What do you get when you mix a political tinderbox, an untouchable media corporation, and a governor determined to make a point? A Virtual Legality Episode.
Join us as we discuss just what Florida's Reedy Creek Improvement District (RCID) actually does for Disney and Walt Disney World, how its dissolution might (or might not) effect things, and why the nature of the legislation propose means things are very, very likely to go into litigation.
The House of Mouse and the Sunshine State have gone to war...in Virtual Legality.
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#Disney #Florida #RCID
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Introduction/ The Reedy Creek Improvement District
09:49 A War of Rhetoric
14:38 Florida's Bill
29:52 Constitutional Concerns
43:04 Conclusion
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Discussed in this episode:
REEDY CREEK IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT ACT (AND SUMMARIES)
https://www.rcid.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/RCID-Charter.pdf
https://allears.net/walt-disney-world-chronicles-the-story-of-the-reedy-creek-improvement-district/
WAR OF RHETORIC
https://twitter.com/WaltDisneyCo/status/1508494672817123330
https://www.newsweek.com/disney-crossed-line-dont-say--repeal-claim-desantis-says-1693006
https://twitter.com/SpencerRoachFL/status/1509119958369902595
https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/03/31/florida-gov-desantis-discusses-potential-of-repeal-of-disneys-reedy-creek-act/
https://allears.net/2022/04/19/news-florida-governor-adds-removal-of-disney-worlds-self-governance-to-special-session/
THE LEGISLATURE ACTS
https://www.wesh.com/article/florida-senate-approves-stripping-disney-self-government-power/39776410
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/florida-house-passes-bill-dissolve-disneys-special-self-governing-stat-rcna25337
THE BILL AND ITS EFFECTS
https://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=_s0004Cer.DOCX&DocumentType=Bill&BillNumber=0004C&Session=2022C
https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/statutes/2015/189.072
https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2015/189.076
https://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=h0003Cb.SAC.DOCX&DocumentType=Analysis&BillNumber=0003C&Session=2022C
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/tourism/laborland/os-bz-tourism-industry-disney-taxes-20191218-hc622hqsxzgdjikyfbgxx3fw7y-story.html
https://www.wftv.com/news/local/end-reedy-creek-disney-wont-pay-more-taxes-you-will/3TK6ASNJT5EXHICW3DQ3ZHEZYA/
1983 AND THE FIRST AMENDMENT
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/42/1983
https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/first_amendment
https://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/08-205.ZO.htmlhttps://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/518/668/#tab-opinion-1959933
https://casetext.com/case/revels-v-vincenz#p876
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"Virtual Legality" is a continuing series discussing the law, video games, software, and everything digital, hosted by Richard Hoeg, of the Hoeg Law Business Law Firm (Hoeg Law).
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