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coldnomore:

I have repeated your below-stated comments on these pages since signing on to TOTV and Developer proponents have always shouted me down.

And I never understood the sentimentality and devotion to a business entity Villages Lake-Sumter, Inc/aka Developer? To me the relationship is business not personal. VLSI built a community by leveraging debt eventually paid for by residents and in doing so made huge profits. Its called capitalism which I favor but developers don't do it because of altrusims but profit motives so the "look what the developer built just for us" remarks leaves me bewildered

Residents still do no having any voting rights as it all generates from the board of supervisors picked and owned by the Developer and who also control [t]he District in matters that count; albeit they won't admit it. Look at the annual survey questions and you will note they are all puff questions. Perhaps this is best? Perhaps residents should have an opportunity to decide for themselves?

In my opinion Shadow is correct as respects his/her comments pertaining to POA and the AAC.

In the end its all good

I opine others can decide

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The concern that I have with this particular sale is that it is being sold to the SLCCD, not the individual districts... and the Developer will basically maintain control.

Thereby, having the cake...and eating it too.

Exactly as shown in the underlined portion in the middle of the above quote.


A quick look at who is on the SLCDD Board confirms that: SLCDD board includes Mike Berning, head of sales and marketing for The Villages; Nisbett, owner of country clubs in The Villages; Brad Brown, who headed Villages Insurance for many years; Gerry Lachnicht of Sabal Trust Company; and Randy McDaniel, head of The Villages Charter School.

Then again, some people prefer not to have to worry about such things and are perfectly content with someone else making decisions for them.
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