Disney is smarter than Ron DeSantis

raphjd

No corporation deserves the power that Disney had.

hubrys

@raphjd said in Disney is smarter than Ron DeSantis:

No corporation deserves the power that Disney had.

The Reedy Creek District was created by elected officials and done in the sunlight. Disney generated $125 million in revenue for the local government each year.

If DeSantis had dissolved the district as he originally threatened, then he would have saddled the two counties around the district with $1.7 Billion of debt, since in exchange for its freedom, Disney had been providing all public services for the entire district as if it were the government.

Disney is central Florida's biggest taxpayer, and the deal the State had with it was a good deal. DeSantis was just a pissed off snowflake who wanted to cancel the big bad Mouse that dared to disagree with him.

raphjd

@hubrys

OK, then you support ALL corporations having free reign in the areas they are in.

Gotcha.

hubrys

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raphjd

@hubrys

How is it a strawman?

You are justifying Disney having near total control because of the taxes it pays.

So, either you support all corporations having control because they pay taxes or you support LEFTIST corporations having control. You didn't mention leftism, but you did mention taxes.

Either answer makes you look like a douche bag.

hubrys

@raphjd The contracts Disney had with the district were agreed upon with the local and state government.

These new contracts signed by Disney were done after a public notice and public hearing. Disney gave notice to the local community. Disney even provided legal service of process to the Governor. Ron DeSantis knew that the meetings within which these new contracts were negotiated were happening.

Instead of sending any of his office's legal representatives to represent his administration at the meetings, DeSantis ignored the entire process and focused his attention on his public persona and his Iowa polling numbers.

In other words, the politician that a great many of you and your conservative brethren have been whooping and hollering your support for...fucking failed you. He chose prancing and preening around like a peacock as opposed to doing the actual work to protect you conservatives' political priorities.

raphjd

@hubrys

It's funny you think I'm defending DeSantis.

I'm anti-Disney controlling things as if it was the government.

hubrys

@raphjd said in Disney is smarter than Ron DeSantis:

I'm anti-Disney controlling things as if it was the government.

Special tax districts are created all the time across the nation, some by the local residents and others for business purposes. It's a common part of Local Government Law practice. There's very little unique about Disney's Reedy Creek District other than the money involved because Disney's revenue and value is so high.

I assure you, Walmart cheats local governments across the country much more than Disney ever could.

raphjd

@hubrys

There's a huge difference between Walmart paying taxes in Houston and Walmart controlling Houston because it pays taxes.

The closest thing I can think of, is the Amazon deal that AOC killed. Amazon had to pay for road works to support increased traffic and provide a fire and police station, plus an extra ambulance. None of that in any way gave Amazon control of the area. They only had to pay for the extra infrastructure. This is a common practice, unlike the Disney situation.

blablarg18

@raphjd You nailed it at the beginning.

Libs, in a shameful contorted abandonment of their supposed principles, are now war-mongering globalists who believe in rule by Pfizer, Disney, Google, JPMorgan, SVB, Con-cast, Raytheon and other ultra-elite corporations, unless they should happen to disagree with libs, then they should be canceled.