It’s nice to see the same rules applying to everyone.
In a move political observers viewed as retaliation, Florida lawmakers this month passed a bill, which DeSantis signed into law, that authorizes the governor to appoint five supervisors to oversee traditional municipal services, such a fire protection, public utilities, waste collection and road maintenance in the region where Disney World operates.
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The new law changes the district’s name from the Reedy Creek Improvement District to the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District and subjects it to various layers of state oversight.
The creation of the self-governing district was instrumental in Disney’s decision to build near Orlando in the 1960s. The company had told the state it planned to build a futuristic city that would include a transit system and urban planning innovations, so it needed autonomy in building and deciding how to use the land. The futuristic city never materialized and instead morphed into a second theme park that opened in 1982.
So… Disney gets to KEEP all the tax breaks. AND they basically keep all the same powers that they had short of zoning. And Disney stopped donating to all campaigns.
DeSantis appoints an all republican, unelected state board to oversee this. (party of small gov’t my ass).
They didn’t change this for any of the OTHER 1800 special districts in the state. Cause this had NOTHING to do with “fairness” or the rules applying to everyone. It was clearly a targeted attack.
DeSantis did this because he is primarily a culture warrior. Trying to gain power and influence off of primarily culture viewpoints he feels are “too woke”.
Way to go, you really showed them. I can’t wait for Trump and mini-Trump to eventually have to go head to head. It’s gonna be a fun watch from the sidelines.
“DeSantis did this because he is primarily a culture warrior. Trying to gain power and influence off of primarily culture viewpoints he feels are “too woke”.”
Yep, and thats a good thing. Like he says, “Woke goes to die in Florida”.
Do you have a problem with that?