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Originally Posted by Midnight Cowgirl
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.
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Those who have studied human behavior seem to agree that some people are outgoing and some people are not.
The Villages is definitely a business. And a successful one. We do choose to live here and pay for the things we enjoy.
Harold Schwartz was a stereotypical salesman. Gary Morse was a good businessman and not in most ways interested in public acclaim.
Now we have some in the next generation who take after Sharon Morse and are more on stage; Megan Boone, her granddaughter from Black List fame and the kids who are running the Sharon too.
Some people who live here have been involved in business in their past and may be more interested to see a good business model succeed. Some who had been educators or who worked for the government and have not been involved with business may not be as interested.
It takes all kinds to make a world. No one is forced, coerced or oversold to live here. Once we are here it grows on some of us more than others.