ah the party of free market and not interfering in private businesses.
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Free market dogma enabled Disney to control the area as a private fiefdom and sabotage DeSantis’s efforts to take control. He didn’t expect the leopards of Libertarianism to eat his face.
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Tough to do without becoming an illegal “Bill of Attainder”. A law which targets a specific individual or group for punitive actions. Disney lawyers will be all over that with injunctions in a heartbeat.
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I mean Disney isn’t being accused of or punished for a crime, though… so I doubt it’d be seen as a bill of attainder. Legislatures create special districts/sections focusing on groups and businesses all the time and have different tax measures covering them (or in some cases, not covering them, like major arena funding 
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They are being penalized and specifically targeted for negative actions by the state. Disney’s lawyers will play it up as one when they file for injunctions against the measures.
Legislatures create special districts/sections focusing on groups and businesses all the time and have different tax measures covering them
And they aren’t set up to be punitive in nature. They are done in COOPERATION with groups and businesses. Not as a way of attacking their interests.
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DeSantis is a fool who is bent on revenge because Disney stood up against him.
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There was this, back when de san Tis and Disney were on better terms
The term does not include any information service, system, Internet search engine, or access software provider operated by a company that owns and operates a theme park or entertainment complex as defined in s. 509.013.
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… all while funded by public funds and Other People’s Money.
No matter if this is a personal vendetta, perfomative red-meat-throwing, etc., at least we can see that the man can do math.
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FTFY. I doubt even any of the past communities like Golden Oaks or future communities like Cotino don’t/won’t have gates and fences and some sort of passage control, despite some of the public elements. People in Florida who can afford living “better” don’t joke around.
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He’s not raising taxes on job creators, so it’s ok.
/s
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He’ll fall back on the GOP mantra: “It’s woke.”
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“But ultimately we’re going to win on every single issue involving Disney I can tell you that”
“We had to burn the village to save the village.”
Ok Ron, you beat Disney. They took their ball and are going to play on someone else’s court. Ya got a hoop and no balls.
Disney could just buy and make a private highway from ORD to DW. Hell, they could use corporate ED to do it, since that’s all cool with the SCOUTS now.
“We’re making a ‘Governor’s Mansion’ historical ride/show, so… y’all gotta move out the house, Ron.”
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When we drove down to Florida in 2016, the toll roads (at least the Turnpike) didn’t accept EZPass (they have their own Sun Pass) and did pay-by-plate. There wasn’t much signage with prices, either.The tolls weren’t too high, at least.
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Well, it’s much closer to this
Let me quote this one article put out by the state’s tourism board themselves
Out-of-state visitors alone generated nearly $5.5 billion in local tax revenue in 2016. Those dollars are used by counties to fund our schools, keep our communities safe, build and maintain infrastructure projects, protect the environment, keep our beaches and parks thriving and support area arts and culture.The volume of visitors to our state each year also help provide us with more options including more restaurants, more shops and more flights when traveling by air for business or pleasure.
Not only do these dollars contribute to county residents’ quality of life, they also lessen their tax burden. When visitors are spending money in our counties and generated tax revenue, that means less money locals will have to pay for taxes. On average, tourism helps Florida families save more than $1,500 each year in taxes.
Speaking of taxes, one of the biggest benefits tourism provides Floridians, is no state income tax . Thanks to the state tax revenue generated by tourism, Florida doesn’t need to levy a state income tax on its residents.
Not only does tourism build and support Florida’s local communities, it offers huge benefits to the state. One of the biggest of which is it puts 1.4 million of our fellow Floridians to work. The tourism industry offers more employment opportunities to Floridians than any other industry in the state. Also, tourism accounts for $3 billion in total sales tax collections for the state.
So he’s willing to shoot the state’s conservatives in the dick to prove a poorly thought through point.
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Why, if you have presidential aspirations, would you attack what is (for better or worse) the most beloved entertainment giant in the country? Does he really think this fascist posturing is enough to win on, nationwide?
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If I understand the Florida Statutes around toll roads:
- Any tolls collected would first go toward paying off the bonds issued for those roads. That’s currently paid by Disney.
- Once the bonds are paid off, excess toll revenue goes towards maintaining those roads. That would also benefit Disney.
- Any excess beyond that goes to the county.
So the governor is threatening Disney with … having tourists and taxpayers pay for their road maintenance? Am I missing something?
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I think it’s all integrated now, thankfully.
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