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Disney .
Opposed
1*0 the Editor.
I have hesitated a long time before writing this letter because I mow many people in this county hat badly need better jobs and I did lot want to speak against something bat might bring them those jobs; lowever, in following the arguments >ro and con the Disney acquisition of and near Haymarket for an amusenent park, I did not see mention of some things that I believe, based on [>ast experience, will happen here if the Disney proposal is approved.
I was raised in Orlando, Florida, and have returned there down through the years to visit family. In fact my husband and I lived for a while in Kissimmee, Florida, which is closer to Disney World than Orlando is. Kissimmee at that time was a small rural village known as the “cow capitol of Florida.” Disney purchased large acreage in a completely rural area a number of miles from any town. Today Kissimmee has disappeared into a metropolitan sprawl that includes pisney World, Orlando' and all the surrounding region.
What I have not seen pointed our is that many, many of the new jobs that Disney promises will go to people who do not live in this area today. Disney is a highly publicized business. It attracts not only visitors but also workers. A few people may move into a region because a new factory opens, but everyone knows about Disney and from all over the country unemployed people come in the hope of finding work. It seems that every teenager dreams of working for Disney, so they get plenty of entry level workers at minimum wages.
Orlando merchants were determined to participate in the Disney boom and they insisted that the state build the big interstate free
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