Vote to dissolve Disney’s special district, eliminating privileges

Re:Vote to dissolve Disney’s special district, eliminating p... by euroderf on Thursday April 21, 2022 @03:47PM (#31114347)

Disney should close for the summer. Let Florida know how their economy actually works. Disney would eat the cost of a summer closure as a cost of doing business. And not incidentally, Dems have been in bed with Disney for ages, dragging out copyright ad infinitum, so why do they not line up behind Disney to make a big issue out of this nonsensical demagogic bullying ? Isn't Disney sort of the definition of "family-friendly" ?

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Re:Vote to dissolve Disney’s special district, eliminating p... by dTal on Thursday April 21, 2022 @04:27PM (#31114751)

Empty threat. What's Disney gonna do, shut it down forever? Move the entire kit and caboodle to a different state?

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Re:Vote to dissolve Disney’s special district, eliminating p... by pyuser583 on Thursday April 21, 2022 @06:39PM (#31116058)

Disney is only making noises to appease their local employees.

How do you think those local employees would view the company laying them off?

Perhaps they’d regret bringing the matter up. Perhaps future employees would be quiet lest they lose their jobs.

Perhaps this is a terrible, terrible idea.

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Re:Vote to dissolve Disney’s special district, eliminating p... by cato_the_elder on Thursday April 21, 2022 @04:48PM (#31114980)

> Disney should close for the summer.

This proposal is much more closer to nonsensical than what Florida is doing, and there's no way it's going to happen. Wanna take a bet?

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Re:Vote to dissolve Disney’s special district, eliminating p... by 8note on Thursday April 21, 2022 @05:06PM (#31115180)

It sounds like they should spend a lot of money via debts on park improvements, since that'll be moved onto the counties as soon as the district is gone

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Re:Vote to dissolve Disney’s special district, eliminating p... by beerandt on Thursday April 21, 2022 @06:26PM (#31115933)

What's not mentioned in the article is that all new improvements would be the county's responsibility, but that means the county also has to decide to approve those projects.

They could just not spend any money on maintaining or improving Disney roads/ infrastructure until Disney gives them a reason to want to.

Which might mean making Disney "voluntarily" pay off the district's past debt as well as agreeing to pay for new projects before any new ones get approved.

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Re:Vote to dissolve Disney’s special district, eliminating p... by frumper on Thursday April 21, 2022 @07:38PM (#31116524)

Disney wouldn’t have much trouble flooding county elections with money. One election cycle of delays then business as usual

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Re:Vote to dissolve Disney’s special district, eliminating p... by beerandt on Thursday April 21, 2022 @08:43PM (#31116939)

Maybe- but that's a mess they'd rather avoid. And one that could backfire on them.

Which is why before cutting state political donations entirely, they contributed to pretty much all candidates.

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Re:Vote to dissolve Disney’s special district, eliminating p... by frumper on Thursday April 21, 2022 @09:27PM (#31117234)

I agree, I think you’re entirely right. Why settle for only funding one side when you can throw money everywhere

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Re:Vote to dissolve Disney’s special district, eliminating p... by infamouscow on Thursday April 21, 2022 @04:34PM (#31114833)

Disney has to justify that to the shareholders. Good luck.

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Re:Vote to dissolve Disney’s special district, eliminating p... by euroderf on Friday April 22, 2022 @08:01AM (#31120550)

Over the long term, megalomaniac creeps like DeSantis are gonna screw Disney over. Better to punch back ASAP, IMHO. Hit'em where it hurts - in the pocketbook of the state economy.

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Re:Vote to dissolve Disney’s special district, eliminating p... by mountainriver on Thursday April 21, 2022 @05:14PM (#31115274)

Yeah this just makes Desantis look dumb and petty to moderates. All over a LGBTQ bill?

Makes you wonder if it struck a nerve?

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