The bill’s sponsor says the bill doesn’t actually dissolve the district and gives the legislature a year to review the district and potentially dissolve it. My guess is this is an election year stunt and they quietly abandon this effort after the election.

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Posted by concrete_tiger

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Posted on 4/20/22 at 1:54 pm to The Spleen

Florida related question. We are in Orlando on average once per month. Are there any Puerto Ricans left in Puerto Rico?

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Posted by Chucktown_Badger

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Posted on 4/20/22 at 1:58 pm to The Spleen

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My guess is this is an election year stunt and they quietly abandon this effort after the election.

Speaking of election year stunts...Pritzker here in Illinois is saying he's "putting money back in the people's pockets" by simply not raising the gas tax, which raises every year and is already one of the highest in the country. On top of that he's trying to force every gas station in the state to put up a sign that says the gas tax isn't being raised.

Imagine being so vain and thinking the populace is so stupid that you're going to force businesses to advertise that you're not increasing how much of their money you're taking. And they'll just increase it by more next year once the election is over.

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Posted by 14&Counting

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Posted on 4/20/22 at 1:59 pm to The Spleen

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The bill’s sponsor says the bill doesn’t actually dissolve the district and gives the legislature a year to review the district and potentially dissolve it. My guess is this is an election year stunt and they quietly abandon this effort after the election.

I think its a serious warning shot to Disney who was aggressively sticking their nose where it didn't necessarily belong and its a stay in your lane type legislation. The relationship with the State of Florida and Disney is just to large and important to get completely sideways....and it ultimately won't....

I will say "Big Ups" to DeSantis for taking a principled stand on this. I really don't understand where Disney is coming from and why they can't get their employees in line....in other words stick to business and do politics on your own time....I think its perfectly fine to come out and say they don't support it but I can't understand why they were so aggressive in starting a fight over this when it had the overwhelming backing of the Florida electorate?

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Posted by Alt26

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Posted on 4/20/22 at 2:21 pm to The Spleen

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My guess is this is an election year stunt

I don't know if "stunt" is the word I would use, but I agree that to some degree you are right. That said, Disney, unnecessarily, tried to throw their substantial PR weight around against a law that didn't really effect them, all for PR purposes. So the Florida government responded in kind and checked them by essentially saying "we are giving you a pretty nice deal here. But if you want to bite the hand that feeds you (to some degree) we can go ahead and abolish that deal and make you pay your "fair share" just like the other theme parks/entertainment venues in the sate".

Disney, through its leadership, is free to have whatever position they like on legislation. But they aren't used to having the other side use its leverage to counter Disney's actions.

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