Just a morsel of many more:
When Mr. Jennings then tried to inspect the electrical power plant in the district after this, he found that Reedy Creek possesses no power plant of its own (even though a nuclear power plant could have been built therein). All the electricity comes from third parties, according to Jennings. The electrical power plant he wished to see is “there in case of emergency” and while he did not get to speak to any of the utility employees, he states that activating the plant in an actual emergency would take so much time as to be counterproductive. The power plant is apparently an empty building that does nothing, which means that by claiming to have it and collecting taxes to pay for its upkeep, Disney and the Reedy Creek District have committed fraud.
Magic Kingdom or Magic Dungeon? Disney’s Nightmare in Reedy Creek (substack.com)
Not only seems they defrauded the State of Florida but the IRS too. And that is just what they found so far.
The RCID should have been ended 20-30 years ago. Orlando wasn’t a jobless backwater anymore, and that was the theoretical purpose of the improvement district.
Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Disney made Florida in a lot of ways, and they used (and eventually abused) that power for their own gain.
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Remember, the rule was “Do not mess with the mouse.”
Right up until someone realized the mouse was not all that anymore. Florida could get by without all the freebies they were handing over. The state has a lot more to offer, and they knew it. So, when Disney pissed off the Governor, and outright lied about legislation to make the governor and the legislature look bad, they took action and punched the bully in the nose.
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Good. I am glad to see them getting some smackdowns. Just because you are a huge corporation does not mean the law does not apply to you.
“The Mouse That Roared,” eh?