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Originally Posted by Advogado
You are mistaken when you say that the VHA serves as the "ear" of the Developer. The VHA serves as the Developer's mouth.
You are also flat out wrong with respect to your "picking their pockets" remark. The plaintiffs in the VCCDD class action suit took nothing from POA members or Villages residents. The plaintiffs spent a huge amount of their personal time mounting that successful lawsuit-- which recovered something like $40 million for you, me, and the rest of the residents. If somebody gets me $40 million to which I am entitled, I have no problem with their getting $50,000 for their efforts. That being said, I concede that it would have been great public relations if the Plaintiffs had turned down the $50,000 awarded them, but that would be asking an awful lot of a group of volunteers.
BTW, the outcome of that lawsuit was an admission by the Developer that it had overcharged the Developer-controlled Villages Center District for the amenity facilities-- an essential fact totally ignored by the Daily Sun in the Developer-inspired articles that provoked this thread.
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My understanding is that they also ponied up money for court costs, legal fees, etc., which would have been their burden if they had not prevailed. They deserved every penny they got, and then some.