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Originally Posted by doug.goodman
Hahaha, yeah right sure they are.
And the city of San Francisco (similar in acreage to WDW) is sick of fog, so they are seriosly thinking about moving to Nevada.
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Not even close to an analogy. DeSantis' ill-conceived push ending self-government for Disney is going to have an awful impact on not only Disney but local communities, businesses and taxpayers alike.
DeSantis introduced and successfully passed legislation dissolving Disney's Reedy Creek Improvement District effective in 2023, which allowed WDW to pay for and operate its municipal services privately, thereby saving the state of Florida and its taxpayers BILLIONS of dollars.
Taxpayers have filed suit claiming that DeSantis has infringed on their rights by passing the bill which would force the local governments of Osceola and Orange counties to take on at least $1-2 BILLION of Disney's bond debt and increase funding of emergency and municipal services. The population of these two counties is 1.7 million people.
Walt Disney is Florida's largest employer and companies who previously saw the state as "business friendly" may change their minds now that DeSantis has directed at Disney such 'wrath.'
You can laugh all you want and say Disney will never leave Florida but Disney is not closing the door on the possibility, according to many reports from insiders as reported by Newsweek and the Washington Post.