Comments on: What Changes Would Come to Walt Disney World’s Reedy Creek Improvement District Following Newly Proposed Bill?

By: PartyOfLessGovt

PartyOfLessGovt — Tue, 07 Feb 2023 16:43:08 +0000

Another massive failure for Desantis.

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 07 Feb 2023 13:44:02 +0000

As far as anyone knows wdw already follows most of these bc their law abiding citizens doesnt change a thing whats w all the bs racket gheez slow news day i guess but no one really cares about this beyond knowing desantis will get in trouble in the end its not pretty playing hard ball w the mouse and the rest of the theme parks and the mayor etc whom will rally behind wdw. Whose a small gov vs a billion dollar comp whose been in fl way longer than you probably bring most of the tourist your way… hence why this isnt as bad its all clout like desantis!

By: Benji

Benji — Tue, 07 Feb 2023 13:24:11 +0000

So, here’s what likely happened. The state of Florida jumped into this without thinking, and when they realized they’d be on the hook for all of Disney’s bond debt, they went back to the drawing board and probably asked Disney what they’d be willing to give up so republicans could save face.

Disney was never going to build a nuclear plant, so yeah, go ahead and strip that out. Disney gets to retain all of it’s zoning and planning privileges, which is a must for the district. So what did Disney really lose?

They have an oversight board that will give one report in a year so DeSantis can hoot and holler about what a powerful big boy he is. Then they don’t have to do another report until he is out of office, either due to term limits or this country losing its mind an electing him president. So everything stays roughly the same, and both parties can carry on as they were. Just a tremendous waste of time by the government in Florida. That about sum it up?

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 07 Feb 2023 12:50:14 +0000

This is all great news! About time they are treated like every other business. It’s only fair

By: anonMRlucas

anonMRlucas — Tue, 07 Feb 2023 12:30:24 +0000

Its FINNALY over, disney for the big W on those awesome lawyered up fully to the teeth, arbituary analogs of provision. Now disney can still do what ever it wants, but now anywhere in the state, as longs as 530 and 525 can cut threw greedy creek, direct from I-4. It also means Disney can build their rail station anywhere it pleases.

By: David

David — Tue, 07 Feb 2023 04:22:22 +0000

So basically Disney can’t operate a nuclear power plant or airport or make toll roads. . . I will translate – DeSantis screwed up big time, knows he’ll be sued, lose and likely be humiliated by this so he’s passing token laws that do basically nothing of consequence to save face. He was never going to successfully do anything he blabbed his mouth off about (and his and his lackeys constant blabbing basically ensured Disney would win any court case).

By: Lou

Lou — Tue, 07 Feb 2023 04:05:49 +0000

Whether good, bad or indifferent, all of this only has to do with DeSantis’ political ambitions and nothing to do with what’s best for Florida and its residents. Major companies will now think twice about doing business within Florida and that is not in the best interest of Floridians.

By: Victor Nazarian

Victor Nazarian — Tue, 07 Feb 2023 03:27:32 +0000

This all came from a mega corporation (one that I usually support and patronize) mistakenly, openly saying they would attempt to influence and override our democratically elected government. No one should want any megacorp to have the ability to impact or control our democracy. Reedy Creek was a good thing for Disney and for the citizens of Florida until Disney misused their benefits to fight democracy. If the Disney board wasn’t blinded by their own elitism they would be negotiating to save Reedy Creek and promise to never again use profits and benefits of the mega corporation to manipulate our democracy.