It concerns me that some elected officials (District 4 managers) were surprised by Village officials on this village expansion as reported in the other paper. The on line paper said and I quote: “ Supervisor Paul Kelly said he would have preferred that supervisors would have had more information about The Villages’ proposal ahead of the meeting.
District Manager Janet Tutt said the last-minute request from The Villages of Lake Sumter Inc. was accommodated “out of respect” for The Villages.”
That same situation was prevalent in my Ohio home city council meetings for several years. The current mayor and his crew are now doing a much better job of providing information in a timely manner to council before issues are addressed. This is how it should be done.
I would hope that The Village staff gives District managers the same courtesy. What’s the rush?
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