaulting my right to freedom of speech.
Disney does not have a fundamental right to "control" of their special district, yes. But that is not the argument here.
Disney does have a right to freedom of speech, yes.
The Gov/FL Legislature had the right to dissolve/reconfigure RCID, yes.
The Gov/FL legislature did NOT have the right to dissolve/reconfigure RCID as a punitive measure to Disney for exercising their free speech.
Stripes
Premium Member
I really wish a reporter would call DeSantis out on his even playing field nonsense.
Can a reporter ask DeSantis to name another theme park operator that pays almost 90% of the cost of their municipal services and infrastructure while still paying all property taxes to the state and county governments? Or whose local land use regulations and tax dollars are controlled by an unelected board appointed by the governor?
Can a reporter ask DeSantis to name another theme park operator that pays almost 90% of the cost of their municipal services and infrastructure while still paying all property taxes to the state and county governments? Or whose local land use regulations and tax dollars are controlled by an unelected board appointed by the governor?
lazyboy97o
Well-Known Member
There’s really not a lot of urgency. They first need to go through the process of changing the Comprehensive Plan and land development regulations, which is not a quick process. Even if they decided to move forward with affordable housing which can now be built in more zoning categories, they need land which would have to be acquired thus kicking off its own legal battles. By throwing a fit about the agreement first they’ve hindered their ability to act on any alternative plans.
Stripes
Premium Member
Disney amends their complaint to include that bill as well.
MagicHappens1971
Well-Known Member
In the short term however, if Disney doesn’t get an injunction, can the new board prevent Disney from building things?
Chip Chipperson
Well-Known Member
It likely gets added to Disney's federal lawsuit in an amended filing.
WDWHero
Active Member
Does it actually void the agreement though? How is that legal??
MagicHappens1971
Well-Known Member
Yeah this is what I’m confused about.
Brian
Well-Known Member
DeSantis is claiming that existing Florida law allows for the legislature to void a development agreement.
It isn't.
WDWHero
Active Member
It's kinda sad I've learned more about all of this on a Disney fan site than from established media. I think a lot of reporters are too overworked to get into the nuance and actual comprehensive facts about all of this. Even some experts articles I've read don't explain this.
DeSantis' Oversight District Officially Files Lawsuit Against Walt Disney World
The Central Florida Tourism Oversight District has officially filed a lawsuit against Disney World seeking to nullify a development contract
blogmickey.com
Stripes
Premium Member
Yes the bill “precludes compliance” with the development agreement and leaves it up to the board to readopt if they so desire. It is almost certainly unconstitutional and even the analysis of the bill discusses this possibility.
The Constitution doesn't explicitly prohibit secession.
Disstevefan1
Well-Known Member
I did not mean to trigger you, if we were free to speak on these boards, I would welcome your words even if they were against me.
I agree with your points.
RCID was created by the state with all the extra special privileges for TWDC to bring WDW to Florida.
The Gov/FL Legislature had the right to dissolve/reconfigure RCID, yes.
The reason DeSantis dissolved/reconfigured RCID was illegal. The Gov/FL legislature did NOT have the right to dissolve/reconfigure RCID as a punitive measure to Disney for exercising their free speech.
I think by now, we have proof RCID was always controlled by TWDC (please don't deny this one).
TWDC is trying to use 1A to regain control they had before.
JohnD
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There's a filed "strike all" amendment to SB 1604 that apparently does this. Included is this relevant language:DeSantis is claiming that existing Florida law allows for the legislature to void a development agreement.