Because they've owned land for a while they should have privileges no one else has? Imo the concept of carving out exceptions to the law for a single megacorp is troubling

It doesn't really look so much like a privilege as it does just a special arrangement for a special case. Disney basically just controls its own county. The local government (that they control) collects the property taxes from Disney and then uses those taxes to build and maintain the roads, sewer, utilities and services like police and fire. The surrounding counties will now be able to get that property tax money, but at the same time they are now responsible for maintaining everything. The question is whether the surrounding counties can do that for the same cost that the Disney local government did.

I was actually responding to the statement that "they're guests." Do Florida officials consider every out-of-stater who comes in and buys land a "guest"? I'm not disagreeing with the troubling nature of carving out exceptions...but the state's attitude is also troubling (to say the least).

Strange to compare a globe sprawling megacorporation with a refugee child.