The Reedy Creek district allows Disney to govern its own properties and tax on top of what local governments charge. Those taxes pay for an array of services on Disney properties, like public safety.
The district, through legislation from the 1960s, allows Disney to govern its own properties and levy extra taxes on top of what local governments charge. Those taxes pay for an array of services on Disney properties, like public safety.
The proposed legislation, though, would put the bond debt on the company, shielding the taxpayers of Orange and Osceola counties, where the 38.5-square-mile Reedy Creek district is located. "Curious how this'll stop special treatment Disney gets – seems to me the main goal is to give DeSantis control over a private company," Eskamani tweeted.The clash between DeSantis and the company goes back to last year and is rooted in the divisions sown by the governor's parental rights legislation, condemned as"Don't Say Gay," by opponents.
DeSantis quickly wheeled on Chapek."You have companies like a Disney that are gonna say and criticize parents' rights, they're gonna criticize the fact that we don't want transgenderism in kindergarten and first grade classrooms," DeSantis told a group of supporters.
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