Lawmaker: Disney lobbying helps kill firefighter bill
7 views - published on April 30th, 2013 in Disney News tagged Disney, disney news, disneyland, walt disney, walt disney worldAlthough publicly neutral, Walt Disney World lobbied behind a scenes opposite a check this event that would have given Reedy Creek Improvement District firefighters some-more precedence in destiny agreement negotiations with a Disney-controlled government, according to a pivotal lawmaker.
State Rep. Eddy Gonzalez, a Republican from Hialeah, pronounced Monday that a lobbyist for Disney came to see him during a legislative event and urged him to conflict HB 1365, that would have compulsory both a Reedy Creek firefighters kinship and district administrators to reside by a recommendations of an eccentric go-between whenever agreement talks strech an impasse. The final management now resides with Reedy Creek’s house of supervisors, all of whom are comparison by Disney.
“They had concerns,” Gonzalez pronounced of a company. He pronounced he could not remember what Disney’s specific concerns were.
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A Disney orator pronounced Monday that a hulk review merely asked a authority about a bill’s chances. “We inquired about a bill’s standing and prospects for passage. Given that it was doubtful to pass, we saw no need for serve involvement,” orator Bryan Malenius said.
Gonzalez was an critical figure in a emanate since he is authority of a House Local Federal Affairs Committee, to that a Reedy Creek check was reserved by House leadership. Gonzalez eventually refused to concede a conference on a bill, ensuring it would not pass.
“I consider we indispensable to have some-more facts,” Gonzalez said.
Gonzalez pronounced a categorical reason he chose not to concede a cabinet opinion was since several legislators from Orange County against a bill. Gonzalez had formerly pronounced House Majority Leader Steve Precourt, an Orlando Republican who has worked with Disney on other issues, was among those opposed, yet he pronounced Monday that there were others as well. He pronounced he could not remember who a others were.
Orange County’s legislative commission — including Precourt — voted unanimously to support a check when they met during a open conference in Orlando shortly before a legislative event began.