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LetMyPeopleVote

(145,530 posts)
Wed Mar 29, 2023, 07:23 PM Mar 2023

Disney outlawyered DeathSantis on the utility district takeover

My family are Disney fans. We have been to Walt Disney World numerous times and my oldest has a time share at WDW. My oldest is taking his siblings and his brother in law to WDW in May. We are headed there in December as a family.

Disney has what is in effect a utility district that maintains the roads and infrastructure for Walt Disney World called Reedy Creek Development. When you are at WDW you see a Reedy Creek Fire Department and police station. When Disney offended DeathSantis on his "don't say gay" law, DeathSantis first had the Florida legis pass a bill to abolish Reedy Creek which would have cause Florida taxpayers assume several billion of bonds and would have been a breach of these bonds.

DeathSantis had the Florida legis rescind that bill and adopt a new bill to let DeathSantis appoint the board of this utility district. Disney had sufficient time to screw DeathSantis' new board








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Disney outlawyered DeathSantis on the utility district takeover (Original Post) LetMyPeopleVote Mar 2023 OP
Forever Let Us Hold Our Banner High, High, High! Vogon_Glory Mar 2023 #1
Those tweets are priceless, LOL! 50 Shades Of Blue Mar 2023 #2
Love it! gademocrat7 Mar 2023 #3
You go, Mickey!!!!! nt grumpyduck Mar 2023 #4
Priceless! Talk about Magic Kingdom Cha Mar 2023 #5
DVC Member here bpj62 Mar 2023 #6
Spent a marvelous 4 days at Disney World 22 years ago. OAITW r.2.0 Mar 2023 #7
DVC Member here bpj62 Mar 2023 #8
My oldest also has a DVC membership at Baylake towers LetMyPeopleVote Mar 2023 #9
The Reedy Creek Improvements Board adopted and filed these restrictions the day before new law LetMyPeopleVote Mar 2023 #10
Rofl Joinfortmill Mar 2023 #11
Gosh, Imagine BOSSHOG Mar 2023 #12
The Mouse is a rat orthoclad Mar 2023 #13
Disney just completely stripped the power from Ron DeSantis' handpicked board LetMyPeopleVote Mar 2023 #14

Vogon_Glory

(9,128 posts)
1. Forever Let Us Hold Our Banner High, High, High!
Wed Mar 29, 2023, 07:30 PM
Mar 2023

I read earlier posts about this topic and the Mickey Mouseketeers March came to min.!

Cha

(297,588 posts)
5. Priceless! Talk about Magic Kingdom
Wed Mar 29, 2023, 07:47 PM
Mar 2023

Schadenfreude!!

Tiny mind Big Shithead Ron Begged for this!!

TY, LMPV!!

bpj62

(999 posts)
6. DVC Member here
Wed Mar 29, 2023, 07:52 PM
Mar 2023

Our family has been going to Disney since 2002 and Disney has been good to us. We were there last July when all of this crap was percolating beneath the surface. DeSantis picked the wrong company to screw with. It will be interesting to see just how vengeful he will be. They have completely defanged the new board and they smiled whilecthe did it.
I can't believe that DeSantis never thought to see what Disney was up to. I guess he thought he had cowered them and that Disney would be grateful that it wasn't worse.

OAITW r.2.0

(24,581 posts)
7. Spent a marvelous 4 days at Disney World 22 years ago.
Wed Mar 29, 2023, 07:52 PM
Mar 2023

My kids were at peak fantasy beliefs back then. But not sure I would want to buy a home/condo there. It's kind of a different perspective of what the fantasy is all about, IMHO.

bpj62

(999 posts)
8. DVC Member here
Wed Mar 29, 2023, 07:52 PM
Mar 2023

Our family has been going to Disney since 2002 and Disney has been good to us. We were there last July when all of this crap was percolating beneath the surface. DeSantis picked the wrong company to screw with. It will be interesting to see just how vengeful he will be. They have completely defanged the new board and they smiled whilecthe did it.
I can't believe that DeSantis never thought to see what Disney was up to. I guess he thought he had cowered them and that Disney would be grateful that it wasn't worse.

orthoclad

(2,910 posts)
13. The Mouse is a rat
Wed Mar 29, 2023, 10:56 PM
Mar 2023

I'm enjoying watching Wally World and DeSantis destroy each other.

I'm DYING to see what Carl Hiaasen thinks about this. I bet he could write a rib-splitter about it.

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