In this article
on the OC Register website on Walt Disney Company CEO Robert Iger's
first comments on his company's attempt to control a 26-acre lot his
company doesn't own.
After some standard talking points blather, Iger gets down to cases:
"But
we don't believe that the property that's being talked about is
property that should be developed for housing. We just don't believe
it's what's called recreation- or business-friendly, nor would it throw
off as much in taxes as the businesses that could go into that place."
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The other notable half-truth from Bill Leonard's May 13 "Reader Rebuttal" is a favorite arrow from the Disney Corporation's quiver of spin:
The city stands to lose $4.6 million per year in tax revenues if housing is allowed at the site.
That figure comes from a 2005 city-commissioned study of the suitability of allowing residential development in outlying portions of the Anaheim Resort District. It's a study the Disney forces quote or condemn depending on whether it fits their purposes.
In Leonard's letter, it is taken totally out of context.
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A Jim Leonard of Anaheim wrote this "Reader Rebuttal" from last Sunday's OC Register Commentary section.
It's basic Disney Corporation/SOAR propaganda, but a couple of paragraphs deserve special scrutiny because they are key examples of misinformation being presented to voters by Disney/SOAR.
First, there's the new "SunCal's project is super-dense" canard:
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