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Originally Posted by graciegirl
Why should we as a city give over free space to a business who is for profit? It isn't a good precedent. There are a lot of powerful businesses that in other areas besides buses for gambling that could do this. They could advertise on Television, all those in the Belleview Leesburg, Wildwood area can park at the Colony rec center, we will pick you up.
It could happen and not just for gambling.
I think this new rule is being established so it won't happen.
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Gracie, to me, you're comparing oranges and lemons. The one thing a company offering a ride to the general populance and one being chartered to take a group of Villagers is that they both use buses. A bus taking anyone could not go on private property without permission. Therefore, gambling and cruise destination buses could easily be prohibited. Denying club members day trips just doesn't sit right to me.
If precedence were an issue here, the clubs would win -- buses have been picking up folks in the rec centers at least as long as I have lived here. We're talking privately chartered buses where residents of the Villages take one large vehicle as a group rather than piling into multiple vehicles and trying to meet up at the destination. Sorry, Ms. Tutt, et al., are wrong on this one, just like they were on building the wall.