[Midnight Cowgirl]

Originally Posted by manaboutown

It seems to me that the developers have pretty much followed the philosophy of nation builder Lee Kuan Yew who led Singapore through its incredible development. Charlie Munger recently paraphrased Lee Kuan Yew. “Figure out what works and do it.”

Originally Posted by Jazuela

If that were actual truth, then the "debt of gratitude" would rightly belong to Lee Kuan Yew, not the Morses or Schwartz.

Just sayin...

Originally Posted by Velvet

I do find the loyalty expressed by some people idealistic. Yes, TV is a beautiful, a well thought out community. But “The Developer” gets compensated very well for it. I don’t know any of the family personally so do they deserve admiration or loyalty? I don’t know. Mr Schwartz, on the other, my relatives knew him and yes he did deserve respect. He had character.

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725

Mr. Schwartz sounds like the dreamer who had the idea and some of the more practical members of his family but his dream into reality with a lot of luck, hard work, and very probable political connections. You do need the luck though.

Originally Posted by Velvet

Actually, my impression was, he was a simple man from a nondescript background. But he did have smarts, and probably luck... and character.

If you have the pleasure of speaking to an old-time Villages' employee who worked here when Mr. Schwartz was alive, they will tell you he was a kind and personable man.

He would go to his pool on the historic side and interact with the residents. Employees knew him and he knew them by name. You will probably never hear a negative word about him.

Mr. Schwartz was visible. He was not secluded in an unknown office location somewhere with no contact with the outside Villages world.

Sadly, there no longer is a personal touch here. TV has become too large and the Morse family is concentrating more on development than being visible. The Villages today is a business and is run like one. While we all benefit from all the terrific things which are offered, we are paying for these things which is not unlike living in any other PUD anywhere else.