DeSantis wants to nationalize a private company that adds billions of dollars of tax revenue, tourism and ancillary economic benefits.....not to mention the $$$ GOP candidates took in donations.. (DeSantis' political committee received three contributions from Disney totaling $100,000 and a $6,809 in-kind contribution for "food and beverage," likely catering for a fundraiser or some other campaign event. Disney gave DeSantis $50,000 in 2019 and $50,000 in 2021.) how is this not fucktarded? Disney funds so many things in the state and thats the sword you want to fall on?
In response to the notice being posted, Gov. Ron DeSantis' office stated: "The corporate kingdom has come to an end. Under the proposed legislation, Disney will no longer control its own government, will live under the same laws as everyone else, will be responsible for their outstanding debts, and will pay their fair share of taxes. Imposing a state-controlled board will also ensure that Orange County cannot use this issue as a pretext to raise taxes on Orange County residents." Um.... Though the deal provided Disney with several privileges, it did not make the theme park tax-exempt. Disney World paid more than $780 million in state and local taxes in fiscal year 2021. So NOW GOP cares about corporations paying their fare share of taxes all of a sudden huh yet is lying that Disney pays no taxes or less than its share....... I bet you Disney pays more taxes than any other entity in FL. Um.....Under the agreement, Disney was responsible for building and maintaining municipal services like power, roads, and fire protection — which ensured that the residents of Orange and Osceola counties would not have to pay for such services. So Disney financed power, roads and fire for all residents.. not just within the Parks... Um.....The new law might also make those counties responsible for services previously covered by the company, like fixing roads or providing law enforcement. Disney paid $105 million for those services, according to tax filings submitted to Florida’s Department of Revenue. So Disney was using its position to help the surrounding counties and residents in exchange for..$0. In celebrating its 50-year anniversary, one study estimates that Disney brings $75.2 billion in annual economic impact – along with 463,000 jobs and $5.8 billion in additional state tax revenue.
DeSantis "Disney must pay its fair share of taxes" In addition to Reedy Creek providing most of its own services, it also taxes Disney to raise funds necessary to maintain the land and community services necessary to keep the magic of Disneyworld alive. Due to the special designation, Reedy Creek can and does levy more taxes on the Walt Disney Company than Florida generally allows counties to tax entities. In fact, Reedy Creek taxes Disney at a rate of about three times the general rate for other Florida jurisdictions. Reedy Creek also has public bonds issued, to which Disney receives a bill each year to make the annual payments. Ooops..... well this is how the game is played. The average voter anywhere is a fucking idiot and believes anything told to them even if it is easily shown to be false via Google and tax records under.... um the Governor. Support DeSantis all you want but this is a pussy upset a company didnt like his policies (which Disney could not change) and decided to shoot himself in the limp testicles and FL residents are like MMMKay!
Maybe DeSantis is playing us for fools and his goal all along was to accept campaign donations and take away tax revenue from the people and give it back to corporations: On the contrary, Disney will likely experience a tax decrease since they will now pay tax at the maximum rate in the neighboring counties like other entities in the area. In addition, Disney will likely also experience an effective decrease in indirect taxes since the burden of maintaining Disneyworld’s services and infrastructure will now be shifted to the local counties that cannot levy the same amount of taxes against Disneyworld as the special district can. So he believe Disney should pay their fair share of taxes buy removing obligations from Disney that decreases its tax burden and shifts it to the local counties where the taxpayers gets screwed probably... have to wait and see.
Let's see what the people of Tampa have to say about Ron DeSantis... Gov. DeSantis reminds me of Alabama Gov. George Wallace https://www.tampabay.com/opinion/20...eminds-me-alabama-gov-george-wallace-letters/
It is understandable that counts are less reliable as more people are using at-home tests or not testing at all. However in DeSantis's Florida, the state's deliberate lack of public Covid hospitalization and death reporting -- as well as its refusal to fund the tracking of variants is not understandable. Of course Covid hospitalizations in Florida have accelerated over the past couple weeks far faster than any other state -- in the likely presence of XBB.1.5. Florida COVID hospitalizations skyrocket as case counts become unreliable https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story...orida-hospitalizations-skyrocket/69780829007/
This is how authoritarians spend tax-payer money to drive their political narrative. DeSantis doesn't even hire law firms based in Florida. As legal bills mount, Florida paid about $35,000 for each migrant in Martha's Vineyard flights https://www.tallahassee.com/story/n...uit-could-cost-florida-1-million/69782146007/ TALLAHASSEE — Florida has agreed to pay up to $1 million to two law firms to defend it following Gov. Ron DeSantis’ controversial decision last summer to relocate nearly 50 Venezuelan migrants from Texas to Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. So far, the state has paid nearly $112,000 to the firms Consovoy McCarthy and Campbell Conroy & O’Neil to represent DeSantis and other state officials in a class action lawsuit filed in Boston by attorneys representing the migrants. This is on top of the nearly $1.6 million paid to Destin, Fla.-based aviation firm Vertol Systems Company, which the state contracted for the migrant flights. Thomas C. Frongillo of Campbell Conroy & O'Neil, who is listed as the state’s lead attorney for the Boston case, is charging $650 an hour. The hourly fee for partners at Consovoy McCarthy is also $650. But the charges vary depending on the employee, going as low as $150 per hour for junior paralegals at Campbell Conroy & O'Neil and $200 for paralegals at Consovoy McCarthy. Boths firms have Boston locations. Neither responded to media requests. U.S. News & World Report gives Campbell Conroy & O'Neil high rankings for class action lawsuit defense. Consovoy McCarthy, a conservative firm, has been involved in numerous high-profile cases, including representing former President Trump in a financial-records case and election law disputes. Iván Espinoza-Madrigal, executive director of the Boston nonprofit Lawyers for Civil Rights, which filed the lawsuit in Massachusetts' federal court, accused Florida of using “scarce taxpayer dollars” on “DeSantis’ immigration theater.” “Florida's hard-working people are now on the hook for a million dollars for out-of-state lawyers to defend DeSantis' fraudulent scheme,” he said in a statement. “If you can't be fair, you should at least be frugal.” More spending to come While opponents have called the transport a vicious political stunt, DeSantis has said his migrant relocation program is the "most effective" way to steer asylum seekers and other migrants away from Florida. He contended that it's more effective to intercept migrants at the Texas border than to track them down when they arrive in Florida. “If they get in a car with two other people, there's no way we're going to be able to detect that,” he said. State lawmakers gave the Florida Department of Transportation $12 million for the migrant relocation program. The money comes from interest earnings from Florida’s $8.8 billion portion of the Biden administration's American Rescue Plan. State spokespeople did not respond to questions about whether that money is being used for the legal costs. But it is clear the state intends to spend all of it. "I'll tell you this, the Legislature gave me $12 million," DeSantis said in September. "We're going to spend every penny of that to make sure that we're protecting the people of the state of Florida." So expect more taxpayer dollars to be spent on the relocations – especially as legal challenges mount. On top of the Boston lawsuit, the Southern Poverty Law Center and other immigration organizations sued DeSantis over the flights in Miami federal court last month. A Democratic Florida state senator also filed suit. Sheriff Javier Salazar of Bexar County, Texas, also opened an investigation into how the migrants were “lured” to board flights from San Antonio to Martha's Vineyard. In addition, the Treasury's Office of the Inspector General said it is examining whether DeSantis improperly used COVID-19 aid to fund the transport. When asked about whether he agreed with the cost of the program during a December press conference, House Speaker Paul Renner said he supported the governor’s efforts. “I think the cost of illegal immigration far, far exceeds the [$12 million] we appropriated, and I’m prepared this year to appropriate more,” he said.
It's long overdue for Gov. DeSantis to do something to help the residents of Florida rather than pushing questionable political narratives using taxpayer funds in an attempt to get elected to national office. Now other Republican governors are telling DeSantis this directly. Republican Governor Says It’s Not DeSantis’ Job to ‘Fix Woke’ in Florida https://flipboard.com/topic/newhamp...SHVDDq0Tg:a:645040733-df5cdc48fe/mediaite.com
First, I don't think DeSantis cares - his election results show his report card. Voters in Florida overwhelmingly support DeSantis' efforts, much to the chagrin of woke NPCs like you. Second, if you read the comments in the article, all Sununu is saying is that he's a free market guy (surprise, NH) and thinks that government can't be effective going after "woke". But he agrees with all of DeSantis' stances. Again, to the chagrin of woke NPCs like yourself.
Dictator DeSantis wants to practice for the White House by claiming executive privilege, which doesn't exist in the state government. Authoritarians just hate those state Sunshine laws. DeSantis administration wants to keep some things private https://www.politico.com/newsletter...on-wants-to-keep-some-things-private-00077840 D.C. ways— Should Florida’s governor have some of the same powers as the president of the United States? Well, attorneys for Gov. Ron DeSantis keep arguing that he should and it appears they are hoping that a judge will eventually go along with this idea. Keep pushing— In a line of recent cases, including one that goes before a Leon County circuit judge this morning involving the migrant relocation program, both public and private attorneys representing the Republican governor keep trying to get a ruling that DeSantis is shielded by executive privilege. The goal, of course, being so that his office does not have to turn over information to those challenging his actions in court. Not here— Obviously executive privilege is something that has been a subject of a lot of litigation at the federal level, including in recent fights involving former President Donald Trump, but it’s not recognized in Florida. Yet that hasn’t stopped DeSantis’ lawyers from trying to get a judge to say that it should. (Hmm.) Examples — In a late December court filing, the governor’s legal team argued it should not have to turn over documents requested by state Sen. Jason Pizzo in his lawsuit challenging DeSantis’ contentious migrant relocation program. And one reason they cited was “executive privilege.” From the filing — “The executive privilege shields the (Executive Office of the Governor) from inquiries into consultants, directions or discussions among its high-ranking officials or with other executive branch agencies,” attorneys for the governor wrote. “Governor DeSantis and his staff must be free to openly and critically discuss ideas and policies without fear that their discussions could become public.” Watergate connection— One of the cases cited by the governor’s attorneys to back up their case? The 1974 case United States v. Nixon where the U.S. Supreme Court ordered that Nixon turn over tapes being sought by a prosecutor investigating Watergate. But that ruling also did acknowledge executive privilege existed for the president due to separation-of-powers. So why do this?— The governor’s office declined to comment on why DeSantis keeps trying to get executive privilege and instead referred to the legal filings. But it may have something to do with Florida's public records laws enshrined in the constitution. Judicial notice — Ryan Newman, the governor’s general counsel, was asked in court by U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle why there were no notes from the meetings held to discuss the suspension of Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren. Hinkle wondered if it was because of Florida’s public records laws. Newman remained quiet and did not respond. Response — Mark Herron, the lawyer representing Pizzo, in his response said the assertion by DeSantis’ lawyers runs “contrary to the broad openness of public records in Florida and is contradicted by the Florida Constitution itself.” Herron added that there was no support for the argument that separation of powers overrules the constitutional provision that records are “open for inspection by the public.” Stay tuned.