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Florida Gov. DeSantis to seek end to Disney’s taxing district in special session
washingtontimes.com ^ | 4/19/2022 | susan ferrechio

Posted on 04/19/2022 8:54:18 AM PDT by bitt

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Tuesday he’ll seek to eliminate Disney’s special taxing district when the Legislature meets this week, a move that follows the theme park giant’s criticism of a new state ban on sex education for early elementary grades.

Mr. DeSantis told supporters at an event in The Villages that he plans to call on the state Legislature to terminate all special districts enacted in Florida before 1968.

State lawmakers are meeting this week to consider the realignment of congressional districts.

Mr. DeSantis’ announcement specifically targets Disney’s one-of-a-kind special taxing and governing district. It was 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.

The district enjoys special autonomy and authority over 39 square miles in Orange and Osceola counties, including the Disney theme parks and resorts, more than 170 miles of roads, and the cities of Bay Lake and Lake Buena Vista.

t’s governed by an independent board of supervisors chosen by landowners

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; Politics/Elections; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: desantis; disney; dontsaygay; fl; florida; genderdysphoria; homosexualagenda; nogroomers; nopedos; rondesantis
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To: bitt

Good for DeSantis...


21 posted on 04/19/2022 9:42:06 AM PDT by GOPJ (Being a sexual weirdo should NOT be a path to power.)
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To: SlipperySlope99

If they don’t like it they can move. That land is worth a pretty good buck.


22 posted on 04/19/2022 9:53:03 AM PDT by The Antiyuppie (When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day)
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To: bitt

Yes Guv, I am 100% behind you on this. The last thing that Florida needs is to become a Calif2. If Disney wants to normalize sexual dysphoria then Disney should not only be deprived tax advantages but also should consider moving their operations to a state that is friendlier to these abnormal beliefs.


23 posted on 04/19/2022 9:53:18 AM PDT by eeriegeno (Checks and balances??? What checks and balances?)
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To: SlipperySlope99

True. But if Disney said they were going to move to another state every republican governor in the country would be trying to woo them.

Cha-ching! Money trumps everything.


24 posted on 04/19/2022 10:04:23 AM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: bitt

Disney has burned their bridges.


25 posted on 04/19/2022 10:07:49 AM PDT by ptsal (Vote R.E.D. >>>Remove Every Democrat ***)
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To: bitt
Disney World is going to debut the newest rides:

Mickey's Transformation Station

Prince Charming Showertime

It's A Trans World Ride at Magic Kingdom

Minnie's Masturbation Mountain

Goofy And His Furry Friends

26 posted on 04/19/2022 10:20:21 AM PDT by red-dawg (How does confiscating money from us and giving it to chicken-little bureaucrats stop climate change?)
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To: Magnum44

not to mention the low pay of their employees.

https://www.payscale.com/research/US/Employer=Disney_World/Hourly_Rate


27 posted on 04/19/2022 10:20:33 AM PDT by Brown Deer (America First!)
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To: bitt

Does it bother anyone here that the government is trying to punish a private company because of their political speech?


28 posted on 04/19/2022 10:22:45 AM PDT by semimojo
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To: TexasGator; Magnum44
A day pass is over $110.00?

So for a family of 5 to go to an amusement park is now $550.00? And this does not include parking, food, drinks, souvenirs etc?

So what you're saying it's going to cost a family of 5 about $1000.00 to spend one day at an amusement park?

LOL!

29 posted on 04/19/2022 10:25:08 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: dragnet2

Its been that way for 20 years or more. But now you also get the ‘woke’.


30 posted on 04/19/2022 10:30:24 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic...)
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To: semimojo

“Does it bother anyone here that the government is trying to punish a private company because of their political speech?”

Not really. Disney isn’t really a private company when taxpayers are subsidizing its existence enormously. Florida citizens should have a say on the subject.


31 posted on 04/19/2022 10:30:50 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (When government fears the people, there is liberty.)
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To: dragnet2
So what you're saying it's going to cost a family of 5 about $1000.00 to spend one day at an amusement park?

Cheaper than going skiing in Vermont https://www.killington.com/plan-your-trip/tickets-passes/lift-tickets#window-rates

32 posted on 04/19/2022 10:32:56 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: Magnum44

That probably explains why I have not been there in decades.
Obnoxious tourist, crowded, long lines and sky high prices?

Not for me!☺


33 posted on 04/19/2022 10:36:06 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: bitt

In the year 2021, the Walt Disney Company generated a total revenue of nearly 17 billion U.S. dollars with its parks, experiences and products segment, a decrease of around 10 billion from the year before.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/193140/revenue-of-the-walt-disney-company-by-operating-segment/

Disney’s theme parks in Anaheim and Florida hit record revenue and operating income levels in the first quarter of 2022 that ran from Oct. 3, 2021 through Jan. 1, 2022, according to the company’s earnings call on Wednesday, Feb. 9.

Disney Parks, Experiences and Products revenue doubled to $7.2 billion in the first quarter of 2022 compared to $3.6 billion during the same period in 2021.

https://www.ocregister.com/2022/02/09/disneyland-sets-revenue-record-thanks-to-genie-spending/

Unless Biden buys his illegal criminals annual passes, it’s downhill from here, for Disney. Their perverted wokeness will not only hurt the parks attendance, but also their much larger media divisions.


34 posted on 04/19/2022 10:36:51 AM PDT by Brown Deer (America First!)
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To: bitt; JulieRNR21; Travis McGee; AAABEST; kinganamort; katherineisgreat; floriduh voter; summer; ...
Another take on DeSantis' action against Disney.

Florida Freeper

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

35 posted on 04/19/2022 10:39:45 AM PDT by Joe Brower ("Might we not live in a nobler dream than this?" -- John Ruskin)
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To: VeniVidiVici

I live in Florida. Just not Orange County. I live in lake county.


36 posted on 04/19/2022 10:39:56 AM PDT by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016 democratic )
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To: MayflowerMadam
Disney isn’t really a private company when taxpayers are subsidizing its existence enormously.

If we're going to nationalize (stateize?) every company that gets some kind of tax allowance we might as well go full communist right now.

37 posted on 04/19/2022 10:43:27 AM PDT by semimojo
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To: dragnet2; TexasGator; Magnum44

That ticket only gets you in to one part of the park. It’s about double to gain entrance to all of Disney World, not to mention all of the extras (food, travel, hotel, souvenirs).

https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/admission/

https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/guest-services/parking/

https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/resorts/contemporary-resort/rates-rooms/

https://www.thefamilyvacationguide.com/florida/how-much-do-you-need-to-budget-for-food-at-disney-world/

https://www.shopdisney.com/mickey-mouse-and-friends-my-first-visit-ear-hat-for-baby-disneyland-400924663341.html


38 posted on 04/19/2022 10:53:16 AM PDT by Brown Deer (America First!)
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To: Seruzawa
True. But if Disney said they were going to move to another state every republican governor in the country would be trying to woo them.

That would be next impossible for Disney to do. When Walt bought the land in Florida, he had to do so under false company names and via cutouts to avoid running up the price. The instant Disney said they were moving, two things would happen - #1 immense speculation in areas Disney was looking at #2 protests to prevent Disney moving into the area (see Northern Virginia when it was still rural b/c of the "impact on traffic" etc).

Four out of five of the most visited theme parks in the US are Disney parks in Orlando (1,3,4,5 -#2 is Disneyland in California). Disney World Florida parks are 1, 6, 7, 8 most visited in the WORLD.

Magic Kingdom Florida by itself has almost as many visitors as Chimelong Ocean Kingdom China and Shanghai Disneyland in Shanghai, China combined....and China has over a billion people and is relatively cheap to travel to for the rest of Asia.

Disney World is the largest theme park resort in the world, and makes about $20 MILLION per DAY, nets about $17B per year.

In short - DW could threaten to leave Florida all the want to......it isn't going to happen.

39 posted on 04/19/2022 10:56:45 AM PDT by Repeat Offender (While the wicked stand confounded, call me with Thy saints surrounded.)
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To: bitt

I like that Desantis fights back, but I think we have to be careful about targeting people or corporations for their political beliefs. That is what the crooks on the left do.


40 posted on 04/19/2022 10:59:45 AM PDT by Trumplican
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