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> Floridians said, ‘You are a guest. Maybe you don’t deserve the special privileges anymore.’” I think a company that owns land and has contributed billions t
by themadturk 5y ago
> Floridians said, ‘You are a guest. Maybe you don’t deserve the special privileges anymore.’”
I think a company that owns land and has contributed billions to the local economy over the past 50+ years is something more than a "guest." Unless, of course, all those retirees and children and grandchildren of Cuban refugees are also merely "guests."
- mardifoufs 5y agoBecause they've owned land for a while they should have privileges no one else has? Imo the concept of carving out exceptions to the law for a single megacorp is troubling
- jjeaff 5y agoIt doesn't really look so much like a privilege as it does just a special arrangement for a special case. Disney basically just controls its own county. The local government (that they control) collects the property taxes from Disney and then uses those taxes to build and maintain the roads, sewer, utilities and services like police and fire. The surrounding counties will now be able to get that property tax money, but at the same time they are now responsible for maintaining everything. The question is whether the surrounding counties can do that for the same cost that the Disney local government did.
- themadturk 5y agoI was actually responding to the statement that "they're guests." Do Florida officials consider every out-of-stater who comes in and buys land a "guest"? I'm not disagreeing with the troubling nature of carving out exceptions...but the state's attitude is also troubling (to say the least).
- dTal 5y agoStrange to compare a globe sprawling megacorporation with a refugee child.