DeSantis signals state will take control of Disney’s self-governing district – By Abigail Adcox (Washington Examiner) / May 16, 2022
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis suggested Monday that the state will take control of Disney World’s self-governing Reedy Creek Improvement District rather than local governments when the district is dissolved next year.
DeSantis assured Florida taxpayers that the state would require those within the special taxing district where Walt Disney World Resort resides to pay off the approximately $766 million in bond debt accumulated.
“Even though there are ways you could potentially have local communities absorb jurisdiction over Disney, after seeing them threatening to raise taxes on their citizens, we are not going to be in a situation where we’re just gonna be giving them, locally, control,” DeSantis said at a press conference Monday. “More likely that the state will simply assume control and make sure that we’re able to impose the law and make sure we’re collecting the taxes.”
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