DeSantis and FL moving to hammer Disney

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Anonymous wrote:He's making a complete fool of himself over this.

Agreed. He thinks he’s gaining supporters by suggesting the building of a prison next to Disney??

Or levying a special tax on hotels in the area.

Desantis is scrambling to wipe the egg off his face. Everything is so interwoven that the solution of levying/prison/second amusement park won’t be as simple as it sounds. He tried to dissolve the whole reedy creek district and then realized that you can’t pluck it out of the ground like a weed without incurring a billion dollar debt that the surrounding counties would have to cover. Naturally, they didn’t like the idea. Whatever he’s thought of, I’m pretty sure the Disney lawyers are on top of it.

He could build his prison and it would probably hurt Disney, but why would a governor go out of their way to drive away tourists from a large metropolitan area that relies on tourism?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He's making a complete fool of himself over this.

Agreed. He thinks he’s gaining supporters by suggesting the building of a prison next to Disney??

Or levying a special tax on hotels in the area.

Desantis is scrambling to wipe the egg off his face. Everything is so interwoven that the solution of levying/prison/second amusement park won’t be as simple as it sounds. He tried to dissolve the whole reedy creek district and then realized that you can’t pluck it out of the ground like a weed without incurring a billion dollar debt that the surrounding counties would have to cover. Naturally, they didn’t like the idea. Whatever he’s thought of, I’m pretty sure the Disney lawyers are on top of it.

He could build his prison and it would probably hurt Disney, but why would a governor go out of their way to drive away tourists from a large metropolitan area that relies on tourism?

Disney World sits on 40 square miles of land owned by Disney. The prison idea is asinine because the property at the edges of Disney property is expensive. The businesses around it survive on the tourist traffic. High priced toll roads would cause the same problems for businesses in Osceola and Orange counties.

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Anonymous wrote:It's a catastrophically stupid play that appeals to such a small band of constituents that he could probably get any way. It reminds me of Putin. He dug a hole and instead of course-correcting, he doubles/triples down to look like the "tough guy". If he was supposed to be the more sane/reasonable version of Trump, he's blowing that up.

couldn't happen to a meaner, more craven pudding lover

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He's making a complete fool of himself over this.

Agreed. He thinks he’s gaining supporters by suggesting the building of a prison next to Disney??

Or levying a special tax on hotels in the area.

Desantis is scrambling to wipe the egg off his face. Everything is so interwoven that the solution of levying/prison/second amusement park won’t be as simple as it sounds. He tried to dissolve the whole reedy creek district and then realized that you can’t pluck it out of the ground like a weed without incurring a billion dollar debt that the surrounding counties would have to cover. Naturally, they didn’t like the idea. Whatever he’s thought of, I’m pretty sure the Disney lawyers are on top of it.

He could build his prison and it would probably hurt Disney, but why would a governor go out of their way to drive away tourists from a large metropolitan area that relies on tourism?

Why indeed! Why is he spending SO MUCH taxpayer time and money pursuing this personal grudge that isn't even helping HIM let alone the rest of the state?

Meanwhile, is he still off showboating around Ohio or has he bothered coming back to Florida to at least put on a pair of white boots and pretend he cares about Ft Lauderdale?

We still have a housing crisis and an insurance crisis here in Florida, too. But sure, sign a six week abortion ban in the middle of the night as hurricane season approaches once again. Great prioritizing. Surely there's time to hold a good old fashioned book burning before heading back out on the trail again, too.

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He's going to need all the moderates, Independents, suburban women, pro-business Republicans...and this is his high-profile strategy. He has genuinely lost the plot.

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Anonymous wrote:He's going to need all the moderates, Independents, suburban women, pro-business Republicans...and this is his high-profile strategy. He has genuinely lost the plot.

The dirty secret is that he never had the plot. He got lucky during COVID - his reckless strategy was popular in a crazy time (and never mind all those dead Floridians). He became a media darling. But there was never any there there. If there's anyone who should ever feel deep seeded imposter syndrome, it's him.

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Anonymous wrote:He's going to need all the moderates, Independents, suburban women, pro-business Republicans...and this is his high-profile strategy. He has genuinely lost the plot.

The dirty secret is that he never had the plot. He got lucky during COVID - his reckless strategy was popular in a crazy time (and never mind all those dead Floridians). He became a media darling. But there was never any there there. If there's anyone who should ever feel deep seeded imposter syndrome, it's him.

This. It was easy to keep Florida open because much of Florida life is outside, so less deaths. And those who did die, well, we’ll just cover that up and anyway they are old and poor people so who cares? I’m so happy to see DEE Santis fail and all his supporters eat sh!t and suck back up to Trump.

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Anonymous wrote:I am failing to see the win here for DiSantis.

Disney has won at every turn, and the move simply exposes DiSantis' willingness to use government for his own personal agenda against businesses.

How is that pro-business?

+1
Also Christie makes a good point here.

Good soundbite, but bob iger could run circles around all of them. He is more qualified to run the country than all those buffoons

That’s basically Chris Christie’s point. Bob Iger, however, is not running for president.

No, Christie is trying to make the point is that avoiding Iger’s trap is a low bar for being president, and that anyone else (including Christie himself) would have avoided being had. When in fact, Iger is a savvy and tough negotiator who could outmaneuver either of them before breakfast.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He's making a complete fool of himself over this.

Agreed. He thinks he’s gaining supporters by suggesting the building of a prison next to Disney??

Or levying a special tax on hotels in the area.

Desantis is scrambling to wipe the egg off his face. Everything is so interwoven that the solution of levying/prison/second amusement park won’t be as simple as it sounds. He tried to dissolve the whole reedy creek district and then realized that you can’t pluck it out of the ground like a weed without incurring a billion dollar debt that the surrounding counties would have to cover. Naturally, they didn’t like the idea. Whatever he’s thought of, I’m pretty sure the Disney lawyers are on top of it.

He could build his prison and it would probably hurt Disney, but why would a governor go out of their way to drive away tourists from a large metropolitan area that relies on tourism?

Why indeed! Why is he spending SO MUCH taxpayer time and money pursuing this personal grudge that isn't even helping HIM let alone the rest of the state?

Meanwhile, is he still off showboating around Ohio or has he bothered coming back to Florida to at least put on a pair of white boots and pretend he cares about Ft Lauderdale?

We still have a housing crisis and an insurance crisis here in Florida, too. But sure, sign a six week abortion ban in the middle of the night as hurricane season approaches once again. Great prioritizing. Surely there's time to hold a good old fashioned book burning before heading back out on the trail again, too.

Are you in florida? Is the public getting weary of his grandstanding? It’s hard to believe there is a politician that I dislike as much as trump, but desantis really is making his case. I’m assuming the panhandle is rah rah desantis still, but surely the Tampa side of florida must be getting sick of him, no?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He's making a complete fool of himself over this.

Agreed. He thinks he’s gaining supporters by suggesting the building of a prison next to Disney??

Or levying a special tax on hotels in the area.

Desantis is scrambling to wipe the egg off his face. Everything is so interwoven that the solution of levying/prison/second amusement park won’t be as simple as it sounds. He tried to dissolve the whole reedy creek district and then realized that you can’t pluck it out of the ground like a weed without incurring a billion dollar debt that the surrounding counties would have to cover. Naturally, they didn’t like the idea. Whatever he’s thought of, I’m pretty sure the Disney lawyers are on top of it.

He could build his prison and it would probably hurt Disney, but why would a governor go out of their way to drive away tourists from a large metropolitan area that relies on tourism?

Disney World sits on 40 square miles of land owned by Disney. The prison idea is asinine because the property at the edges of Disney property is expensive. The businesses around it survive on the tourist traffic. High priced toll roads would cause the same problems for businesses in Osceola and Orange counties.

If he really wanted to do it, he could use eminent domain to seize land for it. The point is that it would be the most petty asinine politically suicidal action that a governor could possibly make

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He's making a complete fool of himself over this.

Agreed. He thinks he’s gaining supporters by suggesting the building of a prison next to Disney??

Or levying a special tax on hotels in the area.

Desantis is scrambling to wipe the egg off his face. Everything is so interwoven that the solution of levying/prison/second amusement park won’t be as simple as it sounds. He tried to dissolve the whole reedy creek district and then realized that you can’t pluck it out of the ground like a weed without incurring a billion dollar debt that the surrounding counties would have to cover. Naturally, they didn’t like the idea. Whatever he’s thought of, I’m pretty sure the Disney lawyers are on top of it.

He could build his prison and it would probably hurt Disney, but why would a governor go out of their way to drive away tourists from a large metropolitan area that relies on tourism?

Why indeed! Why is he spending SO MUCH taxpayer time and money pursuing this personal grudge that isn't even helping HIM let alone the rest of the state?

Meanwhile, is he still off showboating around Ohio or has he bothered coming back to Florida to at least put on a pair of white boots and pretend he cares about Ft Lauderdale?

We still have a housing crisis and an insurance crisis here in Florida, too. But sure, sign a six week abortion ban in the middle of the night as hurricane season approaches once again. Great prioritizing. Surely there's time to hold a good old fashioned book burning before heading back out on the trail again, too.

Are you in florida? Is the public getting weary of his grandstanding? It’s hard to believe there is a politician that I dislike as much as trump, but desantis really is making his case. I’m assuming the panhandle is rah rah desantis still, but surely the Tampa side of florida must be getting sick of him, no?

I am in Florida. I find it hard to tell if the whole state is getting sick of him - but it feels like he's reached a tipping point where people really are just tired of this sh**. I don't really know, though. I hated him from the beginning - though there was a very brief period, during the first part of his first term, where it seemed like he was acting like a serious person, and was also making overtures to those who didn't vote for him. THAT DeSantis is certainly long gone. He is just an exhausting person, who seems profoundly unserious. And it's not like he's too stupid to be serious - he jut decided that was more political advantageous for him. That's almost what makes it worst of all - he could be doing a decent job, and being a kind of normal person, and he just flgured it was more expedient to be an evil clown.

It just makes me joyful to see Disney destroy him. That pudding-smeared idiot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He's making a complete fool of himself over this.

Agreed. He thinks he’s gaining supporters by suggesting the building of a prison next to Disney??

Or levying a special tax on hotels in the area.

Desantis is scrambling to wipe the egg off his face. Everything is so interwoven that the solution of levying/prison/second amusement park won’t be as simple as it sounds. He tried to dissolve the whole reedy creek district and then realized that you can’t pluck it out of the ground like a weed without incurring a billion dollar debt that the surrounding counties would have to cover. Naturally, they didn’t like the idea. Whatever he’s thought of, I’m pretty sure the Disney lawyers are on top of it.

He could build his prison and it would probably hurt Disney, but why would a governor go out of their way to drive away tourists from a large metropolitan area that relies on tourism?

Exactly. The major reason why Florida doesn't have state taxes is due to the income they make from tourists. You start making it undesirable for tourists to keep coming to your state, you are going to have to start getting the money from those that live there. that isn't going to go over well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He's making a complete fool of himself over this.

Agreed. He thinks he’s gaining supporters by suggesting the building of a prison next to Disney??

Or levying a special tax on hotels in the area.

Desantis is scrambling to wipe the egg off his face. Everything is so interwoven that the solution of levying/prison/second amusement park won’t be as simple as it sounds. He tried to dissolve the whole reedy creek district and then realized that you can’t pluck it out of the ground like a weed without incurring a billion dollar debt that the surrounding counties would have to cover. Naturally, they didn’t like the idea. Whatever he’s thought of, I’m pretty sure the Disney lawyers are on top of it.

He could build his prison and it would probably hurt Disney, but why would a governor go out of their way to drive away tourists from a large metropolitan area that relies on tourism?

Disney World sits on 40 square miles of land owned by Disney. The prison idea is asinine because the property at the edges of Disney property is expensive. The businesses around it survive on the tourist traffic. High priced toll roads would cause the same problems for businesses in Osceola and Orange counties.

If he really wanted to do it, he could use eminent domain to seize land for it. The point is that it would be the most petty asinine politically suicidal action that a governor could possibly make

except at this point, why not! it's not like he can come back from what he's already done - may as well go all in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He's making a complete fool of himself over this.

Agreed. He thinks he’s gaining supporters by suggesting the building of a prison next to Disney??

Or levying a special tax on hotels in the area.

Desantis is scrambling to wipe the egg off his face. Everything is so interwoven that the solution of levying/prison/second amusement park won’t be as simple as it sounds. He tried to dissolve the whole reedy creek district and then realized that you can’t pluck it out of the ground like a weed without incurring a billion dollar debt that the surrounding counties would have to cover. Naturally, they didn’t like the idea. Whatever he’s thought of, I’m pretty sure the Disney lawyers are on top of it.

He could build his prison and it would probably hurt Disney, but why would a governor go out of their way to drive away tourists from a large metropolitan area that relies on tourism?

Why indeed! Why is he spending SO MUCH taxpayer time and money pursuing this personal grudge that isn't even helping HIM let alone the rest of the state?

Meanwhile, is he still off showboating around Ohio or has he bothered coming back to Florida to at least put on a pair of white boots and pretend he cares about Ft Lauderdale?

We still have a housing crisis and an insurance crisis here in Florida, too. But sure, sign a six week abortion ban in the middle of the night as hurricane season approaches once again. Great prioritizing. Surely there's time to hold a good old fashioned book burning before heading back out on the trail again, too.

Are you in florida? Is the public getting weary of his grandstanding? It’s hard to believe there is a politician that I dislike as much as trump, but desantis really is making his case. I’m assuming the panhandle is rah rah desantis still, but surely the Tampa side of florida must be getting sick of him, no?

I am in Florida. I find it hard to tell if the whole state is getting sick of him - but it feels like he's reached a tipping point where people really are just tired of this sh**. I don't really know, though. I hated him from the beginning - though there was a very brief period, during the first part of his first term, where it seemed like he was acting like a serious person, and was also making overtures to those who didn't vote for him. THAT DeSantis is certainly long gone. He is just an exhausting person, who seems profoundly unserious. And it's not like he's too stupid to be serious - he jut decided that was more political advantageous for him. That's almost what makes it worst of all - he could be doing a decent job, and being a kind of normal person, and he just flgured it was more expedient to be an evil clown.

It just makes me joyful to see Disney destroy him. That pudding-smeared idiot.

Everything he does at this point should be viewed through the lens of a Presidential run. He's obviously decided that these actions are in his political interest in terms of winning states in the Primary.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He's making a complete fool of himself over this.

Agreed. He thinks he’s gaining supporters by suggesting the building of a prison next to Disney??

Or levying a special tax on hotels in the area.

Desantis is scrambling to wipe the egg off his face. Everything is so interwoven that the solution of levying/prison/second amusement park won’t be as simple as it sounds. He tried to dissolve the whole reedy creek district and then realized that you can’t pluck it out of the ground like a weed without incurring a billion dollar debt that the surrounding counties would have to cover. Naturally, they didn’t like the idea. Whatever he’s thought of, I’m pretty sure the Disney lawyers are on top of it.

He could build his prison and it would probably hurt Disney, but why would a governor go out of their way to drive away tourists from a large metropolitan area that relies on tourism?

Why indeed! Why is he spending SO MUCH taxpayer time and money pursuing this personal grudge that isn't even helping HIM let alone the rest of the state?

Meanwhile, is he still off showboating around Ohio or has he bothered coming back to Florida to at least put on a pair of white boots and pretend he cares about Ft Lauderdale?

We still have a housing crisis and an insurance crisis here in Florida, too. But sure, sign a six week abortion ban in the middle of the night as hurricane season approaches once again. Great prioritizing. Surely there's time to hold a good old fashioned book burning before heading back out on the trail again, too.

Are you in florida? Is the public getting weary of his grandstanding? It’s hard to believe there is a politician that I dislike as much as trump, but desantis really is making his case. I’m assuming the panhandle is rah rah desantis still, but surely the Tampa side of florida must be getting sick of him, no?

I am in Florida. I find it hard to tell if the whole state is getting sick of him - but it feels like he's reached a tipping point where people really are just tired of this sh**. I don't really know, though. I hated him from the beginning - though there was a very brief period, during the first part of his first term, where it seemed like he was acting like a serious person, and was also making overtures to those who didn't vote for him. THAT DeSantis is certainly long gone. He is just an exhausting person, who seems profoundly unserious. And it's not like he's too stupid to be serious - he jut decided that was more political advantageous for him. That's almost what makes it worst of all - he could be doing a decent job, and being a kind of normal person, and he just flgured it was more expedient to be an evil clown.

It just makes me joyful to see Disney destroy him. That pudding-smeared idiot.

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Another Florida resident here. I live in Orlando, and while Orange County went blue last election my enclave of friends love him. I mean just think he's the greatest. One acquaintance is now "no longer doing Disney" because her cult leader tells her to hate them. It's profoundly stupid and short sited. Hate gay people all you want but then a. we won't be friends, which is fine, but b. do it on your own time.