How can Orange County — home of Disney World’s theme parks — capitalize on the 75 million visitors arriving by beefing up the community’s underfunded bus service or expanding the SunRail that goes quiet on weekends and nights?

In advance of the upcoming Legislature Session, a hotelier and a state Senator leading the charge debated each other on Wednesday in front of the League of Women Voters of Orange County .

To fund better public transportation, Frank Santos , CEO of Rosen Hotels and Resorts , wants a new hotel surcharge that he dubbed the Tourist Transportation Tax on top of what the county currently levies, which is a 6% tax on short-term stays and hotels known as TDT or the Tourist Development Tax. Santos previously said a new three-cent surcharge on every d

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