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Post by bullfrog on Mar 27, 2024 12:00:44 GMT -5
www.cnn.com/2024/03/27/business/desantis-disney-fight-reaches-settlement/index.htmlwww.foxbusiness.com/politics/disney-florida-gov-desantis-reach-settlement-lawsuit“We are glad that Disney has dropped its lawsuits against the new Central Florida Tourism Oversight District and conceded that their last-minute development agreements are null, void, and unenforceable," Bryan Griffin, DeSantis' communications director, said in a statement. "No corporation should be its own government. Moving forward, we stand ready to work with Disney and the District to help promote economic growth, family-friendly tourism, and accountable government in Central Florida." “We are pleased to put an end to all litigation pending in state court in Florida between Disney and the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District,” Jeff Vahle, president of Walt Disney World, said in a statement.” Fox quoted DeSantis’ people and not Disney. CNN quoted Disney and not Desantis’ office. The terms seem to be that Disney acknowledges the State had the right to do exactly what the State did, the last minute contracts Disney forced through before the State took over are null and void, and from this point forward Disney and the State are going to kiss and make up and come to new terms going forward. If you’ve been following Disney’s internal drama, there is a movement to unseat Bob Iger by the more politically activist shareholders who don’t like that Iger is trying to tone Disney’s leftist politics down.
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Post by PolarsStepdad on Mar 27, 2024 12:39:23 GMT -5
Cool. Never thought I'd see the day Republicans were for a Government telling companies what they could and couldn't do. Brave New World.
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Post by bullfrog on Mar 27, 2024 12:53:43 GMT -5
Cool. Never thought I'd see the day Republicans were for a Government telling companies what they could and couldn't do. Brave New World. Did you ever think you’d see the day that a municipal government of a large area would be openly ceded to a corporation so that the corporation installs its own legislators and executives over the area? All the State did was revoke Disney’s status as a privately-owned government over a swath of Florida.
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Post by tonyroma on Mar 27, 2024 12:55:18 GMT -5
Because they spoke out against a government policy.
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Post by richm on Mar 27, 2024 12:56:11 GMT -5
Cool. Never thought I'd see the day Republicans were for a Government telling companies what they could and couldn't do. Brave New World. Only used to be Democrats doing that thru govt agencies - EPA, IRS, etc.
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Post by PolarsStepdad on Mar 27, 2024 12:57:27 GMT -5
Cool. Never thought I'd see the day Republicans were for a Government telling companies what they could and couldn't do. Brave New World. Did you ever think you’d see the day that a municipal government of a large area would be openly ceded to a corporation so that the corporation installs its own legislators and executives over the area? All the State did was revoke Disney’s status as a privately-owned government over a swath of Florida. The only problem is Disney actually used their revenue to pave the roads keep up and buld infrastructure.....like a Government is supposed to do. But no worries. Now the Citizens of Florida can do it. I'm sure they'll do a marvelous job.
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Post by PolarsStepdad on Mar 27, 2024 12:59:21 GMT -5
Cool. Never thought I'd see the day Republicans were for a Government telling companies what they could and couldn't do. Brave New World. Only used to be Democrats doing that thru govt agencies - EPA, IRS, etc. Yes and Republicans screamed bloody murder for every advance made. Especially in the name of environmental protection. We do t care if little Johnny gets cancer from the water we pollute as long as it doesn't impede profits. And this may co.e as a shock but a republican created the EPA
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Post by bullfrog on Mar 27, 2024 13:04:03 GMT -5
Did you ever think you’d see the day that a municipal government of a large area would be openly ceded to a corporation so that the corporation installs its own legislators and executives over the area? All the State did was revoke Disney’s status as a privately-owned government over a swath of Florida. The only problem is Disney actually used their revenue to pave the roads keep up and buld infrastructure.....like a Government is supposed to do. But no worries. Now the Citizens of Florida can do it. I'm sure they'll do a marvelous job. Disney was also levying their own taxes to pay for it. If taxes are going to be levied, let a legitimate, public, government that can be held accountable issue them. Not a corporation. I suspect Disney is going to foot most of the bill. But agreements will be reached both sides are happy with.
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Post by richm on Mar 27, 2024 15:26:27 GMT -5
Only used to be Democrats doing that thru govt agencies - EPA, IRS, etc. Yes and Republicans screamed bloody murder for every advance made. Especially in the name of environmental protection. We do t care if little Johnny gets cancer from the water we pollute as long as it doesn't impede profits. And this may co.e as a shock but a republican created the EPA The Democrats vs big bad business idea. Where do they get all their money? Where does Soros get the money to buy off so many progressives & direct their actions? Stock market? Stocks are company shares. Companies make stuff and create contamination. We all own a portion of big business. I do this stuff for a living. Right now the Feds are trying to implement unreasonable guidelines on stuff called PFAs. PFAs are found in the rain in Antarctica at levels above groundwater cleanup guidelines. Google it. And get a decent reverse osmosis system and use a carbon polish if you want clean water in your home. It is basically what the water treatment plants use and then they have to destroy the PFAs in the treatment solutions. You can also trace a drop of rainwater to the sea. EPA did runoff mapping under Obama - supposedly they were looking to do a land grab using that data and someone it is best not to name stopped it. Google that too - it is a neat website. I'm more for actual stuff getting fixed - scrubbers on the stacks stopped the acid rain for example. What about the lead pipes in the midwest - drinking water conveyed in lead pipes in big D controlled cities. Why weren't those fixed before they were brought to the attention of the population? What about Palestine OH? Burning toxins and not evacuating people - that wasn't an R job. You don't hear much about that but it was an environmental disaster and will have significant ramifications. Saying that no more natural gas or coal use when that's what the electric powerplants use and then telling us to only us electrical/battery cars is BS. Anyway - the blame goes both ways. It's a power thing.
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Post by PolarsStepdad on Mar 27, 2024 16:14:48 GMT -5
I know a thing or two about coal. I don't care how "clean" they say it is its still nasty shit. Scrubbing it from the stacks doesn't make it go away. Nor does it prevent the fly ash. They have found ways to decrease it (putting it in concrete) but it still exist. Those same companies will absolutely not clean up the legacy shit they leave behind unless they are forced to. If that force is the Government then I can live with it. I work for a pretty forward looking company but they haven't always been. Some times even they have had the heavy hand of the .Gov to force correction. And trust me some of the stuff I work with you do not want them left to their own devices in dealing with. They have however figured out if they do not run things right they will get help running it. And no one wants that.
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Post by oldbastard on Mar 27, 2024 16:41:14 GMT -5
I know a thing or two about coal. I don't care how "clean" they say it is its still nasty shit. Scrubbing it from the stacks doesn't make it go away. Nor does it prevent the fly ash. They have found ways to decrease it (putting it in concrete) but it still exist. Those same companies will absolutely not clean up the legacy shit they leave behind unless they are forced to. If that force is the Government then I can live with it. I work for a pretty forward looking company but they haven't always been. Some times even they have had the heavy hand of the .Gov to force correction. And trust me some of the stuff I work with you do not want them left to their own devices in dealing with. They have however figured out if they do not run things right they will get help running it. And no one wants that. You don't know shit about coal
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Post by richm on Mar 27, 2024 16:59:00 GMT -5
They were doing a study in the rain shadow of an orlando powerplant on 528. Finding stuff presumably and then it went quiet. That was a coal fired plant converted to something else i think..
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Post by PolarsStepdad on Mar 27, 2024 17:50:01 GMT -5
They were doing a study in the rain shadow of an orlando powerplant on 528. Finding stuff presumably and then it went quiet. That was a coal fired plant converted to something else i think.. Gas. Most everybody is converting to gas
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Post by PolarsStepdad on Mar 27, 2024 17:50:13 GMT -5
I know a thing or two about coal. I don't care how "clean" they say it is its still nasty shit. Scrubbing it from the stacks doesn't make it go away. Nor does it prevent the fly ash. They have found ways to decrease it (putting it in concrete) but it still exist. Those same companies will absolutely not clean up the legacy shit they leave behind unless they are forced to. If that force is the Government then I can live with it. I work for a pretty forward looking company but they haven't always been. Some times even they have had the heavy hand of the .Gov to force correction. And trust me some of the stuff I work with you do not want them left to their own devices in dealing with. They have however figured out if they do not run things right they will get help running it. And no one wants that. You don't know shit about coal Mmmm K lol
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Post by walkerdog on Mar 27, 2024 20:02:50 GMT -5
Only used to be Democrats doing that thru govt agencies - EPA, IRS, etc. Yes and Republicans screamed bloody murder for every advance made. Especially in the name of environmental protection. We do t care if little Johnny gets cancer from the water we pollute as long as it doesn't impede profits. And this may co.e as a shock but a republican created the EPA First you tell us how horrible republican environmental stewardship is and then you point out that they created the EPA. Weird logic there. Do you just not like the EPA or do you dislike them and republicans equally?🙄
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