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Originally Posted by gfmucci
I agree this is an option but not a good one.
I have a difficult timeaccepting what amounts to "double taxation" by paying for supplemental contract law enforcement when the taxes we're paying, or maybe a smidgeon more county wide, ought to buy effective enforcement. What you want to bet that each portion of TV in each County in which its located already pays a disproportionately larger share of taxes per square mile than does the NON-Villages portions of those counties? We should press for improved presence of law enforcement through the taxes we're already paying before we cave into the idea of paying only out of our pockets for supplemental policing.
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Las Angeles city residents pay taxes to support the Las Angeles County Sheriff's department and they pay for the Las Angeles City Police department as well. The same is true in Kansas City, New York, Chicago and every other city that has a police department. Yet, those sheriff's patrols do not routinly work inside the cities. Actually the Sheriff is not required to provide police patrols, they do it only as a supplemental service to the tax payers. Many counties in the United State provide only jail services and process serving.
If the Marion County portion of The Villages represents only 3% of the entire county, then we will get only 3% of the sheriff's patrol (maybe less). I don't think it is reasonable to think that the sheriff is going to increase anything inside the Villages. We have to look out for ourselves, even if it means paying a "smidgen" extra for added safety.
The Villages has it's own Fire/Rescue department, yet we all pay taxes for Marion, Sumter and Lake County Fire/Rescue. I haven't heard anybody squawk about it. Is there a difference in the two discussions?