I'm sorry, what - specifically - in the article I posted is "not true"? As for "looking at it with open eyes", all I said specifically was that GWB told us that the state's taxpayers would be on the hook for the debt. Or are you trying to claim that they are?
When this was originally announced by DeSantis he wanted to abolish the District all together and there was pushback because it would leave the taxpayers footing the bill. I dont know if GWB said it then and then changed his tune or continued to say it even now and is wrong. But desantis and the GOP realized they could not abolish it because of the taxpayer liability so they backtracked after last summer into the soft version of today. My comment was that Ron spoke to soon and when he realizsed taxpayers would be on the hook the FL senate fixed it for him .
Indeed.If he waits until 28 he wont have to deal with Trump,is the clear GOP frontrunner and some of the abortion enthusiasm will have died down as people get more and more used to the current system.Not that I want him to win just the political strategist in me analyzing the situation.
At the earlier time, I outlined that DeSantis wanted eliminate the district which would leave the local governments (i.e. the taxpayers) on the hook for unfunded liabilities well over $1 Billion. As well as making the banks involved in the Disney debt and Florida local government debt very perturbed. This can easily be seen in reviewing my earlier posts on this subject. Ron DeSantis is now trying to claim that keeping the existing Reedy Creek district and merely having DeSantis directly appoint his own right-wing candidates as board members was a huge "win" in taking on "woke" Disney. It should also be noted that none of DeSantis' board appointees have any appropriate experience in operating and oversight of a large local government where the focus is on trash service, roads, water, and other issues rather than right-wing political narrative.
GWB said the taxpayers would be on the hook and as usual, GWB was wrong. What I told him back then was that we needed to wait and see, and there was no way that Ron would move forward or the legislature would make that happen if the taxpayers were going to get hit with the bill. At the end of the day, it was Disney who started this when the then CEO stated he would work to overturn the wrongly named "Don't Say Gay" bill, and in so doing, picked a fight with the DeSantis administration that they - to this day - regret doing. So everyone can say whatever they want, but Disney regrets it. The lesson was learned. FAFO.
Disney regrets it according to your political bias.... but if you look closely..nothing changed except desantis gets to put his political allies on the District board.... other than that Disney gets to operate as usual running their parks and hotels like they always did. Why? Because Disney is the largest tax revenue generator in the state and even Ronnie is not stupid enough to kill the golden calf... What exactly does the billon dollar global empire regret haha.... The district is in charge of services like fire, police, utilities which Disney collects taxes to pay for. Ron put his choices to oversee it but they are not going to do anything to mess up how things are run. Also Disney is still delivering those services and collecting taxes. Ron only achieved one thing, he changed the name from Reedy Creek to Orlando something. The proposed legislation would rename Reedy Creek as the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District but states that the new entity will maintain the old one's debt obligations in outstanding bonds—more than $1.1 billion—and its ability to collect taxes from the area it oversees. According to an analysis conducted on behalf of the Florida House State Affairs Committee, "the bill maintains the current tax-exempt status of property of the district and bonds issued by the district."
Disney should say we are shutting down until desantis is out of office and the law is reversed.Costly,but Disney has the money and its worth it.
Guys, the moment Donald Trump call Ron DeSantis “meatball” on a debate stage in front of all of America it’s over for him. Just saying.
While Disney still retains plenty of privileges in the state, DeSantis claimed victory at the bill-signing (which, by pure coincidence, took place on the eve of his book launch, a memoir billed as “a firsthand account from the blue-collar boy who grew up to take on Disney and Dr. Fauci”).