John Leos’ Ticket Tax Is Harmful Policy
At the Anna Drive candidate forum last week, most of the candidates in attendance endorsed the idea of imposing a tax of $1 a ticket on the Disneyland Resort, Anaheim Stadium and the Honda Center in...
View ArticleDisneyland’s 24-Hour Party Underway!
Disneyland second annual 24-Hour Party got underway at 6:00 a.m. this morning. People started lining up yesterday evening and a couple of thousand were ready to enter when the park opened its gates...
View ArticleA Reader Deconstructs VOC’s “Blame Disney” Article on ARC
Last month, the Voice of OC ran an article on the Anaheim Rapid Connection project that basically made the argument that the whole reason for building ARC is to help Disney but Disney isn’t being asked...
View ArticleAnaheim Host to Even More Disney Fans Than Usual This Weekend
As the home of Disneyland, Anaheim is ground zero for tens of thousand of Disney fans on a daily basis. That population will spike by 45,000 this weekend as the D23 Expo comes to the Anaheim Convention...
View ArticleDisney Buys Property At Harbor & Ball for New Parking Lot
The OC Register reports that Disneyland has purchased the 11-acre Anaheim RV Village, with plans to convert it into a 1,400-space employee parking lot to accommodate increased demand for parking...
View ArticleDisneyland Is The Most Instagrammed Place On Earth
From the Cult of Mac: Disneyland is the happiest place on earth, but in 2014 it was also the most Instagrammed spot in the universe. Instagram revealed its list of the top 10 geotagged locations in...
View Article#Disneyland Announces 60th Anniversary Diamond Celebration Plans
It amazes me that it’s been 60 years since Disneyland opened its doors – and it makes me feel old. I’m sure I still have the “7th Anniversary button they gave out to cast members when I worked at the...
View ArticleBob Chapek Named New Head of Disney Theme Parks
From Bloomberg: Walt Disney Co. promoted the head of its consumer products unit, Bob Chapek, to theme-parks chairman, replacing Tom Staggs. Chapek starts immediately, Burbank, California-based Disney...
View ArticleDisney Buys Carousel Inn & Suites: 131-Room Property Across Street From Theme...
Disney has purchased the 131-room Carousel Inn & Suites for $32 million; the hotel is located directly across Harbor Boulevard from the theme park’s main gate. From the OC Register: Disney, through...
View ArticleHollow Rhetoric From Opponents of Gate Tax Ban
Anaheim Insider here. Disney is proposes to invest a billion dollars into expanding and improving Disneyland Resort and the surrounding Resort Area. This will include a 5,000 space parking garage,...
View ArticleTait Opposition To Gate Tax Ban Is The Opposite Of Conservative
Anaheim Insider here. At the brand launch celebration last week in downtown Anaheim, as the former Anaheim/Orange County Visitor and Convention Bureau officially relaunched as Visit Anaheim, protocol...
View ArticleAnaheim in Wonderland: The Magical Invention of the “Right To Vote” On NOT...
After losing the original GardenWalk project vote in 2012, Mayor Tom Tait and then-Councilwoman Lorri Galloway tried to define the post-vote by framing the economic assistance agreement as a “$158...
View ArticleDisneyland “Star Wars Land” Construction To Start In 2016
Under the terms of the development agreement approved by the Anaheim City Council on July 7, Disney had to begin construction of what was later revealed to be “Star Wars Land” by the end of 2017....
View ArticleTurning Conservative Ideas On Equality And Taxation Inside Out
I posted last week on the recent Inside OC interview with Mayor Tom Tait. Another topic raised by host Rick Reiff was the cit council’s approval last summer of a development agreement with Disney that...
View ArticleDisneyland “Happiest Class on Earth” Program Offers Anahem 6th-Graders Theme...
In celebration of the conclusion of the Disneyland Resort Diamond Celebration and the beginning of 61 years in the city of Anaheim, the Disneyland Resort announced exciting news for about 5,000...
View ArticleFact Checking The Mayor’s Distortions About The Resort District
Mayor Tom Tait penned an op-ed with the high-minded title of “Change for the Good Of All in Anaheim,” which ran in the OC Register yesterday. It was in response to an earlier op-ed by OCBC President...
View ArticleDear Los Angeles Times: Yes, Disney Does Pay Its Fair Share in Anaheim
Yesterday, the Los Angeles Times headlined a front-page article with the rhetorical question “Is Disney Paying Its Fair Share in Anaheim?” The author, Daniel Miller, unmistakably tilts the article...
View ArticleOC Register: Does Disney Pay Its Fair Share? Yes.
[This OC Register editorial was published October 15, 2017] A few weeks ago, the Los Angeles Times published a hit piece on Disneyland predicated on a misguided question: Is Disney paying its fair...
View ArticleUnion-Sponsored $18 Minimum Wage Initiative Targets Anaheim Resort Businesses
A coalition of unions is seeking to qualify a city-wide initiative forcing any Anaheim hospitality business that receives a “subsidy” to increase its minimum wage to $15 an hour on January 1, 2019,...
View ArticleResort Unions’ $18 Minimum Wage Initiative Will Be On November 2018 Ballot
On Tuesday, the Anaheim City Council voted to place the Resort union coalition’s $18 minimum wage initiative on the November 2018 ballot, but failed to authorize an economic impact study after an...
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