Posted on 04/21/2022 12:53:37 PM PDT by cotton1706
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Florida House passed legislation Thursday that would end Disney’s special taxing district, clearing the measure for Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, who proposed an end to the perk after the theme park giant denounced him over a sex education bill.
The House swiftly passed the measure in a party-line vote, skipping a formal debate after Democrats refused to stop loudly protesting in the chamber over an unrelated measure to redraw the state’s congressional map.
The Senate passed the Disney measure on Tuesday in a vote that was also divided along party lines. Mr. DeSantis has not indicated when he’ll sign it.
The measure specifically targets Disney’s one-of-a-kind Reedy Creek Improvement District, which the state approved in 1967 at the behest of Walt Disney, who sought independence from state and local governance in order to build and expand his theme park empire in Central Florida.
The measure would not take effect until 2023 and the state legislature could vote to reconstitute the special district in the future.
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But the people, through their legislatures, have the ability to strike back, if they have the will to do so.
They have totally wrecked their brand. Young kids and gay agenda groomers.
Will he sign it? /sarc 🙂
| DeSantis | 2024 |
|---|---|
| MAKE | ORWELL |
| FICTION | AGAIN |
And when RATS complain just throw the “fair share of taxes” thing back in their face. That’ll shut em up.
Disney’s institutional ownership has some splainin’ to do...
Nothing will “shut them up”.
When you try to play on the wrong playground, you usually not only get beat but you tend to lose your ball. More than Disney’s stock price is going down.
How much will this cost Disney and how will the counties and cities that host Disney benefit?
“which the state approved in 1967”
A very special give away to develop the swamp of central Florida back in the day.
Now, Disney has pooped in it’s own pool.
Times, they are a changin’
Amen -
Disney turf is much larger than the Magic Kingdom. 40 square miles of land, some being developed as residential areas. Why should that be tax free?
Excellent
Democrats should love it, no special favors and tax breaks for huge corporations
Conservatives should love it, bring back governing powers to actual government, not private businesses
further its only fair
all other special “giveaways” the state did prior and up to this time, are all gone now, disney was the only one left
time to say bye
Disney (DIS:NYSE) is publicly traded. Investors can sue management because they intentionally engaged in behavior that caused the stock value to fall.
Precisely.
The sunlight has been fully shown on Disney, and they are now fully exposed as a cabal of pedophiles, homosexuals, transvestites, liars, creeps, and other nefarious deviants.
Keep your children far away from all of them.
Disney will sue, claiming that they have a property right to the special treatment, that for years they relied on this special treatment in their business decisions. They will win in the lower courts.
As they say: Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
lol. True.
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