Re: [HOE] Gamers Beware! A word of warning!!!

["bruce boragine" <gamr4evr@bellsouth.net>]

true disney brought alot to the area, but they also take alot. they get big
tax incentives, [read tax breaks, and cash insentives], and they hold alot
of power. basiclly they told the state and orange county, i belive that's
the county orlando is in, that, if we[they] don't get the tax breaks and
cash 'incentives' they will declare themselves and independant county. they
have enough 'live-in' employees and 'residents' to classify as a county. and
as a county they have the flexiblity to pay an adjusted about of $$ to the
state.

basiclly, if the state doesn't fund the county, the county has to pay little
or no taxes to the state.

this doesn't include how disney inc., got the nickname 'evil empire'. that
was coined by the employyes, and wotkers; not just of the parks, but also of
disney studios.  my wife is freinds with some people who work for pixar. and
have ben with them since before toystory.. they have related 1st hand some
of them... umm.. hmm.. 'stories'.  yeah.. that's a safe term..

marshal kt


----- Original Message -----
From: Brett Dixon
To: hoe@gamerz.net
Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 1:28 PM
Subject: Re: [HOE] Gamers Beware! A word of warning!!!



On Tuesday, November 5, 2002, at 12:57  PM, Nick Zachariasen wrote:
> You know, I expected Shane to correct me if I was wrong, which as
> usual I
> was. As I said, this is what I heard from Don & Mike, and I figured
> they'd
> know better than I what happened. Of course, these are the same guys
> who
> talk about Disney trying to deal with rats by poisoning hot dog chunks
> (one
> of which a small child ate, but he recovered) and sending the Disney
> Secret
> Police into tunnels in DisneyWorld with snubnose .38s to take care of
> 4"-diameter spiders. Of course, I wouldn't really be able to blame
> them for
> the latter, as I'd bring a gun if I could use the thing for a
> footstool. I
> guess the upside is that they're not presenting HIstory According to
> Disney
> (tm), in which whites and Indians would have gotten along splendidly
> and
> that pesky "Civil War" thing would've just been a slight
> misunderstanding.
> Disney's just crass enough to do it (or so it would seem).
> Well, I've certainly derailed this thread, haven't I?
>

Hey, D&M are funny, but don't get your news and history from them, OK?
Shane (and myself) seem to have been a bit closer to the topic at the
time, and to be honest Don tends to be wrapped up in his own little
world most of the time...

Oh, for those who don't know, Din & Mike are a syndicated show that has
been on in the DC Metro area for a long time. Early on,  hey were a
competitor to Howard Stern and have become one of the shows offered as
an afternoon drive show to many of the stations that carry Stern. A bit
less incendiary than Stern, and occasionally quite funny when they are
just being 'average guys.'

The evils of Disney are another topic. They make good, family-friendly
movies in general, although their record certainly isn't perfect and
their historical accuracy policy seems to be a Hyena's laugh. Their
theme-park branch has a definite reputation as being intrusive, and
I've read articles about the amazing amount of power they have in and
around Orlando. They supposedly had VPs living in trailers to allow
them to be considered residents to smooth the path for Disney World to
be built.

But they do make kids happy, I guess. And the Orlando area is a lot
wealthier than it would have been without tourism, probably.

It's also fair to say that those people, such as my parents, who
remember when Walt Disney was alive and running things remember that he
was very concerned about education and such. While his successors may
have lost sight of that goal, we can only hope that some of the
leftovers from that day are still in the company and would be involved
in the process.

Sorry, we're really off-topic now.


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