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Old 07-17-2015, 11:49 AM
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From today's news...

THE VILLAGES - District 5 supervisors announced Friday that they would not take legal action against the party or parties responsible for illegal tree cutting activity along Lake Miona last year, if the district is reimbursed for its costs of replacing the trees. CDD5 supervisors said those responsible could submit restitution anonymously.
Interesting position/approach to take, for sure. However, I'm not so sure it is entirely just their call to make. For instance, aren't all CDD's south of 466A, like 5-10, all sharing in the costs on this? Why would only 1 CDD get to make the call on pursuing prosecution? The other thing that may not be entirely clear here is whether the local (County) or State authorities actually need any entity within TV to pursue legal action, in order for them to bring charges against those involved, once they knew who they were, and had sufficient evidence to bring charges.