The battle of Reedy Creek culminated Friday with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis stripping Disney of special privileges of self-government
The dissolution of the Reedy Creek Improvement District may have massive ripple effects. The counties of Orange and Osceola, where Disney’s sprawling theme park area sits, may inherit over $1 billion of debt owed by Disney.
President Joe Biden at a Democratic National Committee Fundraiser on Thursday said the current Republican party has drifted from the “traditional, conservative doctrine.”Under the new proposal, independent special districts that were created prior to 1968 and haven’t been renewed since will be eliminated. It includes a provision allowing for re-establishment after they’re dissolved.
If those counties have to take on oversight of Reedy Creek, they’d have to do so without meaningfully more funds. The district includes four theme parks, two water parks, a sports complex, 75 lane miles of roadway, 67 miles of waterway, its own emergency services, an environmental science laboratory, an electric power-generating and distribution facility, a natural gas distribution system and a unique waste collection system.
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