Anaheim officials – a majority of whom had their campaigns heavily backed by Disney – will not discuss placing a gate tax on the Disneyland theme park and other large entertainment venues tonight, instead kicking the debate to a later date.

It’s a proposed tax that city officials have long resisted even in the wake of a corruption scandal in which federal agents and independent investigators concluded that Disneyland Resort interests hold outsized influence on policymaking at city hall.

But after grappling to patch a $64 million budget gap with one time spending and bond revenue earlier this year, Anaheim City Councilwoman Natalie Rubalcava called on her colleagues this month to consider such a tax to grow the city’s finances.

That long awaited debate was expected to take place tonight

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