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<p>[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 4512896, member: 111"]So here I am, despite my feelings, delving into politics, but I'm only attempting to address comments - perhaps the admins will just prefer to delete the 'Florida' political stuff.... </p><p><br /></p><p>I am no particular fan of Disney, who does in fact pay taxes to the state and counties, but what happened here was that they took a rather late political stand that basically affected nothing, and that was unpopular with certain people, so a special session was called and <i>three days later</i> the bill to remove 'special tax districts' formed <i>before 1968</i> was signed. Disney's Reedy Creek district was formed in 1967 and the bill applied to <i>only five others</i>, the other <i>1800+</i> special districts in the state will not be affected. </p><p><br /></p><p>Disney's property is located in two counties, one of which is mine - all of the district's assets and their <i>debts </i>(which is estimated at a minimum 750 million) will, by law, have to be transferred to these counties when the district is dissolved, so unless some sort of solution is worked out, our taxes will increase quite a bit. While Reedy Creek has definite benefits for Disney in terms of not having to deal with county codes and regulations, with their 'self-taxing' and bond issues funding the district, it also has significant value for the involved counties because Reedy Creek maintains their own police and fire departments, along with their own <i>massive</i> waste collection and road construction/maintenance crews, etc. - we will have to take over all that as well, and it will cost a bundle, so even more tax increases for the residents, and would guess increases in tourist taxes as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 4512896, member: 111"]So here I am, despite my feelings, delving into politics, but I'm only attempting to address comments - perhaps the admins will just prefer to delete the 'Florida' political stuff.... I am no particular fan of Disney, who does in fact pay taxes to the state and counties, but what happened here was that they took a rather late political stand that basically affected nothing, and that was unpopular with certain people, so a special session was called and [I]three days later[/I] the bill to remove 'special tax districts' formed [I]before 1968[/I] was signed. Disney's Reedy Creek district was formed in 1967 and the bill applied to [I]only five others[/I], the other [I]1800+[/I] special districts in the state will not be affected. Disney's property is located in two counties, one of which is mine - all of the district's assets and their [I]debts [/I](which is estimated at a minimum 750 million)[I] [/I]will, by law, have to[I] [/I]be[I] [/I]transferred to[I] [/I]these counties when the district is dissolved, so unless some sort of solution is worked out, our taxes will increase quite a bit. While Reedy Creek has definite benefits for Disney in terms of not having to deal with county codes and regulations, with their 'self-taxing' and bond issues funding the district, it also has significant value for the involved counties because Reedy Creek maintains their own police and fire departments, along with their own [I]massive[/I] waste collection and road construction/maintenance crews, etc. - we will have to take over all that as well, and it will cost a bundle, so even more tax increases for the residents, and would guess increases in tourist taxes as well. ~Cheryl[/QUOTE]
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