[swrinfla]

A little perspective from a 3-year resident.

I'm told that Harold Schwartz (who died not long before I came) was not only a genius in creating The Villages, but was also the epitome of a Villager, in that he wandered around the neighborhood (for the most part, that portion some now call the "prehistoric" section, on the east side of US27/441), calling out to all he saw, knowing their names, where they were from and all that sort of intimate knowledge.

In my three years, I have never knowingly seen Gary Morse. Mark Morse makes an annual appearance at a VHA event (always at the filled-to-overflowing Savannah Center), comes across well in his discussion of Villages philosophies, policies, progress, etc. But, he seldom stays around for questions, slips out the side door immediately.

I hear periodic tales of rude and snobbish treatment by other members of the family, but, never having met, let alone even seen, any of them, I cannot say one way or the other.

Suffice to say, I guess, that the Morses have earned my appreciation for their overall adherence to Harold's vision, but they seem not to have picked up on his "public relations" concepts. Too bad!

SWR