I'm sure Disney is as good with financial modeling as any Wall Street firm. If they have responsibilities for things like water/sewer because they were an extr

I'm sure Disney is as good with financial modeling as any Wall Street firm. If they have responsibilities for things like water/sewer because they were an extra-governmental region, why would they not try to drop them like a stone if this was removed? Private companies aren't responsible for water, sewer, fire, police, ... all of the things needed to keep the peace. It's not like private companies are nice, friendly things, and The Mouse has been more company-like than most. Also, they have to do a determination on stay/go. Do they put more $$ into Florida or not? Is there a marketing risk operating there vs. not? Is there a business risk mucking about with theme parks or are they a 20th century phenomenon. Is expansion in the US the way to go or outside the US (Hard Rock Cafe voted for the latter a decade or more ago)? Which customer base has more disposable income that can be siphoned into the Mouse's pocket? If their tax position changes, the financial benefit changes. Given the push for unionization that is occurring (Starbucks, Amazon), it might not be worth pissing around with lots of (formerly) cheap labour. If their bonds or bottom-line is significantly affected by such a change, they'll have to act quickly to avoid Netflix-like damage. Or, all of this is BS, they hunker down and hope it passes in a year or two. However, it's been building up for 5-10 so far so that's probably naive. They can try funding the opposition, but that presupposes that there is a viable opposition in Florida. Disney Orlando requires tourism going to Florida to generate revenue, so they're damaged by stuff outside their control - people can get their mouse fix anywhere. And if the current Florida administration wins, the next round will be worse. So, unless Disney really goes along with what's going down, they're in an unenviable position. Losing control of the marketing and ending up as Hillbilly Heaven would hurt them bad outside the US.