That's rent, not a tax.
Again, what TAX on tenants who lease the retail space they occupy can the Board impose?
-
Welcome to the WDWMAGIC.COM Forums!
Please take a look around, and feel free to sign up and join the community.
News Reedy Creek Improvement District and the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District
- Thread starter castlecake2.0
- Start date
That's rent, not a tax.
Again, what TAX on tenants who lease the retail space they occupy can the Board impose?
And Disney can decide to absorb that increase in ITS assessment.
It worries me when the chair of the Board makes an announcement, after hearing from worried tenants, that the District will "raise taxes" without specifics on which taxes and who pays them.
Figgy1
Well-Known Member
The last part was rhetorical, wasn't it?
Those being sued don't want one penny going to Disney
They want to put Disney in the position of having to raise rents
Well, someone needs to tell Eastpoint it has a new charter. What's on its website is the one signed by Claude Kirk in 1967. But they did get the number of board members correct and who appoints them.
Can the board enact a CFTOD sales tax?
JohnD
Well-Known Member
That special session was specifically called to address Congressional districts. Due to "germaneness", special districts created before the 1968 FL Constitution were added. Let's be honest. The entire point was to repeal RCID although other special districts were swept up in the special session.
Eastpoint's board selection didn't change.
Stripes
Premium Member
I understand there was some discussion by the board’s lawyers that Bay Lake and Lake Buena Vista did not publish notice of their intent to amend the Land Development Regulations. Their basis for this determination was that the notices were not published in the meeting minutes, which is true. However, a quick search of the Orlando Sentinel’s website would’ve proved them wrong.
There are two more for the other meetings as well.
classifieds.orlandosentinel.com
classifieds.orlandosentinel.com
There are two more for the other meetings as well.
Orlando Sentinel | Classifieds | Notices
Free and paid Notices classified ads of the Orlando Sentinel Classifieds. Browse Notices classified ads and free ads. Post free Notices classified ads.
classifieds.orlandosentinel.com
Orlando Sentinel | Classifieds | Notices
Free and paid Notices classified ads of the Orlando Sentinel Classifieds. Browse Notices classified ads and free ads. Post free Notices classified ads.
classifieds.orlandosentinel.com
Smiley/OCD
Well-Known Member
It usually gets included in the CAM (common area maintenance) charges…at least that’s the way taxes were included with my leases with my landlords
Because RCID and those other districts were created prior to the 1968 Constitution.
scottieRoss
Well-Known Member
The District can raise the per mil property tax.
Many of the tenants have ground leases that are recorded an on the assessor site they are listed as the tax account. However, if they fail to pay, then the landowner is required to pay.
Many of the tenants have ground leases that are recorded an on the assessor site they are listed as the tax account. However, if they fail to pay, then the landowner is required to pay.
JohnD
Well-Known Member
Actually, no. I assume you're referring to tornados. I looked up some photos. Didn't look good.
A couple items from a new article at the WSJ.
"Some Republicans privately said Mr. DeSantis’s approach is increasingly looking like a personal vendetta and heavy-handed government intervention into the affairs of one of the state’s largest employers. Publicly, cracks are emerging.
“Disney is really acting in a way that we’d expect most free-market actors would act. Companies always push back and find a way to respond to aggressive regulation,” said Republican state Rep. Spencer Roach, who represents a district in the Fort Myers area. “I think the governor is right, but I’m not sure at this point that the public is with us, and I would urge the governor to be cautious as he goes on with this fight with Disney.”"
-----
"Disney has lately taken a low-key approach with Florida policy makers, according to people familiar with its lobbying operation. The company’s government affairs team in Tallahassee has long had lobbyists with a deep list of contacts from both political parties to advance the company’s agenda, including on environmental issues and policies related to technology regulation. The company flexed its muscle to secure a carve-out from a 2021 social-media law aimed at protecting users from censorship.
In the past, the company’s lobbyists acted as though they were in the driver’s seat on many policy issues and could be dismissive, the people said. Now, the company’s lobbyists refrain from engaging assertively with policy makers, and instead use surrogates to promote their point of view, they said.
Disney’s government affairs team in Florida didn’t respond to requests for comment.
Lawmakers who have met with the company’s lobbyists in recent weeks said their strategy amounts essentially to lying low, providing feedback on other legislation that affects the company through business associations and having fewer meetings than usual with lawmakers.
Two of Disney’s top in-house lobbyists in Florida haven’t filed any notices of appearance with the state House of Representatives—required to lobby on any issue or bill before the chamber—in 2023, according to disclosure data. In the three previous years, they together filed 91 notices of appearance."
www.wsj.com
"Some Republicans privately said Mr. DeSantis’s approach is increasingly looking like a personal vendetta and heavy-handed government intervention into the affairs of one of the state’s largest employers. Publicly, cracks are emerging.
“Disney is really acting in a way that we’d expect most free-market actors would act. Companies always push back and find a way to respond to aggressive regulation,” said Republican state Rep. Spencer Roach, who represents a district in the Fort Myers area. “I think the governor is right, but I’m not sure at this point that the public is with us, and I would urge the governor to be cautious as he goes on with this fight with Disney.”"
-----
"Disney has lately taken a low-key approach with Florida policy makers, according to people familiar with its lobbying operation. The company’s government affairs team in Tallahassee has long had lobbyists with a deep list of contacts from both political parties to advance the company’s agenda, including on environmental issues and policies related to technology regulation. The company flexed its muscle to secure a carve-out from a 2021 social-media law aimed at protecting users from censorship.
In the past, the company’s lobbyists acted as though they were in the driver’s seat on many policy issues and could be dismissive, the people said. Now, the company’s lobbyists refrain from engaging assertively with policy makers, and instead use surrogates to promote their point of view, they said.
Disney’s government affairs team in Florida didn’t respond to requests for comment.
Lawmakers who have met with the company’s lobbyists in recent weeks said their strategy amounts essentially to lying low, providing feedback on other legislation that affects the company through business associations and having fewer meetings than usual with lawmakers.
Two of Disney’s top in-house lobbyists in Florida haven’t filed any notices of appearance with the state House of Representatives—required to lobby on any issue or bill before the chamber—in 2023, according to disclosure data. In the three previous years, they together filed 91 notices of appearance."
DeSantis’s Miscalculation: ‘Disney Is Playing the Long Game’
The conflict between Florida’s governor and Iger’s entertainment giant has turned into a drawn-out legal battle. Some Republicans question the strategy.
www.wsj.com
GrumpyFan
Well-Known Member
Don't everyone celebrate just yet.
While some attorneys are saying Disney has a strong case, this one says otherwise.
Worth the short read. In short, it's a complex matter and the judge could toss out at least their first amendment claims.
In looking thru the suit, I have to wonder if Disney's lawyers felt this as well, and put the first amendment violations as causes number 4 and 5, thinking they might have a lesser chance.
reason.com
While some attorneys are saying Disney has a strong case, this one says otherwise.
Worth the short read. In short, it's a complex matter and the judge could toss out at least their first amendment claims.
In looking thru the suit, I have to wonder if Disney's lawyers felt this as well, and put the first amendment violations as causes number 4 and 5, thinking they might have a lesser chance.
Precedent Supporting Constitutionality of Florida Legislature's Dissolving Disney Special Government District
As I suggested Friday and yesterday, Supreme Court precedent is unclear on whether Florida's dissolving the special government district that Florida had
reason.com