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Originally Posted by Bonnevie
from my reading of the legal document. they initially went after the Resident Lifestyle Groups....but it appears the case was not as strong, so then they went after the LLC because although the filing states many of the plaintiffs have never enrolled the case would be more easily made.
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I've read the conjectures regarding this case, and I want to offer one of my own.
1. Since we now know that the Plaintiffs are appealing the case to the 11th District Court of Appeals, it is obvious that they are appealing something that they
lost. I believe someone who read the original case closely stated that they lost in their hope to include the Resident Lifestyle Groups (RLG) in the suit. I think there was also a statement that this was not a true ADA case, but involved some other accommodation law. This is not just an appeal against the Lifelong Learning Center closing.
2. The appeal is lodged against the Sumter CDD and the Villages Community Development District (VCDD.) Why would that be? Are they appealing the decision of the lower court that the RLGs could not be included in the suit? They've closed the Learning Center. Are RLGs their next target? I could not find any court documents that contained the actual facts of the appeal. I did note that in the appeals documents it was still styled as an ADA case.
3. Like others, I hope that some future method may be worked out that permits adult education to continue in The Villages. I have some ideas, but let's see what comes of the appeal this month.
During my last assignment at the Sheriff's Office in Tampa I was the ADA Compliance officer. I was able to work out several reasonable accommodations. Only once was I not successful. We were taken to court where I testified and won. The judge agreed that for that particular case there was no conceivable reasonable accommodation.
Awaiting developments in the appeal.