DeSantis smashes Hyatt for grooming kids
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What was imperfect about it? At least according to Legal Mindset (who’s area of expertise is Florida Special District law), DeSantis pretty much did everything he could have to Disney, and didn’t really miss any beats.
New supervisory board but same priorities. Tax exemption and other benefits over potential competitors.
If you are talking about things like exceptions to sales and property taxes, that is stuff the all Special Districts get, not just Disney. They are just hoping you don’t know that. Andrew lined it all out here.
I'll have a look, but there are special district perks unique to Disney. It can create public utilities, like a water treatment plant and sewage system, or build an airport without state intervention or the usual bureaucracy. Not all special districts can do that, nor can they impose on neighbouring land through eminent domain. I'm not sure about tax exemption, but certainly the magnitude is unique. Furthermore, several direct competitors are not part of special districts at all.
Just from what I have learned from Andrew:
So can all Special Districts. The entire point is that a Special District is supposed to handle the public side of private areas like that. That Reedy Creek and Disney were effectively the same group where one hand washed the other was actually illegal, its just that no one really cared. At least until Disney stuck their cock in the beehive and pissed of the Florida Government by trying to imply it would make them do Disney's will.
They used to be able to. That was one of the abilities they lost when the District was reorganized after being seized by Florida. In fact, now Disney World is going to be getting a special tax charging it directly for the infrastructure used to support it (like the actual Orlando airport.
Another one they lost with the reorganization. Now it has to be approved by the oversight board, and that board is picked by the State of Florida (since the district covers multiple counties).
Because the scale of Disney World is unique. But they are going to get dinged for it other other places, like the aforementioned infrastructure tax, and the Disney Brand Name being used as a value when assessing the district for taxing purposes (which Disney had wiggled out of before).
That would be their problem in this case. Anything in Florida could become a special district, all it takes is paying the fees and paperwork. Plus their biggest rivals (like Universal Orlando and Busch Gardens) are special districts. So now Disney is having to play ball with them instead of just doing its own thing.
I am not saying you are a bad person for believing wrong information. Just like how he pointed out several people who he likes and agrees with a lot not knowing what they are talking about in the video (like Robert Barnes). But as Andrew pointed out, some of those special district contracts are ones he wrote, so he actually knows what he is talking about one the subject.