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For 56 Years, Disney Ran Its Own Government — Fire Department, Building Codes, Zoning, All of It. The State Took It Back in 2023.
For 56 years, Disney World ran its own local government inside Florida -- its own zoning, building codes, fire department, roads, and utilities, largely exempt from the rules that applied everywhere else in the state. Florida took that authority back in 2023, the direct result of a political fight over the state's "Don't Say Gay" law.
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Reston, Virginia Has About 65,000 Residents, Its Own Special Tax, and No Government at All.
Reston, Virginia has about 65,000 residents, no mayor, no town council, and a real government-levied property tax with no elected body to...
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