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DeSantis vows to have Disney pay its fair share of taxes: ‘There’s a new sheriff in town’
fox13news.com ^ | Published 15 hours ago | By Evan Axelbank FOX 13 News

Posted on 02/09/2023 5:16:39 AM PST by V_TWIN

"There is a new sheriff in town," the governor said during a press conference in Ocala. "That's just the way it's going to be."

A bill proposed by Republicans would keep the special taxing district in place, but give it a new name, and create a five-person board whose members would all be appointed by the governor.

(Excerpt) Read more at fox13news.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: antiwoke; desantis; disney; fl; florida; nogroomers; reedycreek; taxes
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1 posted on 02/09/2023 5:16:39 AM PST by V_TWIN
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To: V_TWIN

Shouldn’t he run policy changes past his donor class first?


2 posted on 02/09/2023 5:20:18 AM PST by JonPreston
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To: V_TWIN

“five-person board whose members would all be appointed by the governor.”

...excellent! Time to cough it up you bunch of pervs.


3 posted on 02/09/2023 5:20:30 AM PST by albie
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To: JonPreston

Supposedly, he got them to donate first to his inauguration bash.. Let’s go Brandon… pony up that 10%


4 posted on 02/09/2023 5:22:23 AM PST by Just mythoughts (Psalm 2. Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?)
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To: V_TWIN

Good for DeSantis.


5 posted on 02/09/2023 5:23:42 AM PST by Dr. Scarpetta ( )
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To: Just mythoughts

and Trump’s was paid for by Pfizer, Dow and Bank of America. Was he beholden to them?


6 posted on 02/09/2023 5:24:08 AM PST by M_Continuum
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To: JonPreston
Shouldn’t he run policy changes past his donor class first?

Shall we take a look at every politician's donors? DeSantis is doing the right thing here, and people on a conservative forum are sniping at him. Lame.
7 posted on 02/09/2023 5:26:19 AM PST by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: V_TWIN

Trump is from Florida. Put him on the board that babysits the Disney moral degenerates. He’d feel right at home.


8 posted on 02/09/2023 5:27:35 AM PST by Poison Pill
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To: M_Continuum
President Trump funded his own presidential campaign. Phizer, Dow, BoA we're not under threat, like Desantis threatened Disney…

Distortion seems to run deep from these that bend a knee to Desantis.

9 posted on 02/09/2023 5:28:16 AM PST by Just mythoughts (Psalm 2. Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?)
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To: V_TWIN

Dumb idea. Create another board?

How about just pull the status and then send them a bill for taxes not paid going back to when the status was put into place?

In WA state, in 2008, we got a call from a state auditor informing us that they had change the way software maintenance contract revenue was being recognized and that we owed $435,000 in back taxes, payable that day. The auditor was identified by their number (#324).

They were calling all of the software companies and doing the same thing. We had to lay off a bunch of people to pay the bill. Happened September 13, one day after the credit market froze, our banks turned our lines of credit into loans, and Lehman went to zero.

No more boards. Just send them a bill.


10 posted on 02/09/2023 5:28:25 AM PST by RinaseaofDs
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To: V_TWIN
How much of normal municipal services (police, fire, roads, etc.) are now provided directly by Disney? If Disney is charged local taxes, will Disney abandon those services and insist the government in the form of that special taxing district provide them?

I'm reminded of when a Dayton mayor tried to annex the local Air Force Base. Since the Air Force provided all the normal services, it would have been a case of the city collecting a 2.5% city income tax from every employee of the base but not doing anything.

11 posted on 02/09/2023 5:29:33 AM PST by KarlInOhio (Gain of Pfunction. Gain of Pfunding. Gain of Pfizer )
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To: Just mythoughts

Then it shows that DeSantis is not beholden to Disney. Why ya’ll trying to make it a bad thing? Disney was one of Trump’s top 5 donors, where’s your disdain?
Distortion? You’re projecting again...


12 posted on 02/09/2023 5:31:45 AM PST by M_Continuum
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

Are you Catholic?


13 posted on 02/09/2023 5:32:15 AM PST by Just mythoughts (Psalm 2. Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?)
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To: Poison Pill

Trump may be living in Florida now....but he will always be a New Yorker...with the mind of a New Yorker...with the politics of a New Yorker.


14 posted on 02/09/2023 5:32:23 AM PST by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

Is yours a general complaint, or specific to his allegiance to donors? After all it’s a real big problem for American politics.


15 posted on 02/09/2023 5:32:32 AM PST by JonPreston
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To: JonPreston; JulieRNR21; Travis McGee; AAABEST; kinganamort; katherineisgreat; floriduh voter; ...
FReeper JonPreston asks, "Shouldn’t he run policy changes past his donor class first?

DeSantis never has before. Why should he start now?

Florida Freeper

I'm compiling a list of FReepers interested in Florida-related topics.
If you want to be added, please FReepMail me.

16 posted on 02/09/2023 5:34:20 AM PST by Joe Brower ("Might we not live in a nobler dream than this?" -- John Ruskin)
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To: Just mythoughts

No.


17 posted on 02/09/2023 5:34:49 AM PST by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: JonPreston
Is yours a general complaint, or specific to his allegiance to donors? After all it’s a real big problem for American politics.

All politicians are beholden to donors. Every last one of them. When one of them acts in the interest of his constituents despite that, it's a matter for celebration.
18 posted on 02/09/2023 5:36:16 AM PST by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: V_TWIN

I hate Disney as much as anybody else, but don’t we always say corporations don’t pay taxes? Isn’t that our argument when the left wants their “windfall profit” tax? Is something different here?


19 posted on 02/09/2023 5:42:43 AM PST by suthener
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I doubt it


20 posted on 02/09/2023 5:56:32 AM PST by escapefromboston (Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none.)
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