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Apr 19, 2023 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
🧵: Reedy Creek's new board is citing multiple reasons why Disney's development agreement is void.
Attorneys I've spoken with say most are non-issues (see below), but there's debate about the fourth: the lack of mailing to all property owners.
wftv.com/news/local/new…2/ Here's the law, per slides provided by the district's attorney. The bits in green were done, no question about it. The claim is about the yellow.
We have asked Reedy Creek to verify letters were/weren't sent, and asked Disney if it received a letter as a property owner.
Apr 21, 2022 • 18 tweets • 4 min read
🧵: There’s a lot of misinformation and confusion about what the end of Disney’s Reedy Creek district means for the company and for taxpayers.
Here’s what I know, after talking to lobbyists, lawyers and tax officials: 2/ For those of you who haven’t heard, Reedy Creek is the special tax district of Walt Disney World. It’s essentially its own city. Disney pays taxes to Reedy Creek, which operates a fire department, planning department, sewer treatment plant and public works department.