Show Staiyjard-ExarTw- Saturday w Apnl 28 190 1 1 A National Orlando frustrated with growth problems Disney caused — " °'c9oTr‘"- - ORLANDO Fla — Once upon a time in less troubled days a ery smart very rich company named Disney came to central Florida with the very odd idea of building a kingdom in the swamps “Here’s the deal" said Disney to his new love a little cow town named Orlando “I will buy land here so much of this soggy flat mosquito-breedin- Disney critics say that Walt Disney Co has become “the mouse that ate Orlando' traffic jams water problems and housing crunch that its success helped spawn beyond its 27000-acr- e fairyland Compounding that frustration is the suspicion that Disney is no longer the warm fuzzy company that Uncle Walt built “Walt Disney wanted to do something with quality and class that would be beneficial not only to business but to people” says Bill Donegan an Orange County commissioner “Disney management today is strictly bottom-line- " The founder died in 1966 Many people in Orlando were astonished recently when the’ company announced plans for a new theme park seven new hotels 6000 homes an office park experimental schools and central Florida’s largest shopping malL Disney officials say it is just the continuation of Walt Disney’s dream Disney critics say it’s evidence that Wait Disney Co has become in one wag’s words “the mouse that ate Orlando” Many worry that Disney’s upscale “city of the future” will snatch people and money from Orlando which has successfully struggled to refurbish its downtown “We’re going to be Orlando World a suburb of Disney World” Orlando Planning Director Rick Bernhardt has lamented In fact Disney World is already a city of sorts In 1967 the Flori- land that g Manhattan could fit into it twice Then I will make you rich and popular beyond your wildest dreams In return I ask just this: Do not ask to see my plans and never tell me what to do" Orlando swooned "Sold" she cried And so it came to pass that Walt Disney World turned Orlando into one of the most popular tourist destinations on the planet and everybody Iied happily ever after Until now Almost a quarter-centur- y after the Orlando Sentinel heralded Walt Disney Co’s arrival with the huge giddy front-pag- e head- line “Supercalifragilisticexpiali-docious- " the romance between Disney and Orlando is showing itch signs of the The newest noun in the local lexicon is “Disney-basher- " a creature who until recently was not known to exist “People in central Florida are frustrated" said Mayor Bill Frederick who points out that he is not a Disney-bash“Many local residents like me 'grew up here and now they’re dealing with the congestion and other conspicuous problems that come with going from a little town of 50000 people to a city of !a million That anxiety is focused on Disney” Even the critics thank Disney for bringing 32000 jobs and 13 million tourists a year to town Even the critics laud Disney’s ‘clean attractions tidy shopping villages sleek monorail and vast shimmering acres of perfectly groomed lawns But out in the real world of d trailer signs and huts there lurks a feeling that Disney hasn’t done its part to relieve the 23-ye- ar er da Legislature made Disney World a body exempt from the legal scrutiny and constraints imposed on other developers It can build whatever it wants however it wants and it pays no impact fees “In essence Disney is the 68th county in the staft of Florida answerable to no one but themselves” says Lou Treadway a former Orange County commissioner who wants Disney’s special powers revoked But out in the offices of Walt free-floati- ng self-governi-ng ! fast-foo- Disney World where “Walt" is referred to as if he had just stepped out for coffee Disney of- '4T — I ! 1 TTTT m 4 ficials insist they are being blamed for the sms of others They note that Disney paid $28 million in property taxes last year more than any other company in the area Unlike other developers it also pays to main- tain its own streets and sewers “All people see is the problems around central Florida" says Dick Nunis president of Walt Disney World “The problems would have been here without us" Bill Donegan disagrees “Disney officials keep saying this place would have grown without them" he says “That is one of the top 10 most ridiculous statements I have ever heard Disney 4 R is Orange County It’s what keeps the engine rolling" In the last few months Disney has suffered a series of snafus that have heightened the community’s concerns Perhaps the worst was the matpublic-relatio- ter of the state tax-fre- ns bond e money Using its special designation as a quasi-cit-y Disney bid for $57 million available to local governments and won it simply by being the first to apply Surrounding counties had hoped to use the funds for affordable housing Disney intends to spend it on amusement park sewers And then there is the small but hugely nettlesome issue of Disney’s admission ticket prices which have risen to $31 a day Although Disney insists it doesn’t have a serious image problem it is acting like a company that thinks it does It just opened a speakers bureau that will send Disney emissaries into the ranks of Rotary and Kiwanis clubs It recently sponsored a “State of the & real-wor- ld World” assembly during which Mickey Minnie and Goofy hugged and joshed with local Disney World had brought wealth to Orlando Fla Orange County $14 million for road improvements though only the county promised not to challenge its special powers for seven years What’s more Disney tentative- ty has agreed to submit its new leaders' “Our biggest failure has been not blowing our’ own horn enough" Nunis says Disney recently agreed to pay The Watt Disney Co but some contend residential and shopping develop- ment to the normal outside re- view process a first for the company Such moves indicate that Dis- ney and Orlando are moving into it brought problems a new more open phase of mar-i- f nage “It’s like a 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