I am not defending anyone's actions in this post but the fact of the matter is the governmental agencies in The Villages play " lip service " to accommodating the handicapped and disabled and about the only way to get them redress a problem is to start citing the ADA with the promise of filing complaints with the federal government. We had a situation earlier this year were the lift chairs at three close by area pools had not been maintained and stopped operating correctly. There was no rush to fix them despite numerous written complaints and it was suggested that there are many pools in The Villages, so why don't you go and find one with an operating lift chair. All well and good, except for the fact you are telling a disabled person to do that. Even with that said, one of the lift chairs is still a danger to anyone using it unaware of the particular issue creating this situation. That is in spite of the fact the defect was personally pointed out to one of the recreation center directors. The reality
is most people would prefer the disabled remain behind closed doors and out of sight giving little thought to the fact we all are guaranteed to ultimately face that same eventuality.
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