This take is pretty much correct. Doesn’t mean I have any personal concerns with The Villages.
Aren’t these characteristics of special districts in general and not just the Reedy Creek district?
You still haven’t addressed why these special districts are more problematic when they support tourism/entertainment interests than say transportation or residential real estate.
Well, @twojarslave got why I brought up The Villages.
If special districts aren’t in the public interest, then why wait until now to address it? And why only focus on Reedy Creek? It smacks of retaliation against Disney for expressing viewpoints that are different from the Republican party’s. Let’s say a Democratic Florida governor signed a restrictive gun bill into law and the CEO of the Holding Company of The Villages, Inc. spoke out against it. Would you be OK with governor and legislature revoking the company’s special district status in response? What’s happening now and this hypothetical scenario are both wrong in my book.
Oh please. Nobody is being oppressed by the Florida bill or Ben Shapiro raising his concerns about Disney.
But you at least get props for expanding the Woke Playbook to two plays. Instead of calling everyone who disagrees with you a racist, you can now insist that anyone who doesn’t want to confuse their 5 year old with left wing gender theory is an oppressive homophobe.
No they are not. Do you have any background in development in Florida? Special districts are usually set up when the interests don’t align with services that are already provided by local governing municipalities. For example the nearby Greater Orlando Aviation Authority. Have you ever sat in a DRC session? If you had you would realize that these people do not have any background in Aviation or logistics of said development. A special district makes sense. To allow one for Disney does not, or even the villages for that matter. Similarly these districts have places in private utilities etc. I see you are from Maryland…? I’ve developed two commercial properties in your neck of the country, Baltimore and Annapolis. Very different there, they don’t even have statewide commercial licensing for builders. But we are off topic, AGAIN. So that’s enough of that.
The topic is Disney and the DeSantis response. I mean, DeSantis is literally in the original post. Disney’s agenda seems like a non-issue to me. We’re fortunate to enjoy a market economy. If you don’t like a company, you don’t need to consume their products/services. The bigger issue is the state government taking retaliatory steps against a company for expressing views they don’t like and shutting off the campaign donations. I’m OK with Republicans manufacturing outrage to whip up their base. I mean, I’m genuinely impressed with how they find a new issue each election cycle that supposedly represents an existential threat to their way of life. But keep that shit out of the average American’s day-to-day.
They have a near monopoly on children’s movie content, so yes to an extent. Also, have you ever tried raising a little girl and not allowing her to watch disney princess movies? GLWT
Not with your prior responses. You are/were bringing up the Villages and ALL special districts. If you keep it to Desantis and Disney we are in agreement that this is on topic.
Thats true. But they are becoming political which is where they overstep their bounds in my opinion. Otherwise I also agree, don’t like it, don’t view it.
They were never big donors first of all. This is easy to google, so that point is moot. Second, a special district is a privilege and not a right. So, when you become political and lobby against your state’s government you open yourself up to retaliatory action which includes revoking privileges you don’t have a right to in the first place.
This whole thread is about keeping ‘shit’ out of day-to-day.
Agree, possibly anyway. As with @flipcollar stated prior, I have yet to see something from Disney I wouldn’t let my child watch. Yet… but its the push towards ‘more more more’ that has me concerned.
Exactly this. First it was homosexual normalization, now it’s trans, what next..? There’s always some other oppressed fringe minority that SJWs want to start backing
Uh, pretty sure you participated in that conversation and even took it commercial building practices in Baltimore. Discussing special districts in Florida is relevant to the legislature’s plan to revoke Disney’s special district status.
I think you should double-check you numbers. Disney donated almost $5M to FL candidates in the 2020 election cycle.
I think you could have saved some back-and-forth if you had just acknowledged up front that 1) what is happening is indeed “retaliatory action” and 2) you’re OK with that. Just one of those cases where two people have to agree to disagree.
There’s a difference between mainstream and monopoly. Disney does not have a monopoly on children’s content.
My general response to the last few posts… So, it’s vitally important that your children not be exposed to homosexual and transgender lifestyles, but it’s too hard to put in the effort to vet what they watch? Come on, you’re ultimately responsible for instilling the values you want in your children - not a corporation, and not politicians.
So why do the corporations and politicians keep trying to instill values in our children then?
It’s the same people saying “no one’s trying to teach your kids to be trans” that are also crying about us trying to stop them from teaching our kids to be trans.