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I ians to be granted the privilege to stand among the historical treasures of Mount Vernon, Manassas Battlefield, Arlington National Cemetery, Stratford Hall, Monticello and other masterpieces of Virginia architecture.
Virginians should study the histories of Orlando and Anaheim, as the following quotes illustrate:
“Anaheim and Long Beach better look long and hard at Disney. Those people are powerful and dangerous around here (Orlando). The roads are jammed, everything is clogged and now we have to raise taxes to pay for Disney’s business... It’s just plain greed.”
Bill Donegan, Orange Co., Florida Commissioner, Los Angeles Times, 1990.
Local officials in Orlando dubbed Disney “The Mouse That Ate Orlando.”
“A 1991 survey showed that36 percent of residents believed Disney paid less than their fair share of taxes or fees to pay for growth.
Debra Sharp, USA Today, December, 1993.
“The 1972 (governmental) bonds were issued in the sum of $20,000,000 to provide funds for drainage and sewers; nearly all to help Disney World. This special status amounted to a loan...purely to. aid one corporation...Disney, in effect, is able in this manner to borrow money for up to 30 years in the five percent interest bracket.
Harold A. Berliner, “The Real Magic in the Magic Kingdom”
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