[OrangeBlossomBaby]

In any efficient government, there are checks and balances. An organization founded by the owner, with members selected by the owner, and subsequent elected members elected by those previously owner-selected members, will usually serve the owner's best interests.

An organization founded by the consumers, members selected by the consumers, and subsequent elected members elected by those previously consumer-elected members, will usually serve the consumer's best interests.

In the case of the villages, the "owner" would be Schwartz and the Morse family, and "The Villages" as a corporation, whose primary "consumers" are the homeowners. They (the "owners") are the creators of the Villages Homeowner Association.

The owner benefits when the consumers are, if not very happy, at the very least, content as a whole. The consumers benefit when the owners profit, because the owners can simply close down if they cease to profit. They (the "consumers") are the creators of the Property Owners Association.

It's a precarious balance, and the two need to work with each other, to ensure that neither tilts too far to one side, lest the entire structure crumble.

I plan on becoming a member of the POA but I will listen with an open mind to anything the -[edited] VHA offers, and be thankful that they want whatever is in the best interests of the Corporation known as The Villages. Without those efforts, the Corporation would fold.