Grom
Hawaii nei
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- Oct 29, 2017
I grew up in a (multiple) college town. The reason people across the country and world know the name is because of those colleges. But, even without those colleges, the town would still exist. The difference would be that people outside the local region wouldn't have heard of it. Being "known" doesn't really change much. The functions of local government would be in place.
Obviously, Anaheim's tax base would be much smaller without Disney. But as you said, that's doesn't mean Disney gets a free pass to do whatever they want.
My extended family still lives in my home town. Whenever the local colleges try to use their clout, it becomes a heated situation. There's a fine line between acknowledging the importance of a large local company (be it Disney, colleges, or some other employer) and avoiding being taken advantage of by that company. No matter what you do, someone is going to be upset.
And in your town I bet the local colleges who peddle influence aren’t buying a whole slate of candidates to manipulate elections in a longstanding pattern, as Disney has been reported... seems bad for business to be exposed for buying candidates, even if Disney is legally allowed to do so.