05-19-2023, 01:05 PM
(05-19-2023, 12:25 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: It's not treating them the same as everyone else, though. Community Development Districts (CDDs) are an administrative division of Florida's government established and governed by Florida law. Under Florida law, these districts are government by a board of supervisors (B0S) elected by the landowners. The Reedy Creek CDD encompasses land owned entirely (or almost entirely) by Disney. The law passed by Florida stripped them of their ability to elect their own BoS, rename the district, and made them governed by a governor appointed board. So this created a different type of special district just for Disney that is unique, unlike their prior status which was something established in Florida law and is in use in other places (most notably The Villages).
So, if anything, the special treatment is what the new legislation established.
(I can get real wonky on this stuff because I am an appointed zoning official in my municipality which means land use laws like this are a specialty of my technocratic knowledge)
I was going to ask why, then DeSantis would enact laws that are so likely to be struck down. Then I recalled the constant lawfair by CA against the second amendment and got my answer. It's more for show than it is meant to accomplish anything of substance. And it will irritate those you want to irritate, even if only temporarily.
