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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — At the first meeting of Walt Disney World’s private government since Florida Gov. Ron DeSantissigned into law官员们说，这项措施是在明年解散的，他们仍然对新立法的含义感到困惑，即使人们开始感受到一些连锁反应。
The administrator of the government, called the Reedy Creek Improvement District, said the expansion of a solar power project could be delayed because of financing challenges linked to the legislation, and the union for the district’s firefighters expressed concerns about what the dissolution might mean for members’ lifetime benefits.
After the meeting, Donald Greer, who has been a member of Reedy Creek’s board of supervisors since 1975, said the board could not provide clear answers on those issues because “we don’t know where we are going.”
“The district may have a response as soon as we know what it means, but I don’t know if anybody knows what it means. I don’t think anyone has deciphered it,” Greer said.
解散措施是在共和党控制的州议会中迅速通过的，没有公开研究其影响，并被DeSantis匆匆签署为法律。此举是共和党推动的，以惩罚迪斯尼对另一项新法律的反对，禁止对早期学校的性别认同和性取向的指示，批评家呼吁这一点“不要说同性恋。”
对于州长而言，仇恨是一个最新的战线culture war他已经制定了涉及种族，性别和冠状病毒的政策，DeSantis战斗曾利用，使自己成为该国最受欢迎的共和党人之一，也可能是2024年总统候选人。
DeSantis将该法案签署为法律的前一天，Reedy Creek改善区向投资者发表声明，称其将像往常一样继续其金融业务。该地区写道，其与州的协议禁止佛罗里达州限制或改变该地区收取税收或履行其债券义务的能力。
Critics of the dissolution bill have warned that taxpayers in neighboring counties could end up shouldering about $1 billion in debts from the district. DeSantis has dismissed those concerns and said additional legislation would be drafted to clarify the future of such special districts in the state.
At the Reedy Creek meeting Wednesday, district administrator John Classe said a developer has experienced challenges financing a planned expansion of a solar power program, meaning it could be delayed.
Jon Shirey, the head of the union for Reedy Creek’s firefighters, who make up around half of the private government’s 400 employees, asked supervisors to give his members reassurances that their jobs and benefits would be preserved since they have been kept in the dark about what the effect is going to be. The firefighters, particularly retirees, are worried about losing their guaranteed lifetime health insurance, he said.
Shirey告诉主管：“我们被告知要保持安静，不要与媒体交谈，不要参与时事。”“我们被告知该地区的领导将讲述这个故事。他们将是传达信息的人。我问你，‘那是什么消息？’”
主管没有做出回应，实际上花了很少的时间致力于这项立法，这对55岁的里迪克里克改善区构成了生存威胁。克拉斯（Classe）告诉主管，其工人将继续使用与“他们一直在了解这一合法意义”的相同的“高标准和专业精神和专业精神”的运作。
Backers of the dissolution of Reedy Creek have argued it removes an unfair advantage the entertainment giant has over other theme parks, including allowing it to issue bonds and set its own zoning standards.
At an event Monday, the governor assured a cheering crowd that Disney’s bond debts won’t be dumped on taxpayers.
“Under no circumstances will Disney be able to not pay its debts, we will make sure of that,” DeSantis said.
Credit rating agency Fitch Ratings has put Reedy Creek on a “negative watch” list, indicating that the private government’s ratings could stay the same or potentially be downgraded. A downgrade would make borrowing more difficult for Reedy Creek.
Another ratings agency, S&P Global Ratings, said that among the questions left unanswered by the new law was whether Reedy Creek would reconstitute after it’s dissolved next year, how utility operations and debt would be transferred to the neighboring governments if it came to that and how the neighboring governments would raise taxes to secure Reedy Creek’s debt.
根据法律，里迪克里克（Reedy Creek）将于2023年6月到期。ReedyCreek领导人对新法律的缺乏公众答案可能来自恐惧。is optimistic lawmakers will look after the interests of the district’s first responders.
“We have 14 months, and a lot can change between now and then,” Shirey said.
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