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Originally Posted by graciegirl
YOU may think that, but I don't agree. I am guessing that they are establishing some kind of precedent to keep some kind of bus business from using our parking lots as public lots and advertising for outsiders to park here..
They have sold out all kinds of businesses including entertainment, transportation, The Lighthouse, Cane Garden, the restaurant where Panera is now,and Southern Lifestyles, the furniture store, keeping the buildings to rent to new businesses.
I am fully aware that the Morses are capitalists which I fully support, and in my opinion are astute business people, but getting into a niche business like tour buses just doesn't seem plausible.
I don't use tour buses regularly, and none of the people who I know well except for CFrance do...so I have to wonder just what percent of the population here do use them. I wouldn't think many, as I have never seen droves of people boarding a bus. Usually some club or another are begging you to go along so they can fill a bus.
There is a good reason why this is being done and I think it is for our good here in The Villages.
But I have been wrong before.
And I am sorry for those who are being inconvenienced by this decision. They obviously enjoyed this very much. And I may want to do it too someday and will rant about it not being convenient.
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I agree with most of that--not all of it. The only thing I would add is that the term "tour buses" is a bit misleading. They're really day trips to different club-related activities for the most part. The Juliets do trips because that's what they do--plan fun activities for members. The various city/state clubs do things related to their cities, such as spring training games, etc. I think it's that which should be allowed, and will become harder to do, as opposed to a company set up to do gambling trips and the like, for their own financial benefit.
I don't think TV will be buying buses. However, I don't buy the parking dilemma excuse, and I do feel that in the four years we've been here, some of the conveniences have been taken away.
And don't tell me to move! We're allowed to love it here while still being critical of certain aspects. Everybody gets a say.
